# AguilaTrades Opens 40x Bitcoin Short With $165,000 Unrealized Profit By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/30690 Published: 2026-10-13T01:17:25.000Z Updated: 2026-10-13T01:17:25.000Z Section: Investing > The position covers 124.24 BTC worth about $10.14 million and has a liquidation price of $83,432.22. AguilaTrades opened a 40x leveraged short position covering 124.24 Bitcoin (BTC), a trade worth about $10.14 million that held an unrealized profit of roughly $165,000. Bitcoin traded at $81,863.47 and was down 2.5% in the market update. The position’s liquidation price was $83,432.22. The trade follows [AguilaTrades’ earlier $16.35 million Bitcoin short](), which came after the trader closed a long position at a $331,000 loss. That short covered 200 BTC and carried a liquidation price of $82,703.32 per Bitcoin. The [earlier position was later liquidated](), resulting in a $545,000 loss. The latest trade is smaller but continues AguilaTrades’ use of 40x leveraged Bitcoin positions. ## Links in this article - [AguilaTrades’ earlier $16.35 million Bitcoin short](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/28624) - [earlier position was later liquidated](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/29085)