# Hyperliquid Whale Positions Reach $8.25 Billion as Shorts Lead By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/39197 Published: 2026-10-23T18:27:03.000Z Updated: 2026-10-23T18:27:03.000Z Section: Investing > Shorts made up 53.78% of the positions, compared with 46.22% for longs; the long-to-short ratio was 0.86. Whale positions on Hyperliquid totaled $8.251 billion in the Oct. 23 snapshot, with shorts accounting for 53.78% and leading the platform’s largest accounts toward a bearish skew. Short positions totaled $4.437 billion, while long positions stood at $3.814 billion. The long-to-short ratio was 0.86. Longs showed $159 million in profit and loss, while shorts showed a $119 million loss. Address 0x5b5d..60 held a 5x cross-margin short in Ether (ETH) at $2,322.73, with an unrealized loss of $7.1826 million. The latest snapshot follows an [earlier report on Hyperliquid whale positions](). ## Links in this article - [earlier report on Hyperliquid whale positions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/29356)