What you will see below
spikes and drops in short interest by industry;
short squeeze candidates / very high short interest;
stocks showing recent spikes in short interest;
performance of the most highly shorted stocks.
The market value of short interest increased by 8.3% ($110.5) billion over the past 30 days. Net new active shorting increased by $43.9 bn. The strongest short activity was seen in Packaged Software, Semis, Internet Software. The most short covering took place in Specialty Stores, Peripherals and Air Freight.
The most heavily shorted stocks are shown below. Any stock with short interest to float of more than 30% should be treated as a squeeze risk.
Spikes in Short Interest include: TechnipFMC plc, Avidity Biosciences, MasterBrand, Iridium Communications, CorMedix, Stewart Information Services, Planet Labs PBC, Sealed Air, and Cantaloupe. PDF below.
Shorts are suffering
Highly shorted stocks are rallying harder than the market in this low quality rally.
