Wolfspeed remains the most extreme short in US mid-caps. Bears hold 129.9% of its free float short. Availability has hit zero — no shares left to borrow. The setup creates real squeeze risk for any trader holding puts. Lucid Group is similarly squeezed. Short interest sits at 39.2% of free float. Cost to borrow has surged to 77.9% APR. Frontier Airlines also drew heavy new shorts this week. SI jumped 8.6 points to 42.2% of free float. Restaurant Brands was the week's sharpest mover — short interest more than doubled in seven days, from 6.6% to 14.8%.
Nike and Constellation Brands both report Monday. follows Tuesday. GIS carries the heaviest short pressure of the trio at 10% SI % FF. Margin trends and volume declines in packaged food are the main focus. Analysts lifted 's consensus target to $1,410, with 38 Buy ratings and just one Sell. The railroad sector got a broad lift too. , , and all saw upward target revisions in the same session.
Two large filings stand out. ASTS CEO Abel Avellan sold $146.7M in AST SpaceMobile shares near recent highs. Nvidia director Mark Stevens filed $186M in separate sell transactions. On the buy side, John Malone picked up $7.8M in Liberty Latin America shares — a contrarian bet on a beaten-down name.
Oil dropped back below pre-conflict levels as Gulf flows picked up. EasyJet is in talks with Castlelake after rejecting a £4.9 billion takeover offer. South Korea delayed plans for new single-stock options amid record volatility. Bitcoin fell below $60,000 as retail interest shifted toward AI-linked equities.
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