Bears Pile Into CoreWeave and Airlines

Short sellers stepped up bets across several names this week. The biggest mover among large caps was CRWV. CoreWeave's short interest rose 3.1 percentage points in seven days to 22.2% of free float. Cost to borrow remains cheap at 0.4%, suggesting bears face no squeeze pressure yet.

AAL also drew fresh attention. American Airlines short interest climbed 2.2 points to 14.9% of free float. Iran-related geopolitical headlines rattled travel sentiment this week, and bears appear to have added on the uncertainty.

CHWY remains the most shorted large cap tracked by ORTEX. Short interest sits at 89.7% of free float, up another 2.5 points over the week. Availability is abundant at 481%, so a squeeze looks distant.

LCID holds at 63.2% shorted, adding 1.9 points. Days to cover is 14.3, making it one of the harder names to unwind quickly.

One name catching social media attention is MVIS. ORTEX retail attention data showed MicroVision's Wikipedia views running 10 standard deviations above its own history on 19 October. Short interest sits at 23% of free float. Cost to borrow is 102%, so squeeze conditions are building.

On the other side, WOLF saw shorts trim positions, with SI falling 2.1 points to 86.8% of free float. With TSLA reporting earnings tomorrow, its SI is a modest 2.5%, leaving little short fuel for a squeeze reaction.