# AguilaTrades Opens $64.4 Million Bitcoin Long at 40x Leverage By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/57640 Published: 2026-11-15T02:34:16.000Z Updated: 2026-11-15T02:34:16.000Z Section: Investing > The 1,000-BTC position showed more than $1.8 million in unrealized profit about 30 minutes after opening. AguilaTrades made $5.66 million from trading over the prior week, mainly by shorting Bitcoin. AguilaTrades opened a 40x leveraged long covering 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC), a position valued at about $64.4 million, around 9 p.m. ET Saturday. The trade had more than $1.8 million in unrealized profit about 30 minutes later, at 9:28 p.m. ET (02:28 UTC Sunday). AguilaTrades made $5.66 million from trading over the prior week, mainly through Bitcoin shorts. The new long follows AguilaTrades’ earlier [40x Bitcoin short](). ## Links in this article - [40x Bitcoin short](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/30690)