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ORTEX tracks short interest across every major global exchange. Pulses fire 24/7 when short interest, cost to borrow, or utilization cross significant thresholds; long-form articles contextualise what the movement means for a stock.
Scotiabank made the boldest analyst move of the day. The bank raised its target price on TRGP from $257 to $314 — a 22% jump. Targa Resources carries a $62.5bn market cap. Short interest sits at just 2.6% of free…
Short sellers moved decisively this week. LCID saw the biggest jump among large names. Its SI % of free float rose to 49.7% — up 14.4 percentage points in just seven days. Availability is near zero at 0.4% of SI.…
Casey's General Stores posted a sharply disappointing fiscal Q1. The fallout has been swift — analysts slashed price targets by as much as $200 and the stock dropped over 14% on the day of the print. It has lost 17% on…
Two major brokers cut AMGN within 48 hours. The stock is down 14% in a week. Short sellers are adding positions. The signals are aligning — and not in the bulls' favour. BMO Capital struck first on September 8,…
United Rentals dropped 3.9% on September 10. The same day, JP Morgan downgraded the stock. Three signals are now pointing the same direction. JP Morgan's Tami Zakaria cut URI to Neutral from Overweight. The price…
Why this matters: Nine days ago, the borrowing market for Occidental Petroleum looked benign — costs had collapsed to near-zero and short interest was drifting lower. That picture has reversed sharply. Three distinct…
Short interest in USAR jumped to 25.4% of free float as of September 10 — up 13.2% in a single week — while the stock shed another 9.3% over the same period. The data now shows a meaningful escalation since the…
Three distinct signals have converged on TMO this week. An analyst upgrade, a short interest jump, and elevated put-buying are all pointing in different directions at once. UBS analyst Doug Schenkel upgraded TMO to Buy…
ORTEX News publishes the articles. For the live picture — daily short-interest estimates, days-to-cover, short squeeze signals, and the full history — the platform is at app.ortex.com.
Short interest measures the total shares of a stock that have been sold short but not yet covered. Expressed as a percentage of the free float, it shows how much of a company's tradeable stock is currently bet against. High short interest combined with rising cost to borrow and utilization is a classic short-squeeze setup.
ORTEX aggregates short interest from agent lenders, prime brokers, and broker- dealers worldwide, updated daily. This gives a much fresher picture than the fortnightly FINRA official reports alone.
Key short-interest metrics ORTEX News tracks: short interest % of float, days to cover, cost to borrow (CTB), utilization, and the ORTEX Short Squeeze signal.
