Short sellers have been busy. The biggest mover over the past seven days is MMED (MiniMed Group). Its short interest jumped from 42% to 74.5% of free float in a single week. That is a 32-percentage-point rise in seven days. Shares are up 28% over three months, so this looks like a crowded bet against a recent winner.
LCID (Lucid Group) also saw a sharp move. SI climbed from 50.4% to 58.5% of free float week-on-week. The EV maker has shed 16.6% over the past quarter. Bears keep adding.
DGII (Digi International) drew fresh attention today. ORTEX flagged a 20.4% rise in short shares over the past week, pushing SI to 5.35% of free float. Cost to borrow remains low at 0.51%, meaning shorts face little pain to hold.
HTZ (Hertz Global) sits at 70.8% SI of free float and has been climbing steadily all month from 61% in late August. Days to cover stand at 7.6. Any positive catalyst could force a messy unwind.
On the options side, NKTR (Nektar Therapeutics) is drawing attention. Shorts have retreated slightly, but the options market remains defensive, per ORTEX News today.
Taiwan's August export orders hit a record $103bn, up 71% year-on-year per ORTEX Alt Data. That tailwind is visible in semiconductor sentiment: NVDA short interest sits at just 1.3% of free float, with bears showing little appetite to fight the chip cycle.
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