Short sellers are on the move this week. NVDA earnings dominate the calendar, and bears are repositioning across tech.
RDDT saw the biggest SI jump among large US stocks. Short interest climbed to 17.6% of free float, up from 13.5% just seven days ago — a 4.1 percentage point spike. Bears have been piling in ahead of Reddit's next earnings read.
CHTR remains a standout short. Charter Communications sits at 32.4% SI % FF, rising another 2.9pp this week. The cable sector continues to face structural pressure from cord-cutting, and shorts are not letting up.
WOLF is the most extreme name on the board. Wolfspeed's SI % FF hit 83.4% with zero shares available to borrow. The semiconductor firm has lost 63% in three months. Shorts are fully loaded and the door is shut.
OPEN and DAVE also saw notable builds. Opendoor rose to 20.5% and Dave Inc. to 27%, both up roughly 2.4pp on the week.
Away from the US, CDR — CD Projekt — registered the sharpest weekly SI move globally. Short interest jumped nearly 19 percentage points to 22%, a striking bet against the Witcher studio.
With NVDA reporting this week, expect volatility. A beat could force short covering across tech. A miss could accelerate the bears.
Data: ORTEX, as of 20 August 2026. Not financial advice.
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