Daily brief / 2026-10-19 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 19, 2026

As of 16:18 ET (20:18 UTC), after the New York close, Hyperliquid's stock and index perps on trade.xyz hold $3.0B in open interest across 104 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,691, +1.00% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$3.0B
104 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$3.4B
1.14× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,691
+1.00% in 24h

The tape after the close

The 12 most-traded stock and index perps on trade.xyz. They trade 24/7, so the move outside market hours is already in the price. Funding is per hour; positive means longs pay.

MarketPerp24hSince openFunding /hOpen interest24h volume
XYZ100$29,543+1.98%-0.14%+0.00063%$306.1M$459.2M 1.5×
SKHX$964.84+8.72%-1.36%-0.00661%$345.7M$453.3M 1.3×
SP500$7,691+1.00%-0.05%-0.00108%$375.8M$367.9M 1.0×
SNDK$1,371+9.17%+0.21%+0.00178%$118.7M$236.6M 2.0×
TSLA$367.73+5.88%+3.12%+0.00063%$68.0M$208.0M 3.1×
MU$904.31+5.89%-1.46%+0.00063%$149.5M$157.4M 1.1×
SOXL$98.66+10.99%-5.63%+0.00190%$30.4M$141.9M 4.7×
DRAM$48.32+6.89%-1.18%+0.00063%$69.5M$126.6M 1.8×
SPCX$148.26+4.14%-0.07%+0.00063%$135.7M$118.6M 0.9×
NVDA$217.01+2.70%-0.78%+0.00063%$112.2M$116.6M 1.0×
SKHY$143.12+8.02%-0.16%-0.00158%$187.5M$116.4M 0.6×
GOOGL$344.73+1.81%+0.55%+0.00184%$180.4M$113.6M 0.6×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$6.1M$54.9M−$48.8M
SKHY$53.2M$63.8K+$53.1M
MU$328.8K$31.8M−$31.5M
GOOGL$1.7M$26.6M−$25.0M
DRAM$499.5K$17.2M−$16.7M
XYZ100$457.1K$14.5M−$14.0M
SNDK$1.1M$13.8M−$12.7M
TSLA$3.5M$7.6M−$4.1M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
AMDLONGS477.83−11.1%$215.1K
HIMSLONGS24.71−12.4%$324.9K
LLYSHORTS1,394+12.5%$345.8K
NOWSHORTS163.88+13.0%$579.2K
CRWVLONGS52.36−14.1%$91.5K
GMELONGS22.61−14.4%$104.9K
CRCLSHORTS94.01+15.3%$350.7K
EWTSHORTS124.56+15.9%$53.8K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$16.7M → $19.9M
SKHX0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$16.3M → $12.9M
SKHY0x0242…ffa1added to LONG$9.1M → $10.3M
GOOGL0xda37…f7b5opened SHORT$9.9M
TSLA0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$9.9M → $5.6M
GOOGL0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$5.1M → $6.8M
TSLA0xfc66…ca06flipped LONG$6.0M → $2.3M
DRAM0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$6.0M → $4.9M
TSLA0xda37…f7b5cut SHORT$5.3M → $280.3K
SNDK0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.2M → $5.1M
GOOGL0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$449.3K → $5.0M
INTC0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$4.6M → $3.3M

And 96 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 20:18 UTC from 40 of the 40 top Hyperliquid traders by 30-day PnL that WhaleTape tracks. Positions under $50K are left out.

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Facts from public Hyperliquid data, assembled by rule at 20:18 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.