All eyes turn to NVDA on Wednesday. The $5.5 trillion chipmaker reports after the close. Any commentary on AI chip demand will move markets globally. ADI also reports Wednesday, offering a read on industrial semiconductor health. Retail gets its turn too — LOW and TGT both report mid-week. Options traders are already pricing in bearish pressure on Lowe's, with zero positive bets recorded over the past week.
Bears are active across several names. Wolfspeed now sits at 80.1% SI of free float — up 22.5 points in a week — with zero shares available to borrow. Lucid Group carries 34.6% SI. Borrow availability is near zero at 0.1%. That's a classic squeeze setup. saw SI jump from 2.1% to 10.2% in seven days. Bears are building fast on the $50B used-car platform.
Selling pressure is visible at the top. Insiders at CRWV CoreWeave dumped over $186 million in stock since May 1. At SEI Solaris Energy Infrastructure, two large holders filed combined sales near $290 million in two weeks. TWLO Twilio saw a $130M board-linked sale filed May 12.
AAPL drew a downgrade today. VRT saw its average analyst target rise to $355.52. Data centre demand keeps analysts bullish on AI infrastructure plays. HPQ received an upgrade, adding pressure on its 12.9% short interest base.
NMAX Newsmax beat on both earnings lines today. Short sellers were caught on the wrong side. With squeeze dynamics already present across EV and semiconductor names, this week's earnings calendar could trigger more forced covering.
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