Long/Short Ratio — Crypto Futures Positioning
What the Long/Short Ratio shows
The Long/Short Ratio is the balance between long and short positions on Binance perpetual futures. A ratio above 1 means longs outnumber shorts; below 1 is the opposite. The tool shows the ratio from three angles for the selected pair and timeframe (5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 12h, 1d) and charts the history of each metric.
Three metrics
- All accounts — share of all accounts long vs short (Binance globalLongShortAccountRatio). The crowd’s sentiment.
- Top traders — positions — net long/short positions of the top 20% traders by margin (topLongShortPositionRatio). How the big players are positioned.
- Takers — buy/sell — aggressive taker buy vs sell volume ratio (takerLongShortRatio). Pressure from market orders.
Top 50 majors
Below the charts is a table of the top 50 coins by market cap (no stablecoins) with their current L/S ratio, long/short split and change over the window. Clicking a coin loads it into the charts above, so you can quickly compare positioning across the whole market.
How to read it
The Long/Short Ratio is a sentiment and positioning gauge, not a ready-made trading signal. A strong skew often accompanies extreme funding and high open interest and can hint at a crowded, overheated market. But positions can be hedges, market-maker books and cross-exchange spreads, so reading it literally as “70% long → price will drop” is usually wrong — it works best alongside price, funding and volume.
Data is public Binance Futures and updates automatically. This page is informational and is not individual investment advice.