Daily brief / 2026-10-21 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 21, 2026

As of 16:16 ET (20:16 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 7,758, +0.48% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
104 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$3.2B
1.11× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,758
+0.48% 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
SPCX$158.67+5.16%-1.61%+0.00063%$141.8M$456.1M 3.2×
SKHX$961.71+3.33%-2.31%-0.00566%$340.3M$356.6M 1.0×
SP500$7,758+0.48%+0.27%-0.00004%$376.4M$272.7M 0.7×
XYZ100$29,808+0.83%+0.33%+0.00063%$290.8M$257.8M 0.9×
SNDK$1,371+0.01%-3.53%+0.00073%$120.1M$196.7M 1.6×
META$719.82+3.61%+3.87%+0.00063%$116.3M$166.7M 1.4×
NVDA$221.74+2.23%+0.54%+0.00053%$90.1M$161.0M 1.8×
DRAM$48.86+2.22%-1.89%+0.00063%$63.9M$122.3M 1.9×
SOXL$101.55+3.09%-1.68%+0.00063%$37.9M$121.1M 3.2×
MU$909.92+1.23%-1.93%+0.00063%$146.2M$116.2M 0.8×
SKHY$142.65+1.91%-2.13%-0.00188%$183.9M$112.8M 0.6×
TSLA$392.65+4.98%+3.10%+0.00063%$56.7M$88.4M 1.6×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$4.7M$44.2M−$39.5M
SKHY$44.5M$196.1K+$44.3M
MU$2.4M$26.5M−$24.1M
META$0$16.1M−$16.1M
SNDK$637.9K$15.4M−$14.8M
DRAM$2.9M$10.4M−$7.5M
XYZ100$461.3K$12.2M−$11.7M
GOOGL$1.2M$11.4M−$10.2M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
NOWSHORTS165.53+7.1%$620.2K
DELLSHORTS535.91+10.1%$1.3M
HOODSHORTS113.54+11.3%$58.2K
LLYSHORTS1,419+11.6%$467.2K
AMDLONGS478.13−13.3%$220.6K
GMELONGS22.29−15.1%$80.3K
KIOXIALONGS71.74−15.3%$132.9K
SMSNSHORTS193.53+15.5%$2.9M

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut LONG$12.3M → $410.0K
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$12.1M → $7.5M
SKHX0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$5.3M → $4.2M
SP5000xfc66…ca06flipped LONG$4.5M → $2.2M
META0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$3.8M → $4.4M
DRAM0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$4.3M → $2.5M
META0x5b5d…c060added to SHORT$1.3M → $3.3M
NVDA0xfc66…ca06added to LONG$2.3M → $3.2M
MRNA0xfe7c…b7aeopened LONG$2.9M
TSLA0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$2.8M → $307.3K
INTC0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$2.7M → $2.4M
MU0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$2.5M → $1.7M

And 85 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 20:16 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 20:16 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.