Short sellers are turning their sights on RDDT. SI % FF jumped to 17.6% as of August 20. That's up from 13.5% just a week earlier — a 4.1 percentage point spike. ORTEX news flagged the move directly, noting bears are loading up ahead of NVDA's closely watched results this week.
CHTR is another name drawing fresh shorts. Charter Communications now sits at 32.4% SI % FF, up nearly 3 points in seven days. The cable sector faces structural headwinds from cord-cutting. Short sellers are betting the pain continues.
WOLF remains a standout in the high-conviction short camp. Wolfspeed carries 83.4% SI % FF with zero shares available to borrow. The semiconductor firm is down 63% over three months. Shorts show no sign of backing off.
HTZ tells a different story. Hertz sits at a massive 62.5% SI % FF — but that figure has been slowly declining from a peak of 66.3% earlier this month. Some shorts are quietly covering.
OPEN is also attracting new bears. Opendoor Technologies climbed to 20.5% SI % FF, up 2.9 points on the week. The struggling proptech name continues to draw scepticism from the short side.
With Nvidia's earnings dominating the tape this week, expect volatility across tech-adjacent shorts. Any surprise from NVDA could trigger fast moves in heavily shorted names.
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