Bears Target New Names as Wolfspeed Stays Toxic

Short sellers found fresh targets this week. Columbia Financial saw the biggest jump among mid-cap US stocks. Its SI % FF rose to 24.2% — up nearly 7 points in seven days.

Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted name worth watching. Shorts hold 79.3% of its free float. Zero availability means no new shares to borrow. The semiconductor firm's stock has still rallied 162% in three months, squeezing late bears hard.

Nuvve Holding turned into a short-squeeze story. Its SI % FF collapsed from 47.6% to 19.3% in one week. The stock surged 24% after hours on Tuesday, forcing shorts out fast.

On the ETF front, ORTEX flagged a striking move in EWA, the iShares MSCI Australia ETF. Short availability plunged 85% in one week to just 3.7%. Utilization hit 100%. That signals intense bearish pressure on Australian equities.

GameStop sits at 13.7% SI % FF. Strategy dipped slightly to 11.9%. Both remain popular short targets on social platforms.

NVIDIA short interest holds steady at just 1.3% of free float. Bulls dominate there. Analyst Stephanie Link added more NVDA and Micron this week, calling Nvidia a permanent GPU leader.

Data as of July 20, 2026. Not financial advice.