# Hyperliquid Whales Hold $8.54 Billion as Shorts Outpace Longs

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/28663
Published: 2026-10-09T02:15:13.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-09T02:15:13.000Z
Section: Investing

> Short positions accounted for 53.64% of whale holdings, while long positions represented 46.36% of the total.

Whale positions on Hyperliquid totaled $8.54 billion, with short exposure exceeding long positions.

Short positions amounted to $4.58 billion, or 53.64% of total holdings. Long positions totaled $3.96 billion, representing 46.36%, putting the aggregate long-to-short ratio at 0.86.

Long positions carried $284 million in combined unrealized profit, while short positions showed $262 million in combined unrealized losses.

One whale address, 0x5b5d..60, held a 5x cross-margin short position in Ether (ETH) at $2,322.63. The position had an unrealized loss of $17.71 million.

The latest figures follow an [earlier Hyperliquid whale-position report](<https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/23521>) 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)