# Tesla-Linked Perpetuals See $128 Million in 24-Hour Trading

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/33207
Published: 2026-10-16T11:22:23.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-16T11:22:23.000Z
Section: Investing

> At least three traders opened long positions worth about $3.98 million combined.

Open contract value for Tesla-linked TSLA perpetuals climbed 76.3% to $82.33 million as 24-hour trading reached $128 million after the next-generation Roadster appeared at a presentation.

The contract price moved from about $365.27 to $373.04, a 2.13% increase. During the hours after the presentation, trading totaled $81.12 million, about 24.3 times the amount in the preceding period.

At least three traders went from no position to long positions worth about $3.98 million combined. Their weighted average entry price was about $367.33, and the positions showed total unrealized gains of about $60,900.

The positions were valued at about $1.8515 million, $1.1191 million and $1.0094 million. The first and third used 20x leverage; the second used 10x leverage and was built through a time-weighted average price approach.