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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.
Wolfspeed sits at the top of the short interest table. Its SI hit 79% of free float as of July 20. Shares to borrow are essentially gone — availability is at 0%. The stock has rallied 162% over three months, creating…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on two notable names this week. CLBK (Columbia Financial) saw the biggest move. Its SI % of FF jumped nearly 7 points in seven days, hitting 24.2% on July 20 — up from 17.2% a week…
RDDT heads into its July 30 earnings report with short sellers trimming positions, insiders cashing out near recent highs, and options traders nudging toward defensiveness — a setup where positioning and price are…
AST SpaceMobile heads into the week with its most congested short positioning in months — and a borrow market that has effectively shut again just days after briefly reopening. The covering that Thursday's note…
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.
