Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
WOLF remains one of the most shorted stocks in the US market. Short interest hit 131% of free float — up nearly 20 percentage points in just one week. Borrowing costs sit at 10.7%, and availability has fallen to zero. Bears see no signs of retreat.
CHWY is another name drawing heavy fire. Short interest jumped from 53% to 61% of free float in seven days. That's a sharp move for a $5.4 billion company. Shorts are clearly not buying any recovery story.
GRND — Grindr — saw one of the biggest weekly jumps among mid-caps. SI leapt from 2% to nearly 13% of free float. That's a fivefold rise in a week. Worth watching closely.
On the other side, shorts in TNGX — Tango Therapeutics — cut positions by over 7 percentage points. also saw notable short covering, down 5.2 points.
Among social-media favourites, GME sits at 14.9% SI. IONQ is at 19.4%, with ORTEX noting continued short covering. AUR — Aurora Innovation — is also seeing shorts retreat as options sentiment firms. TSLA and NVDA remain lightly shorted at 2.7% and 1.3% respectively.
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