A quick update on The Tape, our Bitcoin order book tool: what changed in the last 24 hours, and what's coming before Alpha Insiders get the full page on Thursday 29 October.

New this week

See The Tape for yourself

The Tape page is now open to everyone as a preview, using real, dated examples.

See The Tape preview

A weekly Tape email for Lite and Pro

Every Monday, Alpha Lite and Alpha Pro members get "Your week on The Tape":

  • Bitcoin's week and which way the order book leaned
  • One real wall and what happened when price reached it
  • The latest daily, weekly and monthly POC levels

Next one: Monday 26 October.

Stricter "soaking up" flashes

These flashes now measure the wall at its full size as price reaches it. You'll see fewer of them, and each one means more.

"What happened next" in the free channel

Every delayed flash in the free Telegram channel now says what price did afterwards, holds and breaks alike.

Easier for new users

  • Simple view with a one-line "Right now" summary
  • Pro view with the full toolset
  • Info icons on every panel and a short guided tour

More for Alpha Insiders

  • POC flashes: when price first reaches the busiest price of a recent day, week or month
  • Soft Bias: Oz's period bias table in the Pro view, with flashes on weekly and longer changes. A past record from Binance data since 2017, not a forecast.
  • Dashboard key levels: nearest untested POCs plus the nearest big buy and sell wall

Coming next: the footprint chart

What it shows

Each candle splits into $10 price rows showing how much was bought and sold at each price, on spot or futures, with open positions underneath.

Why it matters

You'll be able to spot traders trapped on either side:

  • Sellers caught short: heavy selling into a low on fresh positions, and price holds above it
  • Buyers caught long: heavy buying into a high on fresh positions, and price can't get past it

Trapped traders can point to potential setups, but the footprint isn't a shortcut. Context and market reading skills are still needed to judge which ones matter.

Where it's at

We started recording the data, every minute, across five spot exchanges and Binance and Bybit futures. The chart is being built and tested now and will come to the Pro view once it has proved itself.

Before 29 October

  • Live price: the candle, price and flashes update about once a second
  • Learn as you go: a short explanation the first time you see each type of flash
  • Your personal week: from Sunday 1 November, a weekly email for Insiders who use The Tape journal

Who gets what

  • Everyone: the preview page, delayed flashes and a Sunday round-up in the free Telegram channel
  • Alpha Lite and Alpha Pro: the weekly Tape email every Monday
  • Alpha Insider and above: the full Tape page from 29 October, every key flash live in your private Telegram, the 8am daily write-up, the Tape bot, and the footprint chart when it arrives

See Alpha Insider

The Tape shows where orders are waiting and what really trades. It doesn't tell you where price goes next, and nothing here is advice to buy or sell.

Oz and Doc