Bears Pile In: Five Stocks Shorts Are Chasing

Short sellers have been busy this week. ORTEX data to 2 November shows several notable position builds across mid-cap US names, with a handful of squeeze candidates also worth watching.

Biggest mover: ChronoScale Holdings

CHRN saw the sharpest SI jump among stocks above $500M market cap. Short interest climbed 6 percentage points in seven days to 20% of free float. Cost to borrow sits at 23%, and availability has tightened to just 37% of SI.

Wolfspeed stays in the crosshairs

WOLF remains one of the most heavily shorted names in US markets. SI stands at 88% of free float. Availability is now zero. Shorts can find no new shares to borrow, leaving the position frozen but highly vulnerable to any catalyst.

EverCommerce: highest short score

EVCM carries the top ORTEX short score at 97. CTB has spiked to 75.6%, with availability near zero at just 0.17% of SI. The stock is down 28% over three months. Short sellers are paying dearly to hold.

Array Technologies: persistent bear bet

Solar tracker maker ARRY holds 30.8% SI of free float, up 2.6 points on the week, with zero availability remaining.

Shopify CTB doubles

SHOP grabbed attention today as its cost to borrow surged 106% in one week to 0.90%. SI remains low at 1.6% of float, so this looks like a borrow-tightening event rather than a fresh short thesis.

Covering flows

NCLH and LEVI saw the biggest short covering among larger stocks. Norwegian Cruise Line's SI dropped 2 points to 17.4%. Levi's fell 2.4 points to 10.8%.

FLUT cut its FY2026 sales guidance on Wednesday. ORTEX Index Rebalance Radar gives Flutter a 71% probability of deletion from the MSCI World at the 11 November announcement.