# Hyperliquid Whale Positions Total $8.09 Billion as Shorts Lead

By Enna Lee

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/41822
Published: 2026-10-27T15:22:39.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-27T15:22:39.000Z
Section: Investing

> Shorts made up 53.56% of tracked exposure. Longs showed $98.83 million in profit, while shorts carried $50.50 million in losses.

Whale positions on Hyperliquid totaled $8.092 billion in an Oct. 27 snapshot, with short exposure topping long exposure by $576 million as shorts made up 53.56% of the total.

Short positions totaled $4.334 billion, compared with $3.758 billion in long positions. The long-to-short ratio was 0.87. Long positions showed $98.83 million in profit, while short positions showed $50.50 million in losses.

The total was $159 million below the $8.251 billion recorded in the [Oct. 23 Hyperliquid whale-position snapshot](<https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/39197>). Short share also eased from 53.78% in that snapshot to 53.56% on Oct. 27.

One wallet, 0x5b5d..60, held a 5x cross-margin short in Ether (ETH) at $2,322.74. The position showed $25,700 in unrealized profit.



## Links in this article

- [Oct. 23 Hyperliquid whale-position snapshot](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/39197)
