Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
NASDAQSPCX short interest plummets 45.7% in one week to 126.4M shares, as cost to borrow collapses to 0.69% from 3.31% last week and availability surges to 57%.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumSPCX enters the back half of August with its short cover trade losing steam — and options traders refusing to stand down. The covering story has been the dominant narrative for five sessions. Short interest peaked at…
Snapshot as of 17 Aug 2026
SPCX has now traded through two earnings events in as many days, gained 9.4% on August 4 and another 9.4% on August 5 to reach $125.33 — and the short base has barely moved. The positioning story remains the defining…
SPCX has added 9.4% overnight to $125.33, yet the short base that built through July has not moved — and today's second earnings event arrives with the borrow market still functionally closed. The lending picture has…
SPCX arrives at Monday's earnings release in the most constrained borrow market of its short trading history, with a $108 stock carrying analyst targets that average more than double that price. The borrow situation…
SPCX heads into its August 4 earnings print with a borrow market near shut, short interest at a record, and a Street that cannot agree on whether the stock is worth $115 or $255. The lending story has not changed — it…
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