Short sellers made bold moves this week. WOLF leads the large-cap movers with shorts rising to 89.3% of free float — up nearly 29 percentage points in just seven days. The semiconductor firm has filed for bankruptcy protection, making it a prime bear target. Cost to borrow sits at 3.7%, but with 8 days to cover, any squeeze could be violent.
CVNA also caught attention. Short interest jumped from 2.1% to 10.1% of FF in a week. That's a fivefold increase. Carvana has rallied hard in 2025, and bears appear to be betting the run is over.
EV names stayed firmly in shorts' crosshairs. LCID climbed to 34.7% of FF, up 7 points week-on-week. SOUN holds 39.4% of FF shorted with a short score of 86 — one of the most pressured AI-adjacent names right now.
Among the highest short-score stocks, LUCK tops with a score of 94, while sits at . Both have thin availability, signalling bears are already stretched.
On the flip side, RENX saw its short interest drop 25.9% in a week, offering potential relief for longs.
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