SK hynix (SKHX) news: what is happening today
Market summary from our own Hyperliquid data · updated 2026-07-25 04:14 UTC
SK hynix: The whale book is crowded short
SK hynix is down 35.30% over a month. What follows is what sits behind that move: large-wallet positioning, derivatives, our own model and publisher headlines.
What matters on SK hynix right now?
Our own rules-based model reads SK hynix at 36/100, which is SELL territory. What stands out right now:
- The whale book is crowded short43% of active large-wallet money is positioned short — $152.8 M against $203.5 M across 280 wallets.
- Trading volume spiked to 7.1× the monthly norm$1.29 B traded in a day, with price −13.95% on the session.
- Leverage is paying up to stay positionedFunding runs at 134.82% a year — longs pay shorts, with $471.0 M of open interest.
What does the SK hynix data show?
1. The whale book is crowded short
43% of active large-wallet money on SK hynix is positioned short right now: $152.8 M long against $203.5 M short, spread over 280 wallets on Hyperliquid. A one-sided short book presses on price, but it is also the raw material for a squeeze: shorts must buy to close, and they all buy at once. These are open positions read from the chain, not opinions, and they change daily.
2. Trading volume spiked to 7.1× the monthly norm
Turnover reached $1.29 B in a single day, about 7.1× the median of the previous month, while price moved −13.95%. Volume does not tell you direction, but it tells you conviction: moves made on thin volume are much easier to reverse than moves the whole market participated in.
3. Leverage is paying up to stay positioned
Perpetual funding runs at 134.82% annualised, so longs are paying shorts to keep their positions open. Funding is a crowding tax: the more one-sided the book, the more it costs to stay on that side, and the more likely the weakest hands there get squeezed out. Open interest stands at $471.0 M — that is the size of the leveraged book that has to be closed eventually.
What has already happened to SK hynix?
July 2026
- SKHX’s MACD crossed into bullish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- SKHX traded $1.29 B, 7.1× its 30-day median volume while price moved −13.95%30-day median volume $182.4 M−13.95%
- SKHX traded $424.7 M, 3.4× its 30-day median volume while price moved −6.22%30-day median volume $125.9 M−6.22%
June 2026
- SKHX traded $334.8 M, 4.1× its 30-day median volume while price moved −1.70%30-day median volume $81.6 M−1.70%
- SKHX traded $182.4 M, 3.8× its 30-day median volume while price moved +5.42%30-day median volume $47.6 M+5.42%
- SK hynix closed at a 90-day high of $1,908Previous peak of the 90-day window $1,845.2, exceeded by 3.40%+3.40%
- SK hynix closed at a 90-day high of $1,845.2Previous peak of the 90-day window $1,678.2, exceeded by 9.95%+9.95%
- SKHX RSI entered overbought territory at 70.5RSI was 64.9 the day before; the bands are 30 and 70
- SK hynix closed at a 90-day high of $1,678.2Previous peak of the 90-day window $1,608, exceeded by 4.37%+4.37%
- SKHX traded $120.5 M, 4.2× its 30-day median volume while price moved +8.49%30-day median volume $28.6 M+8.49%
- SKHX’s MACD crossed into bullish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- SKHX traded $88.6 M, 5.9× its 30-day median volume while price moved −3.05%30-day median volume $15.1 M−3.05%
- SKHX traded $81.6 M, 6.4× its 30-day median volume while price moved +1.34%30-day median volume $12.7 M+1.34%
- SKHX traded $39.0 M, 4.0× its 30-day median volume while price moved +1.87%30-day median volume $9.9 M+1.87%
Show the earlier history (12 more entries)
May 2026
- SKHX RSI entered overbought territory at 71.0RSI was 69.5 the day before; the bands are 30 and 70
- SK hynix closed at a 90-day high of $1,583.9Previous peak of the 90-day window $1,514.2, exceeded by 4.60%+4.60%
- SK hynix closed at a 90-day high of $1,514.2Previous peak of the 90-day window $1,341.3, exceeded by 12.89%+12.89%
- SKHX traded $25.5 M, 4.4× its 30-day median volume while price moved +13.03%30-day median volume $5.8 M+13.03%
- SKHX traded $11.2 M, 3.7× its 30-day median volume while price moved +0.08%30-day median volume $3.0 M+0.08%
- SKHX’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
- SKHX RSI entered overbought territory at 72.9RSI was 66.4 the day before; the bands are 30 and 70
- SKHX traded $15.9 M, 7.8× its 30-day median volume while price moved +5.81%30-day median volume $2.0 M+5.81%
- SK hynix moved +11.37% in a day, 3.3× its 30-day volatility30-day standard deviation of daily returns 3.40%+11.37%
- SKHX traded $7.0 M, 4.2× its 30-day median volume while price moved +11.37%30-day median volume $1.7 M+11.37%
April 2026
- SKHX RSI entered overbought territory at 70.9RSI was 65.4 the day before; the bands are 30 and 70
March 2026
- SKHX’s MACD crossed into bearish territoryMACD line against its own signal line on closed daily candles
Entries are produced by the Spottrench algorithm from Hyperliquid data.
What is in the news about SK hynix?
Headlines about SK hynix from third-party publishers. Each links to the original article; we never claim a headline moved the price — our own read is the measured signal above.
- SK Hynix ETFs - 2x Long (SKHX) & 1x Short (SKHZ) from Leverage Shares by Themes Arrive as ADRs Begin TradingGREENWICH, Conn., July 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One Trading Day After the Record Nasdaq Debut, Traders Get 2x Long and 1x Short Tools at a 0.75%…
- Themes ETFs Strikes First Again: Long and Short SK Hynix ETFs Launch Alongside One of AI's Most Anticipated IPOsThe AI chip race just got a new arena. In lockstep with the historic public debut of SK Hynix, Leverage Shares by Themes today announces the launch…
Headlines from publisher RSS feeds
What is next for SK hynix?
Dates we can verify and levels that would change the read on SK hynix. No project roadmaps here — only schedules that exist on-chain or in the company calendar, and thresholds measured from our own data.
Unlock schedule from DefiLlama; earnings dates from the company calendar.
The bottom line
Pulling it together, our combined signal reads SELL (36/100, where 50 is neutral). On the last closed day SK hynix rose 2.39% against a category median of +0.18%, with 22 of 65 markets in the category closing lower. We do not claim to know why SK hynix moved — everything above is measurement, not a cause.
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest news on SK hynix?
The most recent development we recorded is: The whale book is crowded short (2026-07-25). This page is a dated log computed from market data rather than a press feed — every entry is a measurement with the date it happened.
How often is the SK hynix page updated?
Once a day: it is recomputed after the daily candle closes, and the time of the last update is printed at the top of the page. Log entries are dated by the day the event happened, not the day we published it.
Where does the SK hynix data on this page come from?
From Hyperliquid directly: daily candles, open interest, funding and the on-chain positions of active large wallets. Nothing here is copied from another site's article, and no language model writes the text — the wording is generated from the numbers by fixed rules.
Is this SK hynix page investment advice?
No. It is an algorithmic summary of measured market data from Hyperliquid — price moves, positioning, derivatives and our own model. It is not investment advice and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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