Spot whale accumulation before a rally

Whales accumulate quietly off-exchange before price moves. Here is how to read the signal directly from on-chain data — no chart-pattern guessing.

1. Open the BTC dashboard and find the Exchange Reserves chart. A sustained 30-day decline of more than 5% means coins are leaving custodial wallets — that is accumulation.
2. Cross-check with the Live Whale Feed: look for repeated from_exchange (outflow) entries from the same cluster address. The same wallet pulling 200 BTC three days in a row is a sequence, not noise.
3. Click the wallet address to open its profile at /whale/<addr>. Check the volume_index (relative activity vs other whales) and HODL Wave age band. Older bands waking up + outflow is the highest-conviction setup.
4. Open the Pi Cycle Top chart for the macro frame. Accumulation in the early-cycle phase (pre-cross) historically precedes 6-12 month uptrends — accumulation near the cross is contrarian and risky.
5. Set a Telegram alert via /track to be notified when the same address moves again. Inflow back to an exchange = distribution, exit signal.