Daily brief / 2026-10-23 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 23, 2026

As of 16:15 ET (20:15 UTC), after the New York close, Hyperliquid's stock and index perps on trade.xyz hold $2.8B in open interest across 105 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,629, -0.44% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.8B
105 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.7B
0.96× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,629
-0.44% 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$949.33+5.56%+0.08%+0.00620%$314.9M$350.2M 1.1×
SP500$7,629-0.44%+0.02%+0.00056%$383.1M$265.1M 0.7×
XYZ100$29,013+0.12%+0.42%+0.00063%$283.9M$248.6M 0.9×
SNDK$1,240-1.53%-3.66%+0.00063%$121.4M$215.8M 1.8×
DRAM$47.16+3.05%+0.40%+0.00063%$69.5M$198.1M 2.9×
SOXL$84.03+1.84%+1.82%+0.00071%$42.6M$164.7M 3.9×
MU$879.82+2.45%+1.50%+0.00063%$152.8M$142.7M 0.9×
SPCX$147.73+2.21%-0.25%+0.00063%$153.0M$132.8M 0.9×
SKHY$137.31+3.96%+0.01%+0.00008%$144.5M$122.4M 0.8×
META$642.70-0.74%+0.10%+0.00063%$96.5M$70.3M 0.7×
NVDA$211.16-0.71%-0.45%+0.00063%$83.7M$55.3M 0.7×
UNITREE$94.31+23.17%+0.50%-0.01267%$23.6M$52.9M 2.2×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$12.8M$59.0M−$46.2M
SKHY$51.1M$2.2M+$48.8M
SNDK$7.9M$22.1M−$14.1M
AAPL$29.4M$486.0K+$28.9M
MU$1.5M$24.3M−$22.8M
XYZ100$439.3K$23.7M−$23.3M
GOOGL$1.5M$19.9M−$18.4M
META$252.2K$20.0M−$19.7M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
NOWSHORTS167.26+5.5%$633.2K
NBISLONGS145.36−8.5%$1.2M
CRWVLONGS49.78−8.6%$1.3M
IRENLONGS22.72−8.9%$431.4K
ORCLLONGS115.09−8.9%$248.3K
ZHIPUSHORTS68.50+9.3%$69.0K
SMSNLONGS145.93−9.7%$500.9K
SOXLLONGS75.78−9.8%$297.7K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$14.6M → $7.7M
SKHY0x84ab…4d37cut LONG$11.7M → $10.0M
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut LONG$11.7M → $6.9M
MU0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$11.7M → $9.6M
SP5000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$8.5M → $393.8K
INTC2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$7.3M → $8.1M
SMSN0x4c78…2444added to SHORT$2.9M → $3.3M
META2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$145.9K → $3.1M
CBRS0xda37…f7b5cut LONG$3.0M → $1.7M
MU0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$2.8M → $58.6K
AMD2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$2.5M → $2.7M
DRAM0xda37…f7b5cut SHORT$2.6M → $2.3M

And 130 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.