ALOY Borrow Market Hits Zero

ALOY's lending pool has essentially run dry. Availability collapsed to 0.03% on June 23 — down from 55% just four days earlier. Every share in the borrow market is now lent out.

That is the steepest single-week tightening in the data. It didn't happen gradually. From June 19 to June 23, availability fell off a cliff: 55% → 35% → 6% → 0.03%.

Borrowing Costs Follow the Pool

Cost to borrow stood near 26% for most of May. It started climbing in mid-June. By June 23 it hit 50.3% — up 73% week-on-week and up 91% over the past month.

Shorts opened new positions into this squeeze. Short interest rose 64% in one week to 5.1 million shares. That is the highest level in the 30-day history shown and a 71% increase from a month ago.

The Short Score Reflects It

ORTEX's short score reached 82.3 on June 23. Ten days ago it was 75.8. That is a meaningful acceleration. The score captures the full constellation: rising short interest, collapsing availability, and a surging cost to borrow all moving in the same direction simultaneously.

Stock Has Already Moved Hard

ALOY is up 31% in one week and up 96% over the past month. It closed at $19.17 on June 23. The stock rose 22% on its most recent earnings date in June. Options positioning shows a put-call ratio of 0.43 — skewed toward calls, consistent with bullish near-term positioning from derivatives traders.

The next earnings date is flagged for August 19.

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• Short interest (June 23): 5.09M shares, +64% week-on-week, +71% month-on-month
• Cost to borrow: 50.3%, up from 29.1% a week ago
• Availability: 0.03% — the tightest reading in 52 weeks
• ORTEX short score: 82.3, up from 75.8 ten days ago
• Price: $19.17, +31% week-on-week, +96% month-on-month
• Next earnings: August 19, 2026