Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
CHWY is the week's sharpest mover in short interest. Bears lifted their position by 25 percentage points in seven days. Short interest now sits at 91.3% of free float. That is a striking jump from 65.9% a week ago.
SKYD also drew heavy attention. Short interest climbed to 65% of free float, up from 49.7% last week. Availability is thin at 19%, making new bets harder to place.
WOLF and FLWS remain firmly in bear territory. Wolfspeed holds 83.8% SI % FF with a days-to-cover of over 10. 1-800-Flowers sits at 79% with 31 days to cover.
SAIL saw a 6-point rise to 33.5% SI % FF over the week. jumped 5 points to 18.3%.
On the auto front, TSLA reports earnings on 21 October. ORTEX Alt Data shows German car registrations, a leading indicator for Tesla revenue, running 269% above the same quarter last year. Short interest is low at 2.5% of FF. GM reports on 20 October. Its German car registration indicator runs 133% above last year. However, ORTEX consumer credit data shows GM auto-loan delinquencies 1.2 standard deviations above its trust peer group.
EVCM carries the highest short score this week at 96. Cost to borrow is elevated at 93%, with availability near 3%. That signals extreme borrow stress.
MSCI World faces nine potential deletions before Monday's cut-off. Fabrinet's deletion odds leapt from 8% to 49% overnight, which could force $826M of index selling.
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