Short sellers ramped up pressure this week. Wolfspeed leads the list with a jaw-dropping 114.8% SI % of FF — up 14.7 percentage points in just seven days. The chipmaker's zero share availability signals an extremely crowded short. Cost to borrow sits at a modest 8.8%, meaning bears can still hold cheaply.
Lucid Group is the most painful short on the market right now. SI % FF hit 40.5%, up 6.2 points in a week. The cost to borrow exploded to 148% APR. California just boosted EV incentives for Lucid and Rivian — bypassing Tesla — which could squeeze shorts hard.
CoreWeave saw its short interest jump 7.6 points to 28.8% of FF. Bears are betting against the AI infrastructure darling, but with 311% availability, new shorts can still enter freely.
Kohl's added 5.8 points to reach 27.6% — short sellers see no retail recovery here. Chewy remains heavily shorted at 69.8% FF, though massive 782% availability shows little short-squeeze risk there.
rounds out the notable movers. SI climbed nearly 8 points to 32.5% of FF, as genomics sector sentiment stays cold.
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