# A $10.5 Million TSLA Short Swings to a $66,000 Paper Gain

By Enna Lee

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Published: 2026-10-17T00:52:41.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-17T00:52:41.000Z
Section: Investing

> The short had earlier shown a paper loss of about $310,000. A separate long position was partly liquidated as the contract price fell 1.3%.

An open TSLA short position valued at about $10.5 million showed an unrealized gain of about $66,000 at 10:35 a.m. ET (14:35 UTC) Friday, Oct. 16, after earlier showing a paper loss of about $310,000.

The contract price fell to $364.80, down about 1.3%. It briefly moved below the roughly $365.30 level recorded when the Roadster event began, wiping out the gains seen after the event for a time. The short remained open.

A separate large trader’s long position was partly liquidated. About 2,093 contracts, valued at roughly $764,000, were forcibly closed at a loss of about $27,800.

The trader still held about 6,697 contracts worth roughly $2.45 million. The position used 20x cross margin and showed an unrealized loss of about $84,000, with a liquidation price near $361.80.