Wolfspeed is the week's standout short story. Its SI % of FF jumped from 88.9% to 104.7% in just seven days. That's a 15.8 percentage point surge. Bears are piling in hard on the embattled chip maker.
The broader EV short landscape stays hot. Lucid Group carries 34.3% short interest and a cost to borrow of 36.6% — the highest among popular names. Virgin Galactic sits at 24.9% SI with CTB at 12.7%. Both remain painful to hold short.
Two newer names drew fresh attention this week. WaterBridge Infrastructure saw SI spike 24.7 percentage points in seven days, hitting 52.5%. SharonAI Holdings surged 22.6 points to 49.1%.
CoreWeave — the AI infrastructure darling — saw shorts creep up 2.6 points to 22.2%. Bearish bets keep growing despite the hype.
On social media radar, GameStop holds 13.7% SI. The meme crowd keeps watching. Lucid and Rivian remain retail favourites for short-squeeze speculation, with RIVN at 17.9% SI.
NVIDIA and Tesla are not targets — both sit below 3% SI. Bears have clearly moved on.
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