# Hyperliquid Whales Hold $9.46 Billion as Short Positions Lead

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/24329
Published: 2026-09-26T02:15:12.000Z
Updated: 2026-09-26T02:15:12.000Z
Section: Investing

> Shorts represented 52.89% of whale exposure, while longs accounted for 47.11% and showed combined profits of $654 million.

Whale accounts on Hyperliquid held $9.46 billion in current positions, with short exposure exceeding longs and the overall long-short ratio at 0.89.

Short positions totaled $5.01 billion, or 52.89% of whale exposure. Long positions amounted to $4.46 billion, representing 47.11% of the total.

The imbalance came as long positions posted combined profits of $654 million, while short positions showed combined losses of $705 million.

One whale address, 0x5b5d..60, held a 5x full-margin short on Ether (ETH) at $2,304.06. The position carried an unrealized loss of $40.59 million.

The figures show current whale positions on Hyperliquid. They follow an earlier Hyperliquid whale-position report that showed $9.074 billion in open positions and a 0.91 long-to-short ratio.

## Links in this article

- [earlier Hyperliquid whale-position report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/23521)