Short sellers kept busy this week. Wolfspeed remains the standout with SI at 118.8% of free float — up 5.4 points in seven days. Availability is effectively zero. Bears are piling in despite sky-high demand for borrows.
Paycom Software saw one of the week's sharpest moves. SI jumped from 11.3% to 14.8% of free float — a 3.4-point rise. Cost to borrow is just 0.7%, suggesting shorts have easy access and more pressure could follow.
Spectrum Brands added nearly 7 points in a week, reaching 20.5% of FF. That's a significant build-up with little fanfare.
On the squeeze side, American Airlines saw bears retreat. SI fell from 12% to 10.3%, a 1.7-point drop — consistent with the leisure sector rally fuelled by falling oil prices.
Among social-media favourites, GameStop holds at 16.2% of FF with cost to borrow under 1%. CoreWeave is generating buzz — SI sits at but availability is a massive 851%, meaning shorting remains very accessible despite the attention.
NVIDIA and Apple stay lightly shorted at 1.2% and 1.0% respectively, reflecting continued bullish consensus. Tesla sits at just 2.7% of FF — dramatically lower than its historic highs.
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