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Nvidia perp trader booked $73,696 buying back a short around the opening bell
The trader bought back half the position at an average of $175.95 before Nasdaq opened on November 9. The other half cost $172 per unit in the first 22 seconds of the regular session.
A trader on Hyperliquid booked $73,696 on a short position in NvidiaNVDA-1.23% perpetual futures on November 9. The trader had sold 2,000 units of the trade.xyz contract at an average of $210.82 on October 29. By the time Nasdaq opened for regular trading, the trader had bought back half.
| Buyback on November 9 | Units | Average perp price | Realized trading profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the regular open | 1,000 | $175.95 | $34,873 |
| After the regular open | 1,000 | $172.00 | $38,823 |
Markets ranked by the absolute size of realized trading profit or loss in the 30 days through 10 a.m. Eastern on November 9. Includes partial closes and excludes fees and funding.
| NVDA on trade.xyz | +$74,000 |
|---|---|
| CRWD on trade.xyz | +$20,000 |
| ANT on trade.xyz | +$17,000 |
| AMD on trade.xyz | +$15,000 |
| META on trade.xyz | +$11,000 |
| BTC | +$9,000 |
Two prices for the same exit
The account first bought back 1,000 units between 8:48 and 9:19 a.m. Eastern, at an average of $175.95. Those purchases locked in $34,873. The remaining 1,000 units cost $172 each to buy back just after 9:30 a.m. Hyperliquid recorded $38,823 in trading profit on that half.
The second half earned $3,950 more because the trader paid $3.95 less per unit to close it. Both prices came from trades in the Nvidia perp. The contract tracks the shares, so the trader could profit from a decline without borrowing shares to sell.
What the exchange counted
The October sales had a value of $421,648. The November purchases added $347,950 to trading volume and brought the position back to zero. Together they account for $769,598 of turnover. The trader needed collateral to carry the short, but those trade values do not tell us how much was posted.
Hyperliquid recorded $39.43 in Nvidia trading fees. Funding, the periodic payment between traders holding opposite sides of a perp, added a net $293.68 to the account on this contract. After both, the Nvidia result came to $73,950.
Nvidia produced the account’s largest realized gain in any perp market over the 30 days through 10 a.m. Eastern on November 9. CrowdStrikeCRWD+1.33% perps ranked second at $20,485 before fees and funding. An account-wide monthly result also reflects changes in the value of positions still open.
