Short sellers are making bold moves this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw the biggest surge among mid-caps. SI jumped to 70.5% of free float, up from 40.5% just seven days ago — a 30-point spike. Cost to borrow stands at 9.2% with barely 1.5% availability. That's a squeeze risk building fast.
LCID (Lucid Group) also attracted heavy new bets. SI hit 58.1%, climbing 7.5 points week-on-week. Shares are down 40% in three months. Borrowing availability sits near zero at 0.08%. Shorts are piling in but escape routes are narrow.
TRIP (Tripadvisor) is a fresh standout. SI rose 6.1 points to 31.2% of float. Availability remains easy at 213% — plenty of room for more shorts to enter.
GRPN (Groupon) stays a bearish favourite. SI sits at 71.3% with availability crashing to just 9.7%. A short squeeze could ignite quickly here.
Meanwhile, NUAI (New Era Energy & Digital) is flashing red. ORTEX flagged utilization hitting 96.6%, near its 52-week high. Borrowing shares is near impossible.
On the macro side, Iran tensions are keeping oil markets on edge. The S&P 500 median stock now trades 16% below its 52-week high — the weakest breadth since the dot-com era. That backdrop keeps pressure on high-short-interest names.
Data: ORTEX estimates. Not financial advice.
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