Daily brief / 2026-10-26 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 26, 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 106 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,673, +0.39% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
106 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.8B
0.96× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,673
+0.39% 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$29,301+0.84%+0.76%+0.00081%$293.2M$342.0M 1.2×
SP500$7,673+0.39%+0.41%-0.00066%$393.4M$313.3M 0.8×
SKHX$985.13+2.07%+1.00%-0.01290%$318.4M$229.1M 0.7×
SNDK$1,258-0.12%+0.36%+0.00453%$131.5M$191.8M 1.5×
MU$905.76+1.44%+1.65%+0.00063%$148.4M$129.1M 0.9×
EWZ$33.88-24.85%+7.37%+0.00141%$23.3M$127.1M 5.4×
SPCX$147.44-1.11%+0.25%+0.00147%$151.5M$112.8M 0.7×
NVDA$216.16+1.81%+1.38%+0.00069%$79.8M$101.8M 1.3×
DRAM$48.44+1.22%+1.63%+0.00093%$76.2M$99.8M 1.3×
META$630.79-1.91%-1.48%+0.00107%$103.9M$98.4M 0.9×
SOXL$91.13+6.13%+5.90%+0.00063%$31.5M$97.6M 3.1×
SKHY$142.96+2.25%+1.74%-0.00029%$146.4M$82.0M 0.6×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$13.5M$59.5M−$45.9M
SKHY$39.4M$3.1M+$36.3M
AAPL$31.1M$299.2K+$30.8M
SNDK$7.0M$24.4M−$17.4M
XYZ100$408.7K$26.6M−$26.2M
META$348.7K$26.3M−$25.9M
MU$360.7K$25.4M−$25.0M
GOOGL$3.4M$17.0M−$13.7M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
NOWSHORTS168.04+6.5%$631.3K
NBISLONGS141.34−7.8%$1.2M
ZHIPUSHORTS71.37+8.2%$85.5K
ORCLLONGS115.18−8.6%$247.7K
CBRSLONGS98.34−9.3%$95.1K
SMSNLONGS146.10−11.6%$512.1K
HIMSLONGS24.34−11.8%$177.8K
LLYSHORTS1,431+11.8%$347.5K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$15.0M → $10.4M
META2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$4.8M → $6.8M
SP5000xfc66…ca06flipped LONG$6.0M → $5.6M
INTC0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.9M → $5.7M
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut SHORT$5.5M → $4.3M
META0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$3.7M → $5.3M
AAPL0xfc66…ca06added to LONG$4.7M → $5.2M
SKHY0x0242…ffa1added to LONG$4.4M → $5.2M
SPCX0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$4.3M → $3.9M
SNDK0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$3.1M → $3.9M
SNDK2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$2.5M → $3.8M
SOXL0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$3.7M → $1.9M

And 101 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.