Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Short sellers turned noticeably more aggressive this past week. Two names led the charge in SI momentum.
PURR — Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. — saw the sharpest move. Short interest jumped nearly 10 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 27.2% of free float. Bears are clearly skeptical of the crypto-adjacent strategy play.
RDDT saw short interest climb from 13.8% to 17.4% in a week — a 3.6pp rise. Reddit's $22B market cap makes this one of the more notable large-cap short builds lately. Availability remains ample at 275%, so shorts can still add.
WOLF stays in extreme territory. Wolfspeed's SI stands at 78.3% of free float. Zero shares are available to borrow. With a 7-day DTC and the stock down 65% in three months, the squeeze setup is structurally tight.
Elsewhere, ORTEX flagged LEU — Centrus Energy — with utilization hitting 100% and zero shares left to borrow. hit the same ceiling for a fifth straight month. Both names are now essentially un-shortable for new entrants.
PAYC also drew fresh bearish attention. Short interest rose 3.2pp to 11.5% over the past week on the $10B payroll software firm.
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