Daily brief / 2026-10-20 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 20, 2026

As of 16:15 ET (20:15 UTC), after the New York close, Hyperliquid's stock and index perps on trade.xyz hold $2.9B in open interest across 104 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,721, +0.37% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
104 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.6B
0.90× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,721
+0.37% 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
SKHX$930.74-3.60%+1.63%-0.00889%$357.8M$335.1M 0.9×
SP500$7,721+0.37%+0.53%+0.00023%$391.7M$330.3M 0.8×
XYZ100$29,562+0.05%+0.46%+0.00092%$288.6M$242.0M 0.8×
SNDK$1,370-0.10%+2.52%+0.00149%$123.9M$155.7M 1.3×
NVDA$216.90-0.10%+0.29%+0.00063%$107.9M$138.9M 1.3×
SPCX$150.89+1.62%+2.62%+0.00063%$142.1M$136.8M 1.0×
SOXL$98.50-0.30%+3.44%+0.00063%$32.1M$119.8M 3.7×
GOOGL$340.35-1.31%-0.75%+0.00063%$104.7M$110.5M 1.1×
DRAM$47.80-1.25%+1.99%+0.00063%$65.3M$107.7M 1.6×
MU$898.87-0.73%+1.06%+0.00063%$146.9M$106.8M 0.7×
SKHY$139.97-2.29%+1.66%+0.00054%$193.2M$96.0M 0.5×
META$694.77-1.59%-0.31%+0.00199%$109.9M$61.2M 0.6×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$5.1M$69.3M−$64.1M
SKHY$60.0M$0+$60.0M
MU$857.2K$27.0M−$26.1M
SNDK$3.8M$15.3M−$11.5M
XYZ100$457.3K$16.1M−$15.6M
DRAM$1.1M$13.6M−$12.5M
GOOGL$1.0M$12.0M−$10.9M
META$208.4K$11.4M−$11.2M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
CBRSLONGS111.20−6.7%$101.6K
NFLXLONGS60.77−7.5%$204.5K
LLYSHORTS1,406+9.4%$426.8K
NOWSHORTS164.69+10.3%$576.9K
AMDLONGS477.96−10.8%$214.1K
ORCLLONGS117.25−10.9%$306.8K
ZHIPUSHORTS70.41+12.7%$90.3K
RKLBLONGS44.84−12.9%$151.0K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$15.2M → $12.3M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$8.7M → $11.3M
GOOGL0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$8.4M → $6.6M
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut SHORT$6.6M → $2.8M
GOOGL0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$5.4M → $1.1M
TSLA0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$5.3M → $3.8M
SP5000xfc66…ca06cut LONG$5.2M → $3.2M
DRAM0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$4.7M → $4.0M
META0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$3.1M → $4.5M
AAPL0xfc66…ca06added to LONG$3.5M → $4.4M
SPCX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$3.0M → $4.0M
SKHXBobbyBigSizecut LONG$3.3M → $2.4M

And 81 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 20:15 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 20:15 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.