Daily brief / 2026-10-19 / US open

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

As of 09:28 ET (13:28 UTC), 1 minute before the New York open, 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 7,694, +0.78% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$3.0B
104 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.2B
0.74× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,694
+0.78% in 24h

The tape before the bell

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.

MarketPerp24hFunding /hOpen interest24h volume
SKHX$978.18+8.69%+0.01114%$349.2M$383.4M 1.1×
XYZ100$29,583+1.67%+0.00063%$307.9M$325.6M 1.1×
SP500$7,694+0.78%-0.00081%$373.4M$238.7M 0.6×
SNDK$1,368+7.99%+0.00130%$123.6M$120.4M 1.0×
TSLA$356.59+1.48%+0.00152%$123.1M$111.9M 0.9×
MU$917.71+6.32%+0.00063%$160.2M$107.5M 0.7×
SKHY$143.35+6.99%+0.00063%$184.6M$93.7M 0.5×
DRAM$48.90+7.00%+0.00271%$84.4M$88.7M 1.1×
SPCX$148.37+2.88%+0.00063%$141.0M$71.9M 0.5×
SOXL$104.54+14.11%+0.00063%$39.5M$70.1M 1.8×
NVDA$218.71+2.64%+0.00063%$104.7M$60.3M 0.6×
SMSN$166.39+7.62%+0.00900%$36.4M$58.3M 1.6×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$6.6M$55.0M−$48.4M
SKHY$50.5M$0+$50.5M
MU$229.0K$29.5M−$29.3M
TSLA$179.7K$25.2M−$25.0M
DRAM$537.0K$17.0M−$16.5M
XYZ100$457.9K$14.3M−$13.8M
INTC$0$11.6M−$11.6M
SMSN$917.8K$9.8M−$8.9M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
SP500SHORTS7,875+2.4%$3.9M
SNDKLONGS1,216−11.1%$319.6K
LLYSHORTS1,392+11.4%$351.0K
HIMSLONGS24.72−12.7%$326.5K
NBISSHORTS201.97+12.8%$485.2K
PLTRLONGS161.23−13.4%$238.0K
CRWVLONGS56.98−13.7%$190.7K
HOODSHORTS113.97+13.9%$62.7K

Whale moves since the last close

Whale moves are measured from one edition to the next; this edition has no earlier one to compare with.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 13:28 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 13:28 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.