Short sellers made bold moves this week. The clearest signal came from BRVE (Braveheart Bio), where SI % of Free Float exploded to 648% — up from 237% just seven days ago. That 411-point jump is the largest weekly move in the dataset by a wide margin.
MMED (MiniMed Group) was the next biggest mover. SI % FF jumped to 68.5% from 41.3% a week ago. The stock gained 40% over three months. Short sellers appear to be betting against that rally.
SPCX (Space Exploration Technologies) also drew attention. SI % FF rose to 30.1% from 20.4%. News broke today that SpaceXAI launched collaborative AI team bots in public beta — but bears added 10 points of short interest anyway.
Crypto-linked names are firmly in focus. A top-impact headline flagged potential short squeezes in MSTR (Strategy Inc) and COIN (Coinbase), as investors short them to hedge Bitcoin exposure.
On the other side, CHWY (Chewy) saw its SI % FF fall from 72.8% to 65.7% — a 7-point drop suggesting some short covering. VERA (Vera Therapeutics) dropped from 38.7% to 31.8%.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) sits at 81.3% SI % FF with 11 days to cover — one of the most crowded shorts in the mid-cap semiconductor space. FLWS (1-800-Flowers) carries 28.7 days to cover, a warning sign for any short-term bears.
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