Daily brief / 2026-10-27 / US open

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

As of 09:25 ET (13:25 UTC), 5 minutes before the New York open, 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 7,693, +0.70% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
108 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$2.3B
0.77× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,693
+0.70% in 24h

The tape before the bell

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 closeFunding /hOpen interest24h volume
SKHX$1,031+5.57%+4.67%-0.00271%$314.4M$235.9M 0.8×
SP500$7,693+0.70%+0.26%-0.00077%$411.3M$221.8M 0.5×
XYZ100$29,399+1.06%+0.33%+0.00093%$287.3M$184.9M 0.6×
SNDK$1,275+1.28%+1.34%+0.00140%$136.9M$180.2M 1.3×
SOXL$94.86+9.57%+4.09%+0.00063%$27.6M$112.2M 4.1×
MU$923.72+3.27%+1.98%+0.00076%$149.7M$106.9M 0.7×
SPCX$148.57+0.56%+0.77%+0.00187%$151.6M$102.0M 0.7×
SKHY$146.70+4.12%+2.62%+0.00063%$141.8M$82.4M 0.6×
NVDA$217.70+2.16%+0.71%+0.00063%$81.3M$78.7M 1.0×
DRAM$49.71+4.09%+2.64%+0.00137%$76.0M$69.6M 0.9×
EWZ$34.80+10.88%+2.72%+0.00063%$19.0M$56.9M 3.0×
TSLA$395.66+3.82%+1.15%+0.00045%$46.6M$55.9M 1.2×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
SKHX$8.1M$48.6M−$40.5M
SKHY$44.6M$2.5M+$42.0M
SNDK$3.1M$30.9M−$27.8M
AAPL$32.4M$0+$32.4M
MU$367.6K$30.4M−$30.1M
XYZ100$385.1K$28.6M−$28.3M
META$761.2K$28.0M−$27.2M
GOOGL$1.6M$25.7M−$24.1M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
ORCLSHORTS134.36+5.4%$186.7K
NOWSHORTS168.21+7.7%$630.3K
ORCLLONGS115.20−9.6%$250.3K
CBRSLONGS98.37−10.8%$96.7K
NBISLONGS141.40−11.1%$1.2M
SMSNSHORTS188.83+11.3%$3.3M
DELLSHORTS533.46+12.4%$1.2M
LLYSHORTS1,432+12.4%$349.3K

Whale moves since the last close

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x84ab…4d37cut SHORT$20.9M → $18.2M
SKHX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$12.8M → $18.4M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$10.4M → $12.2M
SNDK0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$10.7M → $12.0M
SKHX0x4c78…2444cut SHORT$11.4M → $8.7M
MU0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$11.2M → $9.7M
SP5000xecb6…2b00added to SHORT$4.3M → $6.2M
GOOGL0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.8M → $5.7M
SP5000xfc66…ca06cut LONG$5.6M → $4.9M
META0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.7M → $5.2M
SKHY0x0242…ffa1cut LONG$5.2M → $2.7M
SNDK0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$3.9M → $5.0M

And 104 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 13:25 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 13:25 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.