# Hyperliquid Whale Positions Reach $9.23 Billion as Shorts Lead By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/26024 Published: 2026-10-01T02:08:24.000Z Updated: 2026-10-01T02:08:24.000Z Section: Investing > Short positions totaled $4.91 billion versus $4.32 billion in longs, while whale shorts showed $588 million in losses compared with $535 million in long profits. Whale positions on Hyperliquid reached $9.23 billion, with short exposure exceeding longs as the long-to-short ratio stood at 0.88 and short positions carried larger aggregate losses. Short positions totaled $4.91 billion, representing 53.17% of whale exposure. Long positions amounted to $4.32 billion, or 46.83% of the total. Long positions showed a combined profit of $535 million, while short positions carried $588 million in losses. An address identified as 0x5b5d..60 held a five-times, full-margin Ether (ETH) short position at $2,304.06. The position had an unrealized loss of $40.41 million. The latest reading was higher than an [earlier Hyperliquid whale-position report]() that showed $8.693 billion in total positions, with shorts again ahead of longs. ## Links in this article - [earlier Hyperliquid whale-position report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/25140)