# Hyperliquid Whales Hold $8.12 Billion as Shorts Reach 53.44% By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/40434 Published: 2026-10-25T07:40:11.000Z Updated: 2026-10-25T07:40:11.000Z Section: Investing > Long positions showed $94.15 million in profit, while shorts carried a $40.15 million loss. [Hyperliquid whale positions]() totaled $8.122 billion across the platform in an Oct. 25 snapshot, with short exposure exceeding long positions and accounting for 53.44% of the total. Short positions amounted to $4.341 billion, compared with $3.781 billion in long positions. That put the long-to-short ratio at 0.87. Long positions showed a combined profit of $94.15 million, while short positions showed a combined loss of $40.15 million. One wallet, 0x5b5d..60, held a 5x cross-margin short on Ether (ETH) at $2,322.74. The position showed an unrealized loss of $2.43 million. ## Links in this article - [Hyperliquid whale positions](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/29356)