Daily brief / 2026-10-22 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 22, 2026

As of 16:17 ET (20:17 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 7,661, -1.26% 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
7,661
-1.26% 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$28,971-2.81%-1.28%+0.00063%$277.0M$319.8M 1.2×
SP500$7,661-1.26%-0.32%-0.00002%$382.6M$315.6M 0.8×
SKHX$898.35-6.59%-2.92%+0.00063%$359.6M$315.6M 0.9×
META$647.46-10.05%-4.21%+0.00063%$102.4M$244.5M 2.4×
SPCX$144.54-8.91%-6.20%+0.00175%$149.5M$231.7M 1.5×
SOXL$82.40-18.85%-9.12%+0.00217%$41.4M$208.4M 5.0×
SNDK$1,252-8.64%-4.89%+0.00073%$124.5M$170.0M 1.4×
MU$856.85-5.83%-2.60%+0.00145%$141.6M$131.9M 0.9×
TSLA$373.60-4.85%-0.09%+0.00026%$52.9M$127.1M 2.4×
DRAM$45.65-6.57%-3.11%+0.00063%$72.7M$123.9M 1.7×
MRNA$197.49-19.81%-17.76%-0.00168%$6.0M$92.3M 15.4×
NVDA$212.42-4.20%-2.15%+0.00063%$86.3M$84.2M 1.0×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$13.7M$74.8M−$61.2M
SKHY$59.4M$1.0M+$58.3M
MU$597.9K$30.4M−$29.8M
SNDK$8.3M$20.2M−$11.9M
AAPL$25.5M$838.0K+$24.6M
XYZ100$399.1K$23.1M−$22.7M
GOOGL$1.7M$19.4M−$17.6M
META$651.5K$15.9M−$15.2M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
KORULONGS9.63−4.9%$255.7K
AMDLONGS482.26−5.2%$254.4K
NOWSHORTS166.43+6.2%$622.8K
SOXLLONGS77.21−6.3%$291.8K
CBRSLONGS101.24−6.9%$95.4K
SMSNLONGS145.91−7.1%$486.3K
KIOXIALONGS70.44−8.1%$129.0K
ORCLLONGS115.12−8.3%$246.4K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$11.8M → $13.3M
SNDK0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$9.8M → $10.8M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$10.0M → $8.0M
SKHY0x4c78…2444cut LONG$8.4M → $6.8M
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut SHORT$8.0M → $5.6M
INTC2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$5.3M → $7.1M
AAPL0x0242…ffa1added to LONG$4.2M → $6.3M
META2 freres 2 fauvesflipped LONG$5.5M → $164.2K
SPCX0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$1.7M → $5.5M
META0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$5.4M → $3.9M
DRAM0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.8M → $5.4M
AAPL2 freres 2 fauvesadded to LONG$943.2K → $5.2M

And 151 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 20:17 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 20:17 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.