Anthropic's new contract retail traders lean bullish, ANT longs reach 6 times shorts

BlockBeats news, October 27 - Anthropic has officially submitted its IPO registration documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, planning to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ANT." The market estimates its valuation could reach $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion, but the final issue price and valuation have not yet been determined. On the same day, Trade.xyz launched pre-IPO perpetual contracts for ANT, allowing traders to bet in advance on Anthropic's future per-share price.

ANT Contracts: Long Addresses Cluster, Lacking Large Holders

After Trade.xyz's ANT contract launched last night, the price once fell to $109.05, currently at $114.06, corresponding to an implied valuation of approximately $1.93 trillion. This is about 17.35% down from the first hourly candle's opening price of $138, but about 2.17% up from midnight today.

Since launch, the contract's trading volume has been approximately $11.8575 million, with current open interest notional value at about $4.2859 million. Currently, 817 long addresses and 136 short addresses have been recorded, with no single address position reaching $1 million found yet; most participants are retail or small-capital players.

ANTH Contracts: Incremental Capital Mainly Short

Large positions are concentrated in Entropy's ANTH contract. The contract is currently quoted at 1881.6, corresponding to an implied company valuation of approximately $1.88 trillion, down about 2.02% from midnight yesterday; during the same period, open interest notional value reached $51.7353 million, an increase of about 7.82%.

Among the market's 8 million-dollar-level holding addresses, 2 long positions total approximately $16.5869 million, and 6 short positions total approximately $18.0922 million. The scale of long and short stock remains relatively close, but the balance of new positions tilts toward shorts.

Among them, the largest short (0xecc8) increased its position significantly from 1,321.35 contracts to 4,280.887 contracts, with a net increase in short exposure of approximately $5.5687 million. The position is currently worth about $8.0549 million, with an average price of $1,953.633, and unrealized profit of about $308,400.

In contrast, the largest long (0x9a80) slightly increased its position by 45.372 contracts (about $85,400). Its long position is currently worth about $13.7492 million, with an average price of $1,987, and unrealized loss of about $770,800; another million-dollar-level long is also in a state of unrealized loss of about $384,700.