Daily brief / 2026-10-27 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 27, 2026

As of 16:19 ET (20:19 UTC), after the New York close, Hyperliquid's stock and index perps on trade.xyz hold $2.9B in open interest across 108 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,722, +0.63% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
108 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.2B
0.75× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,722
+0.63% 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$1,029+4.41%-0.24%-0.02118%$315.9M$251.3M 0.8×
SP500$7,722+0.63%+0.37%-0.00008%$410.9M$240.7M 0.6×
XYZ100$29,647+1.18%+0.84%+0.00063%$285.6M$182.7M 0.6×
SNDK$1,294+2.89%+1.53%+0.00144%$130.6M$152.4M 1.2×
SOXL$99.16+8.82%+4.54%+0.00063%$25.5M$138.2M 5.4×
SKHY$145.25+1.60%-0.99%+0.00063%$130.9M$91.1M 0.7×
MU$924.90+2.11%+0.13%+0.00063%$149.7M$88.2M 0.6×
DRAM$50.10+3.44%+0.78%+0.00063%$77.6M$86.5M 1.1×
SPCX$149.18+1.18%+0.41%+0.00165%$154.4M$84.6M 0.5×
NVDA$217.72+0.72%+0.01%+0.00063%$78.4M$57.7M 0.7×
CRCL$81.31+1.82%+1.58%+0.00063%$67.0M$57.3M 0.9×
TSLA$406.75+3.99%+2.80%+0.00063%$46.9M$56.9M 1.2×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$7.5M$48.3M−$40.8M
SKHY$31.1M$3.5M+$27.6M
SNDK$2.1M$30.0M−$27.8M
META$247.8K$30.9M−$30.6M
AAPL$30.8M$287.7K+$30.5M
MU$138.9K$25.7M−$25.6M
SP500$21.0M$4.8M+$16.2M
XYZ100$388.3K$22.2M−$21.8M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
ORCLSHORTS136.36+4.6%$1.5M
NBISSHORTS180.39+5.7%$350.1K
DELLSHORTS536.84+7.1%$814.8K
NOWSHORTS168.26+8.9%$620.2K
SMSNSHORTS189.08+10.0%$1.0M
ZHIPUSHORTS80.66+11.0%$547.0K
CXMTSHORTS7.46+11.3%$171.0K
ORCLSHORTS145.34+11.5%$160.8K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$18.4M → $16.4M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$12.2M → $5.0M
META2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$6.9M → $8.4M
SKHY0x84ab…4d37cut LONG$8.3M → $4.6M
AAPLBobbyBigSizeadded to LONG$3.7M → $7.1M
SP500BobbyBigSizeopened LONG$6.7M
SNDK0xb695…a92dadded to SHORT$3.6M → $6.3M
SMSN0x4c78…2444added to SHORT$4.2M → $6.2M
SP5000xecb6…2b00cut SHORT$6.2M → $4.8M
AAPL2 freres 2 fauvescut LONG$5.3M → $1.9M
SNDK0xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$5.0M → $3.1M
SNDK2 freres 2 fauvescut SHORT$5.0M → $4.0M

And 111 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 20:19 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 20:19 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.