Bears Circle Grindr, Liquidia and CoreWeave

Short sellers are on the move. The biggest one-week jump among mid- and large-cap US stocks belongs to LQDA, Liquidia Corporation. Its SI % FF hit 26.7% as of 26 October, up 8 percentage points in seven days. GRND, Grindr, followed closely. Its short interest climbed from 13.3% to 20.4% of free float in the same period.

CRWV, CoreWeave, also drew fresh short attention. SI % FF rose to 26.4%, up 4.2 points on the week. The AI infrastructure name has been a battleground stock since its IPO, and bears are adding pressure ahead of earnings season.

Among the most-shorted names with meaningful market caps, CHWY stands out. Chewy's SI % FF sits at 86.5%, with over 566% availability. That level of availability suggests bears are not struggling to find stock to borrow.

WOLF, Wolfspeed, carries 84.4% SI % FF and a cost to borrow of 1.84%. Days to cover sit at 9.6, one of the highest among semiconductor names.

LEVI, Levi Strauss, saw short interest rise 4 points to 13.2% of free float last week. That is a notable build in a consumer name where macro pressure on apparel spending remains a risk.

On the retail attention front, ORTEX Wikipedia data shows VTES and CGMM each spiked 10 standard deviations above their own history as of 21 October. Simultaneous retail attention spikes in two ETFs of that magnitude are rare and worth watching.

IMRX, Immunovant, shows trial completion date slippage running 1.8 standard deviations below its own history per the ORTEX drug trials dataset, pointing to faster-than-expected timelines.