Bears Pile Into EVs and Retail Tech

Short sellers are adding aggressively to several well-known names. Lucid Group leads the movers. Its SI % of Free Float hit 64.3%, up from 50.4% a month ago, a 14 percentage point jump. The stock has lost 44% in three months. With only 4.3% availability, borrowing shares is now very hard.

California's new ZEV registrations fell 37% year-on-year in July 2026, the smallest Q3 reading in three years per ORTEX Alt Data. That backdrop keeps the pressure on EV names beyond Lucid.

Chewy is the most shorted stock in the dataset. SI % FF stands at 86.5%, up nearly 12 points over 30 days. Availability is high at 566%, so shorts can still add easily.

Wolfspeed sits at 84.4% SI % FF. Availability has collapsed to zero, leaving existing shorts effectively trapped. Cost to borrow is 1.84% APR.

Albertsons saw one of the sharpest weekly moves in the broader market. SI % FF climbed 4.4 percentage points in just seven days to reach 23.8%, with a 30-day rise of nearly 8 points.

CoreWeave is drawing fresh attention from short sellers. SI % FF hit 25.7%, up 4.5 points this week and nearly 5 points over 30 days.

EverCommerce carries the highest short score in the screen at 96, with a cost to borrow of 93.2% APR. That signals extreme squeeze risk if sentiment turns. Hertz holds 71.4% SI % FF with a borrow cost of 28.4% APR.

The Russell 2000 review ranks on 30 October. Old National Bancorp sits exactly on the exit line, with $1.2B of potential forced selling from index trackers. That event alone could sharpen short interest dynamics on Thursday.