Short sellers are making bold new moves. Data from ORTEX as of October 1 shows several notable shifts in positioning across US names.
MMED (MiniMed Group) sits at 78.6% SI of free float. That jumped 10.3 percentage points in just seven days. Borrow availability is nearly zero at 0.6%. With a short score of 91, bears are heavily committed and new shorts face a very tight market.
WOLF (Wolfspeed) is close behind at 80.5% SI of free float. The semiconductor maker has shed 22% over the past three months. Days to cover stands at 11.3. Availability is also zero, meaning any squeeze would be sharp.
The biggest mover this week is TLN (Talen Energy). SI jumped 6 percentage points to 12.1% of free float in seven days. The nuclear-power company has a $15.5bn market cap, making the move significant in scale.
BRVE (Braveheart Bio) carries an eye-watering 700% SI of free float. That figure climbed a further 115 points this week. The pharma stock has thin float mechanics at the root of the number.
On the macro front, euro-area inflation climbed to 3.8% in September, a third straight monthly rise. That backdrop is keeping pressure on rate-sensitive names. Retail cost pressures are also in focus: headlines Friday pointed to , and all fighting rising supply-chain costs.
Social media chatter has picked up around FLWS (1-800-Flowers). Short interest there stands at 79% of free float with 34 days to cover. That is the kind of setup that draws squeeze speculation.
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