Micron Technology is the single stock drawing fire from every angle right now. Short sellers are building positions ahead of Wednesday's Q4 2026 earnings call. Options traders rank MU as the top negative-bet name of the week. Analysts have been trimming price targets. The stock has surged 279% year-to-date. Traders are clearly protecting those gains. Memory chip pricing and AI server demand will be the key numbers to watch.
An NVIDIA director filed today disclosing $411 million in share sales. That is one of the largest single insider sales disclosed at the company in recent memory. Whether the trade was pre-planned under a 10b5-1 schedule or discretionary will matter to investors. Short interest in NVDA remains just 1.3% of free float. Bears have not followed the insider's lead. Options flow, however, tells a different story — negative bets in NVDA ranked high this week.
Wells Fargo's Stephen Tusa launched coverage on five industrials in one sweep today. was the standout call — a Buy with a $340 target. The data centre power play has only 3.5% short interest. That low bear positioning reflects broad market agreement with the AI infrastructure thesis. was the only Sell. , , and received Hold ratings.
Away from the mega-caps, short sellers are concentrating in beaten-down names. Wolfspeed carries 80.4% SI with zero shares left to borrow. EverCommerce has a short score of 94.4 with cost to borrow at 106% APR. This week also brings earnings from Carnival Corporation and Nike — two closely watched consumer bellwethers. Nike is down 44% year-to-date. Options flow there leans firmly bearish.
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