Short sellers are on the move. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw the biggest jump this week. SI % of free float leapt from 3.7% to 25.2% in just seven days. That's a 21.6 percentage point surge. Cisco also added 237,375 SPCX shares, while a congressman bought in on IPO day. The attention is mutual — bulls and bears are both circling.
HTZ is another bear magnet. Hertz SI hit 69%, up 8.3 points in a week. Availability has dried to zero. There are no shares left to borrow. A squeeze setup is building quietly.
Meanwhile, WOLF is the flip side. Wolfspeed short interest dropped 16.5 points to 82.7%. Shorts are retreating — but SI remains extreme. CTB stands at 8.8%. Any positive catalyst could accelerate a squeeze.
TNGX sits at 68.6% SI with 645% availability. Shorts are staying put for now, but the borrowing pool is vast. No squeeze pressure here yet.
ALIT saw the sharpest unwind. SI collapsed from 144.5% to just 4.7%. Short sellers have effectively exited the position.
Earnings season is arriving. Bears are rebuilding broadly — but the sharpest moves are in IPO-adjacent names and restructuring plays.
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