Daily brief / 2026-10-29 / US open

US open: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 29, 2026

As of 09:29 ET (13:29 UTC), just after 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 7,714, -0.32% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
108 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$4.0B
1.36× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,714
-0.32% 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$1,141+2.27%-0.11%+0.02321%$287.5M$662.2M 2.3×
GOOGL$286.70-11.50%-3.98%+0.00408%$215.3M$394.4M 1.8×
XYZ100$29,480-0.98%-0.81%+0.00063%$288.0M$307.6M 1.1×
SP500$7,714-0.32%-0.32%+0.00035%$398.5M$287.6M 0.7×
MU$967.06+0.41%-0.48%+0.00063%$99.7M$267.1M 2.7×
SOXL$101.34-2.39%-3.10%+0.00063%$21.7M$229.8M 10.6×
SKHY$163.29+3.87%+1.09%+0.00063%$127.1M$189.3M 1.5×
SNDK$1,381+1.62%-0.53%+0.00063%$113.1M$173.3M 1.5×
DRAM$52.55-0.53%-1.58%+0.00195%$81.4M$149.8M 1.8×
SPCX$142.58-3.39%-1.28%+0.00281%$166.8M$120.9M 0.7×
SMSN$173.01-4.67%-5.56%+0.01258%$46.1M$87.0M 1.9×
NVDA$214.40-2.50%-0.22%+0.00063%$73.3M$74.6M 1.0×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
GOOGL$2.6M$62.6M−$59.9M
META$1.7M$46.3M−$44.7M
SKHY$37.6M$51.8K+$37.5M
SNDK$542.2K$32.4M−$31.9M
SPCX$6.5M$24.1M−$17.6M
XYZ100$388.9K$27.1M−$26.7M
SKHX$8.8M$17.2M−$8.4M
AAPL$22.9M$660.7K+$22.3M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
NOWLONGS112.32−7.9%$147.2K
LLYSHORTS1,457+8.7%$352.1K
CBRSLONGS98.42−10.8%$97.2K
ASMLSHORTS1,851+11.6%$124.6K
DELLSHORTS540.85+11.8%$710.7K
AVGOSHORTS386.89+13.2%$291.5K
ORCLSHORTS163.41+13.2%$1.4M
SMSNSHORTS196.80+13.8%$1.1M

Whale moves since the last close

MarketWalletMoveSize
GOOGL0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$8.4M → $15.4M
GOOGL0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$6.5M → $10.3M
SPCX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$6.6M → $8.2M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$4.7M → $8.0M
META0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$6.9M → $8.0M
GOOGL0xfe7c…b7aeopened SHORT$7.5M
DRAM0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$6.7M → $5.6M
SKHX0xfc66…ca06cut LONG$6.3M → $3.3M
SP5000xfc66…ca06flipped SHORT$5.9M → $1.0M
SNDKBobbyBigSizeadded to SHORT$4.4M → $5.1M
SPCX0xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$3.7M → $4.4M
SKHX0xfc27…9d9dflipped SHORT$3.5M → $1.2M

And 103 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 13:29 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 13:29 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.