Bears Double Down on Lucid and Hertz

Short sellers are making bold moves this week. LCID tops the movers list with SI % of Free Float jumping to 50.1%, up 14.6 percentage points in just seven days. That's a sharp escalation for the EV maker, which has shed 20% over the past three months.

HTZ remains a magnet for bears. Short interest sits at 67.2% of free float — up over 7 points in a week. The rental giant has fallen 63% in three months, and borrowing costs hold at 4%.

CHWY is the chart-topper by raw SI at 72.6% of FF, with shorts adding more than 5 points over the week. Zero borrow availability signals a crowded trade with nowhere to grow.

WOLF — the struggling semiconductor maker — carries an eye-watering 81.1% SI and a near-zero availability figure. Bears locked in shares over a month ago and aren't letting go, even as SI dips slightly on a 30-day view.

On the highest short score list, EVCM leads with a score of 94, paired with a 38% cost to borrow — shares are expensive and hard to find at just 8.5% availability.

QUBT sits at 31.7% SI with a 12.4% borrow rate. Quantum computing hype has faded; the stock is down 22% in three months as shorts hold steady.

XNDU caught attention this week — SI doubled over 30 days to hit 98.8% of float as the quantum software play fell 43% this quarter. With only 16% borrow availability, a squeeze here could be violent.

This is not financial advice.