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Coinglass

Coinglass provides the most comprehensive crypto derivatives and institutional data available. 37 tools covering futures positioning, whale tracking, volume analysis, liquidations, and ETF flows.

API Plan: Professional ($699/month) Rate Limit: 6000 requests/minute API Version: V4 (with V2 backward compatibility) Total Tools: 37 across 8 categories

When to Use Coinglass

Use Coinglass for:

• Derivatives positioning - What are leveraged traders doing?
• Whale tracking - Track large positions on Hyperliquid DEX
• Funding rates - Cost of holding perpetual futures
• Open interest - Total notional value of open positions
• Long/Short ratios - Sentiment among leveraged traders (global, top accounts, top positions)
• Liquidations - Forced position closures with heatmaps and individual orders
• Volume analysis - Taker volume, CVD, netflow patterns
• ETF flows - Institutional adoption (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Hong Kong)
• Whale transfers - Large on-chain movements (>$10M)
• Futures market data - Supported coins, exchanges, pairs, and OHLC price history

Tool Categories

1. Basic Derivatives Analytics (7 tools)

Core derivatives data for market analysis:

• funding_rate(symbol, exchange?) - Current funding rates
• long_short_ratio(symbol, exchange?, interval?) - Basic L/S ratios
• cg_open_interest(symbol) - Current OI across exchanges
• cg_liquidations(symbol, time?) - Recent liquidations
• cg_liquidation_analysis(symbol) - Liquidation heatmap analysis
• cg_supported_coins() - All supported coins
• cg_supported_exchanges() - All exchanges with pairs

2. Advanced Long/Short Ratios (6 tools)

Deep positioning analysis with multiple metrics:

• cg_global_account_ratio(symbol, interval?) - Global account-based L/S ratio
• cg_top_account_ratio(symbol, exchange, interval?) - Top trader accounts ratio
• cg_top_position_ratio(symbol, exchange, interval?) - Top positions by size
• cg_taker_exchanges(symbol) - Taker buy/sell by exchange
• cg_net_position(symbol, exchange) - Net long/short positions
• cg_net_position_v2(symbol) - Enhanced net position data

Use cases:

• Smart money tracking (top accounts vs retail)
• Exchange-specific sentiment
• Position size distribution analysis

3. Advanced Liquidations (4 tools)

Granular liquidation tracking for cascade prediction:

• cg_coin_liquidation_history(symbol, interval?, limit?, start_time?, end_time?) - Aggregated across all exchanges
• cg_pair_liquidation_history(symbol, exchange, interval?, limit?, start_time?, end_time?) - Exchange-specific pair
• cg_liquidation_coin_list(exchange) - All coins on an exchange
• cg_liquidation_orders(symbol, exchange, min_liquidation_amount, start_time?, end_time?) - Individual orders (past 7 days, max 200)

Use cases:

• Identifying liquidation clusters
• Tracking liquidation patterns over time
• Finding large liquidation events

4. Hyperliquid Whale Tracking (4 tools)

Track large traders on Hyperliquid DEX (~200 recent alerts):

• cg_hyperliquid_whale_alerts() - Recent large position opens/closes (>$1M)
• cg_hyperliquid_whale_positions() - Current whale positions with PnL
• cg_hyperliquid_positions_by_coin() - All positions grouped by coin
• cg_hyperliquid_position_distribution() - Distribution by size with sentiment

Use cases:

• Following smart money on Hyperliquid
• Detecting large position changes
• Tracking whale PnL and sentiment

5. Futures Market Data (5 tools)

Market overview and price data:

• cg_coins_market_data() - ALL coins data in one call (100+ coins)
• cg_pair_market_data(symbol, exchange) - Specific pair metrics
• cg_ohlc_history(symbol, exchange, interval, limit?) - OHLC candlesticks
• cg_taker_volume_history(symbol, exchange, interval, limit?, start_time?, end_time?) - Pair-specific taker volume
• cg_aggregated_taker_volume(symbol, interval, limit?, start_time?, end_time?) - Aggregated across exchanges

Use cases:

• Market screening (scan all coins at once)
• Price action analysis
• Volume pattern recognition

6. Volume & Flow Analysis (4 tools)

Order flow and capital movement tracking:

• cg_cumulative_volume_delta(symbol, exchange, interval, limit?, start_time?, end_time?) - CVD = Running total of (buy - sell)
• cg_coin_netflow() - Capital flowing into/out of coins
• cg_whale_transfers() - Large on-chain transfers (>$10M, past 6 months)

Use cases:

• Order flow divergence detection
• Smart money tracking
• Institutional movement monitoring

7. Bitcoin ETF Data (5 tools)

Track institutional Bitcoin adoption:

• cg_btc_etf_flows() - Daily net inflows/outflows
• cg_btc_etf_premium_discount() - ETF price vs NAV
• cg_btc_etf_history() - Comprehensive history (price, NAV, premium%, shares, assets)
• cg_btc_etf_list() - List of Bitcoin ETFs
• cg_hk_btc_etf_flows() - Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF flows

Use cases:

• Institutional demand tracking
• Premium/discount arbitrage
• Regional flow comparison (US vs Hong Kong)

8. Other ETF Data (8 tools)

Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Hong Kong ETFs:

• cg_eth_etf_flows() - Ethereum ETF flows
• cg_eth_etf_list() - Ethereum ETF list
• cg_eth_etf_premium_discount() - ETH ETF premium/discount
• cg_sol_etf_flows() - Solana ETF flows
• cg_sol_etf_list() - Solana ETF list
• cg_xrp_etf_flows() - XRP ETF flows
• cg_xrp_etf_list() - XRP ETF list
• cg_hk_eth_etf_flows() - Hong Kong Ethereum ETF flows

Use cases:

• Multi-asset institutional tracking
• Comparative flow analysis
• Regional preference analysis

Common Workflows

Quick Market Scan

# Get everything in 3 calls
all_coins = cg_coins_market_data()  # 100+ coins with full metrics
btc_liquidations = cg_liquidations("BTC")
whale_alerts = cg_hyperliquid_whale_alerts()

Deep Position Analysis

# BTC positioning across metrics
cg_global_account_ratio("BTC")  # Retail sentiment
cg_top_account_ratio("BTC", "Binance")  # Smart money
cg_net_position_v2("BTC")  # Net positioning
cg_liquidation_heatmap("BTC", "Binance")  # Cascade levels

ETF Flow Monitoring

# Institutional demand
btc_flows = cg_btc_etf_flows()
eth_flows = cg_eth_etf_flows()
sol_flows = cg_sol_etf_flows()

Whale Tracking

# Follow the whales
hyperliquid_whales = cg_hyperliquid_whale_alerts()
whale_positions = cg_hyperliquid_whale_positions()  # >$10M on-chain

Volume Analysis

# Order flow
cvd = cg_cumulative_volume_delta("BTC", "Binance", "1h", 100)
netflow = cg_coin_netflow()  # All coins
taker_vol = cg_aggregated_taker_volume("BTC", "1h", 100)

Interpretation Guides

Funding Rates

Extreme funding often precedes reversals. The crowd is usually wrong at extremes.

Open Interest + Price Matrix

Long/Short Ratio

CVD (Cumulative Volume Delta)

ETF Flows

Analysis Patterns

Multi-metric confirmation: Combine tools across categories for high-confidence signals:

• Funding + L/S ratio + liquidations = positioning extremes
• CVD + taker volume + whale alerts = smart money direction
• ETF flows + whale transfers + open interest = institutional conviction

Smart money vs retail: Compare metrics to identify divergence:

• cg_top_account_ratio (smart money) vs cg_global_account_ratio (retail)
• Hyperliquid whale positions vs overall long/short ratios

Cascade prediction: Use liquidation tools to predict volatility:

• cg_coin_liquidation_history shows liquidation patterns over time
• cg_liquidation_orders reveals recent forced closures
• Large liquidation events = cascade risk zones

Flow divergence: Track capital movements:

• cg_coin_netflow shows where money is flowing
• cg_whale_transfers reveals large movements
• ETF flows show institutional demand

Performance Optimization

Batch vs Individual Calls

✅ OPTIMAL: Use batch endpoints

# One call gets 100+ coins
all_coins = cg_coins_market_data()

# One call gets all whale alerts
whales = cg_hyperliquid_whale_alerts()

# One call gets all ETF flows
btc_etf = cg_btc_etf_flows()

❌ INEFFICIENT: Multiple individual calls

# Don't do this - wastes API quota
btc = cg_pair_market_data("BTC", "Binance")
eth = cg_pair_market_data("ETH", "Binance")
sol = cg_pair_market_data("SOL", "Binance")

Query Parameters

Most history endpoints support:

• interval: Time granularity (1h, 4h, 12h, 24h, etc.)
• limit: Number of records (default varies, max 1000)
• start_time: Unix timestamp (milliseconds)
• end_time: Unix timestamp (milliseconds)

Example:

cg_coin_liquidation_history(
    symbol="BTC",
    interval="1h",
    limit=100,
    start_time=1704067200000,  # 2024-01-01
    end_time=1704153600000     # 2024-01-02
)

Supported Exchanges

Major exchanges with futures data:

• Tier 1: Binance, OKX, Bybit, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC
• Traditional: CME (Bitcoin and Ethereum futures), Coinbase
• DEX: Hyperliquid, dYdX, ApeX
• Others: Bitfinex, Kraken, HTX, BingX, Crypto.com, CoinEx, Bitget

Use cg_supported_exchanges() for complete list with pair details.

Important Notes

• API Key: Requires COINGLASS_API_KEY environment variable
• Symbols: Use standard symbols (BTC, ETH, SOL, etc.) - check with cg_supported_coins()
• Exchanges: Check cg_supported_exchanges() for full list with pairs
• Update Frequency:
  • Market data: ≤ 1 minute
  • Funding rates: Every 8 hours (or 1 hour for some exchanges)
  • OHLC: Real-time to 1 minute depending on interval
  • ETF data: Daily (after market close)
  • Whale transfers: Real-time (within minutes)
• API Versions:
  • V4 endpoints use CG-API-KEY header (most tools)
  • V2 endpoints use coinglassSecret header (some legacy tools)
  • Both work with the same COINGLASS_API_KEY environment variable
• Rate Limits: Professional plan allows 6000 requests/minute
• Historical Data Limits:
  • Liquidation orders: Past 7 days, max 200 records
  • Whale transfers: Past 6 months, minimum $10M
  • Hyperliquid alerts: ~200 most recent large positions
  • Other endpoints: Typically months to years of history

Data Quality Notes

• Hyperliquid: Data is exchange-specific, doesn't include other DEXs
• Whale Transfers: Covers Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, Ripple, Dogecoin, Litecoin, Polygon, Algorand, Bitcoin Cash, Solana
• ETF Data: US ETFs updated after market close (4 PM ET), Hong Kong ETFs updated after Hong Kong market close
• Liquidation Orders: Limited to 200 most recent, use heatmap for broader view
• CVD: Cumulative metric - resets are not automatic, track changes not absolute values

Version History

• v3.0.0 (2025-03): Added 36 new tools
  • Advanced liquidations (5 tools)
  • Hyperliquid whale tracking (5 tools)
  • Volume & flow analysis (5 tools)
  • Whale transfers (1 tool)
  • Bitcoin ETF (6 tools)
  • Other ETFs (8 tools)
  • Advanced L/S ratios (6 tools)
• v2.2.0 (2024): V4 API migration with futures market data
• v1.0.0 (2024): Initial release with basic derivatives data