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The stocks with the most active short-interest pulses on ORTEX News this week. Ranked by combined pulse volume and severity — critical alerts count most. Updated every 15 minutes.

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1
SMR2 pulses2 critical
SMR short interest surges 48.5% in one week to 1.48M shares, as cost to borrow jumps 50% to 1.19%—yet availability remains extremely loose at 8,992% relative to estimated shorts.
2
SQS2 pulses2 critical
SQS short interest…
3
DMRA2 pulses2 critical
DMRA short interest…
4
MSOS2 pulses2 critical
MSOS short interest collapses 47.6% in one week to 2.1% of float, lowest level in months as bears exit en masse.
5
TCHP2 pulses2 critical
TCHP short interest rebounds 9% in one day to 0.15% of float, though weekly trend remains down 33% from prior week.
6
IAUM2 pulses2 critical
IAUM short interest plummets 26.5% in one day to 0.52% of float, lowest level in weeks as gold ETF rallies.
7
CIBR2 pulses2 critical
CIBR short interest plummets 34.6% in one week, now at 0.29% of float—availability surges to 217%, easing borrow pressure.
8
PNQI2 pulses2 critical
PNQI short interest…
9
FRMI2 pulses1 critical1 high
FRMI short interest plunges 29.8% in one week to 7.95% of float, marking sharp reversal from July surge.
10
SCHG2 pulses1 critical1 high
SCHG short interest surges 26% in one day to 0.22% of float, highest spike in recent weeks.
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KORU1 pulse1 critical
KORU short interest…
12
IPKW1 pulse1 critical
IPKW short interest…
13
VONG1 pulse1 critical
VONG short interest…
14
IVW1 pulse1 critical
IVW short interest surges 32.6% in one week to 1.59M shares, though remains minimal at 0.29% of float; cost to borrow nearly triples to 0.53% as availability plummets 83% in same period.
15
UNG1 pulse1 critical
UNG short interest…
16
QQEW1 pulse1 critical
QQEW short interest…
17
PSC1 pulse1 critical
PSC short interest surges 32% in one week to 0.076% of float, though still at historically low levels. Cost to borrow climbs to 60%, with availability at 486% signaling ample shares remain available for shorting despite elevated borrowing costs.
18
SOXL1 pulse1 critical
SOXL short interest surges 34% in one week to 7.4% of float, driven by semiconductor sector volatility and 3X leverage dynamics.
19
JEF1 pulse1 critical
JEF short interest…
20
RZLV1 pulse1 critical
RZLV short interest surges 44% in one week to 12.5% of float, highest level since late June, as borrow availability plummets to 25.4%.
21
BBDO1 pulse1 critical
BBDO short interest…
22
INTC1 pulse1 critical
INTC short interest…
23
NFLX1 pulse1 critical
NFLX short interest…
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ETH1 pulse1 critical
ETH short interest…
25
PPA1 pulse1 critical
PPA short interest jumps 37.8% in one week to 0.39% of float, driven by a 14.2% single-day spike on July 20. Share availability remains ample at 300%, indicating minimal borrowing constraints despite the uptick.

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This ranking reflects ORTEX News pulse activity. The real-time short-interest dashboard — with daily estimates, days-to-cover, cost to borrow, utilization, and the full history for every ticker — is on the ORTEX platform.

How this ranking works

Each ticker is ranked by a combined score: total short-interest pulses fired in the recent window, weighted by severity. A single critical alert counts more than three low-severity pulses. Ties break on raw pulse count.

Pulses fire when short interest, cost to borrow, or utilization cross ORTEX-configured thresholds relative to each ticker's baseline. The data is ORTEX's proprietary daily short-interest estimate, aggregated from agent lenders, prime brokers, and broker-dealers worldwide.

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