Daily brief / 2026-10-28 / US close

US close: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 28, 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 7,738, +0.21% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
108 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$3.2B
1.09× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,738
+0.21% 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$1,142+11.06%+2.37%+0.00063%$307.3M$569.8M 1.9×
MU$971.70+5.06%+0.89%+0.00063%$105.4M$244.1M 2.3×
SP500$7,738+0.21%-0.00%-0.00021%$421.6M$242.5M 0.6×
XYZ100$29,720+0.25%-0.17%+0.00063%$294.4M$221.7M 0.8×
SKHY$161.53+11.21%+2.75%+0.00033%$133.2M$190.7M 1.4×
SOXL$104.58+5.46%+0.73%+0.00063%$31.5M$182.8M 5.8×
GOOGL$298.57-7.15%-7.84%-0.00351%$134.5M$176.6M 1.3×
DRAM$53.39+6.57%+1.06%+0.00063%$81.5M$162.1M 2.0×
SNDK$1,388+7.23%+2.16%+0.00063%$127.4M$147.4M 1.2×
SPCX$144.43-3.18%-2.14%+0.00183%$160.4M$94.6M 0.6×
NVDA$214.87-1.31%-2.29%+0.00063%$74.9M$71.3M 1.0×
SMSN$183.19+6.59%+0.94%+0.01476%$53.7M$64.1M 1.2×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
META$440.6K$36.8M−$36.3M
SKHX$15.5M$17.4M−$1.9M
SNDK$592.1K$30.9M−$30.3M
GOOGL$2.9M$28.1M−$25.3M
SKHY$29.3M$693.2K+$28.6M
SPCX$4.7M$21.4M−$16.7M
SP500$19.9M$3.2M+$16.7M
INTC$349.6K$21.7M−$21.4M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
NBISSHORTS195.49+9.8%$359.8K
ZHIPUSHORTS80.85+10.2%$454.5K
LLYSHORTS1,438+10.7%$409.7K
DELLSHORTS540.44+10.8%$737.0K
CBRSLONGS98.40−11.5%$97.6K
ASMLSHORTS1,847+11.6%$130.6K
AVGOSHORTS386.73+12.0%$329.3K
EWYSHORTS185.06+12.2%$359.9K

Whale moves since the open

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$13.6M → $15.1M
META0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$7.3M → $13.7M
SP500BobbyBigSizeadded to LONG$7.5M → $11.2M
GOOGL0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$7.2M → $8.4M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06cut SHORT$7.2M → $4.7M
META0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$6.0M → $6.9M
GOOGL0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$4.8M → $6.5M
MU0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$6.5M → $2.0M
SKHX0xfc66…ca06added to LONG$3.9M → $6.3M
SP5000xfc66…ca06added to LONG$3.7M → $5.9M
SPCX2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$1.3M → $5.7M
SKHX0xfc27…9d9dcut LONG$4.7M → $3.5M

And 158 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.