Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest mover was SHAZ (SharonAI Holdings), where SI % of free float jumped from 12.8% to 54.5% in just seven days. That's a 41.7 percentage point spike — one of the sharpest weekly builds seen across global markets.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) remains the most extreme case on record. SI now sits at 103% of free float, with zero availability. Borrow cost is 7.6% APR. Shorts have added another 8 points this week alone. The silicon carbide chipmaker's debt troubles keep the bears firmly in control.
AI chip newcomer CBRS (Cerebras Systems) saw SI climb to 32.4%, up 6.8 points week-on-week. Social media chatter on the IPO name has been growing.
On the cover side, GRND (Grindr) saw shorts exit — SI fell from 22.2% to 18.6%. CDNS (Cadence Design Systems) also saw quiet short covering as analysts lifted targets.
Popular retail names stayed calm. GME ticked down to 13.9% and TSLA sits at just 2.9% — both barely moving. MSTR edged down slightly to 11.9%.
The clearest theme this week: bears are targeting smaller, higher-risk tech names and AI plays, while slowly exiting consumer discretionary shorts.
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