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Top shorted stocks — live ORTEX alerts
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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NGG3 pulses3 criticalNGG short interest surges 36% in one week to 2.15M shares, driven by post-earnings weakness and rising cost to borrow now at 2.32%.
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MCK3 pulses3 criticalMCK short interest surges 35% in one week to 2.8% of float, driven by recent activist pressure and analyst downgrades. Cost to borrow remains minimal at 0.38%, though availability plummets 69% week-over-week to 2,259% — still abundant relative to short positions.
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NASA3 pulses3 criticalNASA short interest…
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ETH3 pulses3 criticalETH short interest tumbles 18% in one day to 0.60% of float, though weekly gains of 40% show volatility. Cost to borrow rises 43% week-over-week to 0.69%, while availability remains extremely high at 3,248% — indicating abundant shares for shorting despite minimal bearish positioning.
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AAPL3 pulses2 critical1 highAAPL short interest…
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UFO3 pulses2 critical1 highUFO short interest…
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PPLC2 pulses2 criticalPPLC short interest…
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KOMP2 pulses2 criticalKOMP short interest…
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BUG2 pulses2 criticalBUG short interest…
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EWT2 pulses1 critical1 highEWT short interest tumbles 29% in one week to 5.7% of float, as Taiwan ETF shorts cover positions amid easing trade tensions.
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EWA2 pulses1 critical1 highEWA short interest drops 37.6% in one week to 6.65% of float, though utilization remains maxed at 100%.
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CIBR2 pulses1 critical1 highCIBR short interest surges 26% in one week to 0.60% of float, rebounding sharply despite cybersecurity ETF's 21% monthly rally.
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AHR2 pulses2 highAHR short interest climbs 22.5% in one week to 10.67% of float, marking significant seller momentum. Cost to borrow remains benign at 0.48%, while availability sits at 267%, offering ample shares for new positions.
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POET2 pulses2 highPOET short interest retreats 28.7% in one week to 10.9% of float, though borrow availability remains constrained at 49.6% amid ongoing short unwinding.
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IXJ2 pulses2 highIXJ short interest plummeted 23% over one week to 0.06% of float, marking a multi-month low as healthcare ETF sees sustained short covering.
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CGNX2 pulses2 highCGNX short interest surges 21.6% in one week to 3.73% of float, driven by weak semiconductor demand outlook.
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ABX2 pulses2 highABX short interest surges 28% in one week to 1.35% of float, driven by 5 million additional shares shorted as gold miners attract bearish sentiment.
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PBR.A2 pulses2 highPBR.A short interest surges 27.5% in one week to 33.1M shares, highest level since May's start. Stock slides 5.7% over same period as cost to borrow falls to 0.61%, lowest in two months.
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EWW2 pulses2 highEWW short interest surges 21.5% in one week to 7.1% of float, driven by renewed hedging amid Mexico trade uncertainty.
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ITUB2 pulses2 highITUB short interest plummets 23.5% in one week to 11.2M shares, down 40% over the past month as availability surges to 1,806%.
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ZROZ2 pulses2 highZROZ short interest surges 23% in one week to 0.81% of float, hitting highest level since mid-May as Treasury ETF attracts bearish positioning amid volatile rate environment.
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PURR2 pulses2 highPURR short interest falls 28% in one week to 8.0M shares as stock rallies 18.6%, with cost to borrow collapsing 56% to 1.29%.
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XNDU1 pulse1 criticalXNDU short interest…
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NTSK1 pulse1 criticalNTSK short interest…
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FUTU1 pulse1 criticalFUTU short interest surges 44% in one week to 3.5% of float, driven by Beijing's $271M fine against Moomoo platform.
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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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