Daily brief / 2026-10-30 / US open

US open: stock perps on Hyperliquid, October 30, 2026

As of 09:28 ET (13:28 UTC), 2 minutes before the New York open, Hyperliquid's stock and index perps on trade.xyz hold $2.9B in open interest across 109 markets, and the S&P 500 perp trades at 7,632, -1.18% in 24h.

Stock perps OI
$2.9B
109 markets on trade.xyz
Stock perps 24h volume
$4.2B
1.43× open interest
S&P 500 perp
7,632
-1.18% 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$1,044-8.30%-6.17%+0.00721%$259.9M$443.3M 1.7×
XYZ100$28,652-2.94%-1.40%+0.00063%$263.0M$365.2M 1.4×
INTC$68.51-26.03%-10.08%+0.00658%$104.2M$337.0M 3.2×
SNDK$1,214-11.52%-9.35%+0.00174%$134.6M$324.7M 2.4×
GOOGL$282.47-1.89%-0.14%+0.00245%$280.8M$300.9M 1.1×
SP500$7,632-1.18%-0.60%+0.00032%$377.7M$280.2M 0.7×
MU$875.94-9.02%-4.65%+0.00191%$87.9M$231.4M 2.6×
SOXL$81.76-19.02%-11.37%+0.00164%$22.4M$217.8M 9.7×
DRAM$48.39-7.62%-4.75%+0.00293%$73.2M$170.6M 2.3×
SKHY$150.04-7.50%-5.84%+0.00063%$118.4M$151.1M 1.3×
SPCX$138.01-3.10%-2.98%+0.00273%$159.5M$139.7M 0.9×
AMZN$229.01-7.95%-0.45%+0.00157%$26.2M$112.9M 4.3×

What stands out

Whales in stock perps

MarketWhales longWhales shortNet
GOOGL$769.6K$96.4M−$95.7M
SNDK$0$39.9M−$39.9M
META$0$39.3M−$39.3M
SPCX$5.4M$33.1M−$27.7M
SKHY$36.5M$1.2M+$35.3M
XYZ100$247.8K$31.4M−$31.1M
INTC$369.6K$29.0M−$28.6M
AAPL$26.7M$559.0K+$26.1M

Where whale liquidations sit

MarketSideLiquidation priceDistanceNotional
LLYSHORTS1,530+8.8%$367.7K
KIOXIALONGS70.81−10.7%$139.5K
GMESHORTS27.14+14.2%$64.6K
JIOSHORTS16.16+14.3%$468.1K
HIMSSHORTS32.79+15.0%$92.8K
ORCLLONGS113.09−15.4%$350.3K
LITESHORTS994.70+15.6%$77.9K
XLESHORTS80.51+15.8%$191.3K

Whale moves since the last close

MarketWalletMoveSize
SKHX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$14.1M → $17.6M
GOOGL0xda37…f7b5cut SHORT$12.8M → $10.8M
SPCX0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$8.6M → $11.3M
GOOGL2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$8.9M → $10.2M
INTC0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.1M → $10.0M
CRCL2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$3.2M → $8.1M
XYZ1000xfc66…ca06added to SHORT$5.1M → $7.7M
SNDK2 freres 2 fauvesadded to SHORT$377.0K → $6.5M
CRCL0x0242…ffa1added to SHORT$4.1M → $6.2M
DRAM0x0242…ffa1cut SHORT$5.5M → $4.5M
ANT0x60a8…85f6added to SHORT$3.7M → $5.3M
SNDKBobbyBigSizecut SHORT$4.8M → $3.5M

And 146 smaller moves.

Positions read on trade.xyz at 13:28 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 13:28 UTC. WhaleTape does not recommend buying or selling any security or perp. Not investment advice.