Bears Circle: Hot Shorts This Week

Short sellers are piling in hard. SHAZ (SharonAI Holdings) saw the biggest weekly move — SI % FF jumped from 12% to 33% in just seven days. That's a 21 percentage point swing. Availability sits near zero at just 5%. Bears are betting heavily against the AI name.

WOLF (Wolfspeed) remains the most shorted large-cap stock on the market. Its SI % FF sits at 98%. Zero shares are available to borrow. Cost to borrow is 7.8% APR. A short squeeze here would be violent — but the bears haven't flinched yet.

SOUN (SoundHound AI) is a social media favourite. Short interest stands at 38% of free float. Cost to borrow hit 11.2% APR. Zero availability remains. Retail bulls and institutional bears are locked in a standoff.

CAR (Avis Budget) saw SI climb 7 points this week to 47.5%. Rental car stocks are back in the crosshairs as EV fleet costs bite.

GRND (Grindr) added 5.8 points over seven days. SI now stands at 22.5%. Availability is comfortable at 133%, so more shorting room exists.

The IWM put-call ratio hit 3.25 today — the highest in 52 weeks. Small-cap bears are moving fast.