Whales
Alerts on unusually large individual trades relative to a stock’s size.
The Whale Scanner detects whale prints — single trades large enough to matter for a small or mid-cap stock. It runs on the same live trade feed as the Volume Scanner.
Preview
Large Whale Alert ⭐Price is trading sideways →
6.34
21.38K
$135.57K
Float: 1.65M (1.29%)
Market Cap: 8.10M (1.67%)
What you get
Server channel alert
Embed author shows the tier: Small Whale Alert, Medium Whale Alert, or Large Whale Alert (color: white / blue / orange).
| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Title | Symbol + country flag |
| Description | Price direction since the print — increasing ↑, dropping ↓, or sideways → |
| Price | Trade price |
| Shares | Number of shares in the print |
| Order Value | Total dollar size of the trade |
| Order Proportions | How much of the float and market cap this one print represents |
Watchlist DM
Not available — whale alerts are not in watchlist scanner toggles.
All-in-One compact line
When included in All-in-One, whales appear as a one-line summary:
🐋 SYMBOL · LARGE WHALE · Direction · Price · Shares · Value
Categories / filters
Premium custom scanners can filter whales by:
| Filter | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Min order value | e.g. only prints ≥ $500K |
| Min / max price | Stock price range |
| Min / max market cap | Cap tier focus |
| Whale size | Small / Medium / Large only |
| Require active | Only tickers already in play |
Presets: Large only and Small caps (cap ≤ $500M).
All-in-One guild settings can set min order value and whale size filters on top of the global feed rules.
When it runs
- Runs on the live trade feed during extended market hours (4:00 AM – 8:00 PM ET)
- Same schedule as the Volume Scanner
- Does not run on weekends
Why traders use it
- Spot institutional-sized prints on small caps where a single trade can move the tape.
- Impact % vs float tells you whether the print is noise or a real position build.
- A whale on a Top Gainers name (⭐ badge) often confirms the move has size behind it.
Related scanners
- Volume Scanner — momentum alerts on the same live feed
- Block Trades Scanner — block prints on active tickers
- Top Gainers — whale ⭐ badge ties to this list
Notes
- Whales are single prints, not accumulated volume — one big buyer or seller stepping in
- Whale tiers (Small, Medium, Large) reflect how significant the print is relative to the stock's size
- Impact % matters as much as dollar size — a $2M print on a stock with a tiny float is more significant than on a large float