Bears Tighten Grip on HTZ and LCID

Short sellers are hunting two high-profile names hard. HTZ tops the most-shorted list with 80.9% of free float sold short. Availability has fallen to zero. There are simply no more shares to borrow.

LCID is not far behind. The EV maker sits at 33% short interest with a cost to borrow of 63%. That is one of the highest borrowing rates in the market right now. Bears are paying a steep price to stay in the trade.

EVCM leads on short score at 95.7, with a cost to borrow hitting 40%. The software firm has just 3.7% availability remaining.

Biggest Movers This Week

SLDB saw the sharpest weekly jump. Short interest climbed 7.6 percentage points to 39.6% of free float in just seven days.

On the flip side, CMBT saw a massive cover. Its SI dropped nearly 23 points to just 0.5%. RCO also shed 19.6 points as bears retreated.

Macro Noise in the Background

The yen is jumping. The Fed and BOJ tension is rattling chip stocks. NVDA and AMD are volatile but remain lightly shorted at around 1-2% of float. Bears are not targeting mega-caps here. The pressure is firmly on the smaller, cash-burning names.

This is not financial advice.