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NASDAQQQQ closed Tuesday at $675.49, down nearly 5% on the week — yet the short interest data tells a story of bears retreating rather than pressing the move. The ceasefire narrative that emerged at the start of this week appears to have forced some of the short rebuilding described in last week's report into reverse. Short interest peaked at 72 million shares on Monday before dropping…
QQQ short interest surges 21.4% in one week to 10.5% of float, driven by aggressive bear repositioning as rally holds above $740.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumQQQ closed Tuesday at $675.49, down nearly 5% on the week — yet the short interest data tells a story of bears retreating rather than pressing the move. The ceasefire narrative that emerged at the start of this week…
Snapshot as of 5 Aug 2026
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QQQ dropped 3.3% on Tuesday to $713.65, and for the first time in three weeks the data is telling a meaningfully different story: short sellers pulled back sharply and the lending pool opened up dramatically, reversing…
QQQ closed Tuesday at $729.86 — up 3.1% on the week but dropping 1.9% on the session — and the short book has grown again, marking the third consecutive week in which bears have added rather than retreated. The lending…
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QQQ is at $746, up 2.2% on the week, yet short sellers have quietly notched their sharpest single-week position increase since the May rebuild began — a divergence that now defines the tape. Short interest rose 21% in…
The options market just flashed one of its most bullish readings of the year. Yet short sellers are still rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months. That tension is the QQQ story right now. The Nasdaq-100 ETF…
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