Short sellers sharpened their claws this week. The biggest mover was BDRX. Its SI % FF exploded from 112% to a staggering 1,771% in just seven days. That is an extraordinary dislocation. Biodexa Pharmaceuticals shares have become a prime target for aggressive bearish bets.
SDOT tells a similar story. Sadot Group's short interest surged from 1.6% to 84.6% of free float. Bears turned almost overnight on this small-cap commodity trader. XXII — 22nd Century Group — also jumped sharply, with SI climbing from 18% to 67% in a week.
Among social media favourites, the picture is calmer. GME sits at 14.8% SI % FF, up just 1.2 percentage points. RIVN holds at 18.2%, barely changed. LCID remains one of the most shorted mid-caps, with 27.7% of float shorted.
TSLA shorts retreated slightly. SI dipped to 2.5% from 2.53% last week. COIN saw a small short cover too, falling to 10.9%.
The macro backdrop adds context. China reported a 14.1% export jump ahead of the Trump-Xi summit. That eased some risk-off pressure. Bears are concentrating on micro and small caps where liquidity is thin and squeezes are violent.
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