# Hyperliquid Whales Hold $9.074 Billion as Shorts Outpace Longs

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-09-24T02:30:13.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-24T02:30:13.000Z

Whale accounts on Hyperliquid hold $9.074 billion in open positions, with short exposure slightly ahead of longs and aggregate losses heavier on short trades.

Long positions total $4.312 billion, or 47.51% of whale exposure. Short positions amount to $4.763 billion, representing 52.49% of the total and producing a long-to-short ratio of 0.91.

Long positions show a combined profit of $585 million. Short positions carry a combined loss of $622 million.

One whale address, 0x5b5d..60, holds a five-times leveraged, cross-margin short position on Ether (ETH) opened at $2,304.05. The position has an unrealized loss of $38.6962 million.