Jaguar Health is flashing a rare three-way convergence. The borrow market is almost completely locked. Options traders are overwhelmingly bullish. Short interest sits at a meaningful 12.3% of float. Each signal points the same direction — but in opposite camps.
The most striking data point is the lending market. Availability has collapsed to effectively zero. Utilization hit 98.66% on April 28 — just off the 52-week peak of 100%. That means almost every share available to borrow is already out on loan.
The move happened fast. On April 24, utilization stood at 61.46%. In four trading sessions it rocketed to 98.66%. Cost to borrow is 19.32% annualised. That is elevated but not extreme — it was above 22% as recently as March.
The sharp tightening tells a specific story. New short demand arrived suddenly. Existing lenders are not releasing inventory. The pool is essentially full.
While the borrow market tightened, options traders went the other direction. The put/call ratio hit 0.0186 — a 52-week low. The 20-day average PCR is 0.0281. That gap produces a Z-score of -4.18. Extreme call-side skew by any measure.
That combination is unusual. Short sellers are scrambling to borrow shares. Options buyers are loading up on calls. Both signals arrived within the same trading window.
SI % FF stands at 12.3% as of April 28. That is down roughly 24% over the past month — shorts have been covering. The one-week change is -5.6%. One-day change is -10.4%. The covering trend is clear.
The ORTEX short score is 61.3. The DTC rank sits at the 80th percentile. Utilization rank is in the 1st percentile — the tightest cohort in the entire coverage universe.
Three signals rarely converge this cleanly. Availability near zero. Call buyers at a 52-week extreme. Shorts covering into a falling price — the stock is down 40.7% over the past week. How that tension resolves will define the next move. The key variable is whether borrow supply loosens or tightens further.
Key data — as of 28 April 2026
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