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NASDAQCAR short interest utilization hits 100%, matching the 52-week high, as shares available to borrow remain fully deployed.
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Snapshot as of 6 May 2026
Short sellers are retreating from CAR at speed. Short interest has fallen 36% in a single week to 17.3% of free float. That unwind is the dominant story — but the analyst community is moving in the opposite…
Pentwater Capital dumped over $120 million of CAR stock in a single day. That's the story behind a dramatic unwinding in short interest — even as the lending market stays completely tapped out. On April 23, Pentwater…
CAR heads into Tuesday's Q1 print with every available share to borrow already lent out and options traders piling on protection at an unusually high rate — a combination that makes the short-side setup as charged as…
Why this matters — Three distinct ORTEX data types have aligned bearishly on CAR within days. Utilisation at 100%, a record-high put/call ratio, and a cost-to-borrow that nearly doubled in a week all point in the same…
Why this matters — Three distinct ORTEX data points have converged on CAR within hours. Cost to borrow, utilisation, and options sentiment all flashed extreme readings simultaneously, a rare clustering that signals…
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