Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Chewy saw the biggest short interest jump among large US names. Its SI % of free float hit 92.2%, up from 66.7% just seven days ago, a 25-percentage-point surge in a single week. That puts the pet-products retailer among the most heavily shorted mid-cap names in the market.
Wolfspeed remains a bear favourite. SI stands at 86.4% of free float, up another 5.4 points over the week. Availability has collapsed to zero, meaning borrowing new short positions is effectively impossible. Days to cover sits at 10.2, a sign that any squeeze could get painful fast.
Matthews International and Fluence Energy also attracted fresh short sellers. Matthews climbed to 18.5% SI from 12.4%, while Fluence rose to 38.2% from 32.4%.
On the other side, shorts covered sharply in Sunshine Silver Mining, where SI dropped 18.5 points to 9.9%. Redwood Trust saw a 6.6-point fall.
Tesla remains a social-media flashpoint. The Roadster launch, set for 2028 production, is dominating financial feeds. SI sits at just 2.5% of free float. ORTEX alt data shows German car registrations, a dataset that leads Tesla revenue by 43 days, running 269% above the same quarter last year across all three months. Tesla reports on 21 October.
General Motors also reports on 20 October. GM auto-loan delinquencies in SEC ABS filings ran 1.2 standard deviations above their own history as of 29 September, per ORTEX consumer credit data, a number worth watching alongside the print.
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