r/Shortsqueeze

Short Squeeze data, August 19, 2026

Short Squeeze data, August 19, 2026

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Not financial advice. Do your own research. It surfaces candidates; it is NOT a buy signal.

Ranks your watchlist by short-squeeze potential. Each name needs two things:

LOADED — the FUEL. How much pent-up buying is trapped in the name: how much of the tradeable float is sold short, how many days of normal volume it would take those shorts to buy back (days-to-cover), and how expensive the shares are to borrow. Fuel is potential energy — every share sold short is a share that must eventually be bought back. It says nothing about timing: a name can sit fully fuelled for months and never move.

IGNITION — the SPARK. Whether anything is actually lighting the fuel right now (dealers short gamma forced to buy, aggressive call buying, price up on volume).

The score discounts loaded "fuel" by how little it's igniting, so a 🔥 Igniting name is loaded AND moving, while a 🔒 Loaded one is a coiled setup that hasn't fired yet. Short interest is FINRA data — reported twice a month with a ~2-3 week lag (shown as the as-of date), so treat it as the standing setup, not a live tick.

Float data is from FMP, refreshed weekly. What each tile shows:

Score — the big number, overall squeeze potential (0-100).

Loaded / Ignition — the two halves shown as bars, each 0-100.

SI — short interest as a percent of the tradeable free float when we have it (the real squeeze figure, since insider/restricted shares are excluded), otherwise a percent of shares outstanding; the arrow is ↑ rising or ↓ falling versus the prior FINRA report.

DTC — days-to-cover: at average volume, how many days of buying it would take shorts to cover (higher = harder to exit).

Fee — annualized cost to borrow the shares (turns red at 5%+ = hard to borrow).

Move — recent price thrust: the percent change over the last few sessions and the volume multiple, so "+29% · 2.2x" means up 29% on 2.2× its normal volume.

Calls — the share of options flow that is aggressive call buying (squeeze chasing).

Gamma — dealer positioning: "short" means dealers must buy into strength (fuel), "long" dampens it.

↑ tightening / ⚠ diluting — borrow getting harder / float growing (which can blunt a squeeze).

MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-19

SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-31 (19d old), not recomputed.

Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-18 14:51 UTC.

Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.

**JACK** 69 (fuel 81 / ignition 71) — SI 40.4% of free float, DTC 9.4, borrow 0.8%

**INDI** 64 (fuel 81 / ignition 86) — SI 33.5% of free float, DTC 16.6, borrow 0.8%

**PLAY** 60 (fuel 81 / ignition 49) — SI 29.0% of free float, DTC 7.9, borrow 0.5%

**PRME** 58 (fuel 87 / ignition 33) — SI 19.3% of outstanding, DTC 12.9, borrow 0.3%

**WOLF** 57 (fuel 78 / ignition 45) — SI 397.0% of free float, DTC 5.5, borrow 4.6%

**WEN** 55 (fuel 93 / ignition 19) — SI 30.8% of outstanding, DTC 8.5, borrow 5.0%

**ABAT** 54 (fuel 80 / ignition 35) — SI 16.6% of outstanding, DTC 6.9, borrow 0.4%

**QUBT** 50 (fuel 88 / ignition 12) — SI 32.1% of free float, DTC 7.4, borrow 8.4%

**NNE** 49 (fuel 89 / ignition 28) — SI 35.5% of free float, DTC 7.1, borrow 0.8%

**LUNR** 48 (fuel 68 / ignition 41) — SI 27.5% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.5%

**UMAC** 48 (fuel 68 / ignition 64) — SI 25.1% of free float, DTC 2.9, borrow 0.7%

**TEM** 47 (fuel 81 / ignition 17) — SI 31.2% of free float, DTC 5.9, borrow 0.3%

**BBAI** 46 (fuel 84 / ignition 11) — SI 31.1% of free float, DTC 5.7, borrow 1.2%

**GRRR** 46 (fuel 88 / ignition 6) — SI 34.7% of free float, DTC 4.0, borrow 20.6%

**IWM** 46 (fuel 64 / ignition 45) — SI 26.8% of outstanding, DTC 3.1, borrow 0.7%

**ONDS** 46 (fuel 76 / ignition 22) — SI 50.7% of free float, DTC 1.9, borrow 9.3%

**ARQQ** 45 (fuel 91 / ignition 0) — SI 34.0% of free float, DTC 8.8, borrow 13.1%

**PBLS** 44 (fuel 51 / ignition 72) — SI 4.0% of outstanding, DTC 12.8, borrow 3.2%

**DNUT** 44 (fuel 66 / ignition 33) — SI 21.3% of free float, DTC 8.8, borrow 0.3%

**SMLR** 43 (fuel 61 / ignition 40) — SI 18.0% of free float, DTC 3.4, borrow 1.1%

**WULF** 42 (fuel 73 / ignition 15) — SI 29.0% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.3%

**NTST** 40 (fuel 81 / ignition 17) — SI 31.2% of free float, DTC 22.1, borrow 0.6%

**RH** 40 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 37.4% of free float, DTC 7.3, borrow 0.4%

**NTLA** 40 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 41.4% of free float, DTC 12.0, borrow 0.3%

**HIMS** 40 (fuel 74 / ignition 7) — SI 29.8% of free float, DTC 3.7, borrow 0.4%

**CORZ** 39 (fuel 69 / ignition 14) — SI 24.4% of free float, DTC 4.6, borrow 0.4%

**KMB** 39 (fuel 72 / ignition 10) — SI 13.3% of free float, DTC 14.7, borrow 0.4%

**PGY** 38 (fuel 69 / ignition 10) — SI 25.9% of free float, DTC 4.2, borrow 0.4%

**RGTI** 37 (fuel 69 / ignition 9) — SI 19.3% of free float, DTC 3.0, borrow 0.5%

**QBTS** 37 (fuel 67 / ignition 10) — SI 18.4% of free float, DTC 3.4, borrow 0.4%

**IREN** 37 (fuel 67 / ignition 11) — SI 31.8% of free float, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.6%

**SOUN** 36 (fuel 75 / ignition 13) — SI 41.4% of free float, DTC 4.2, borrow 6.5%

**CLX** 35 (fuel 62 / ignition 14) — SI 11.3% of free float, DTC 6.0, borrow 0.4%

**RXRX** 35 (fuel 81 / ignition 4) — SI 44.2% of free float, DTC 9.3, borrow 0.5%

**PATH** 35 (fuel 64 / ignition 8) — SI 29.6% of free float, DTC 1.4, borrow 0.3%

**APLD** 34 (fuel 72 / ignition 13) — SI 27.5% of free float, DTC 3.1, borrow 0.4%

**XLP** 34 (fuel 48 / ignition 44) — SI 12.7% of outstanding, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.3%

**CELH** 34 (fuel 53 / ignition 28) — SI 17.6% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 0.3%

**NBIS** 34 (fuel 61 / ignition 10) — SI 29.8% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.7%

**RCKT** 33 (fuel 66 / ignition 0) — SI 17.8% of free float, DTC 11.9, borrow 0.3%

**ASTS** 33 (fuel 62 / ignition 5) — SI 21.4% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.6%

**OPEN** 32 (fuel 54 / ignition 20) — SI 20.4% of free float, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.4%

**CHWY** 32 (fuel 54 / ignition 19) — SI 11.9% of outstanding, DTC 3.6, borrow 0.4%

**XEL** 32 (fuel 47 / ignition 34) — SI 6.8% of free float, DTC 8.5, borrow 0.3%

**ASST** 31 (fuel 81 / ignition 29) — SI 35.7% of free float, DTC 8.0, borrow 0.9%

**D** 31 (fuel 46 / ignition 34) — SI 3.2% of free float, DTC 8.1, borrow 0.4%

**IGV** 31 (fuel 58 / ignition 6) — SI 19.9% of outstanding, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.7%

**GRPN** 30 (fuel 81 / ignition 22) — SI 68.5% of free float, DTC 9.5, borrow 1.4%

**SOFI** 30 (fuel 55 / ignition 9) — SI 15.1% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 0.3%

**HTZ** 29 (fuel 85 / ignition 13) — SI 32.7% of outstanding, DTC 6.0, borrow 9.1%

**SERV** 29 (fuel 90 / ignition 6) — SI 37.4% of free float, DTC 8.6, borrow 9.9%

**KEEL** 28 (fuel 56 / ignition 19) — SI 16.8% of outstanding, DTC 3.1, borrow 0.4%

**RVMD** 28 (fuel 41 / ignition 39) — SI 5.4% of outstanding, DTC 6.3, borrow 0.3%

**AI** 28 (fuel 88 / ignition 5) — SI 33.8% of free float, DTC 8.4, borrow 0.4%

**EA** 28 (fuel 40 / ignition 40) — SI 6.0% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 0.3%

**CLF** 27 (fuel 46 / ignition 18) — SI 14.2% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.3%

**BTBT** 27 (fuel 63 / ignition 0) — SI 18.6% of free float, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.4%

**QQQ** 27 (fuel 42 / ignition 49) — SI 10.8% of outstanding, DTC 1.6, borrow 0.3%

**FRSH** 27 (fuel 42 / ignition 26) — SI 10.6% of outstanding, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.3%

**O** 27 (fuel 50 / ignition 6) — SI 4.9% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 0.4%

**IONQ** 27 (fuel 52 / ignition 20) — SI 13.5% of free float, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.5%

**UNP** 27 (fuel 41 / ignition 30) — SI 4.4% of free float, DTC 6.9, borrow 0.4%

**SBET** 26 (fuel 68 / ignition 29) — SI 21.9% of free float, DTC 4.8, borrow 0.5%

**AVAV** 26 (fuel 44 / ignition 19) — SI 11.4% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.3%

**SYM** 26 (fuel 60 / ignition 2) — SI 30.1% of free float, DTC 11.4, borrow 0.4%

**XLE** 26 (fuel 41 / ignition 29) — SI 9.3% of outstanding, DTC 2.1, borrow 0.4%

**SMCI** 26 (fuel 46 / ignition 13) — SI 16.2% of free float, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.3%

**WDC** 26 (fuel 39 / ignition 54) — SI 7.2% of free float, DTC 3.2, borrow 0.3%

**AVB** 25 (fuel 37 / ignition 63) — SI 2.8% of free float, DTC 5.1, borrow 0.4%

**APPS** 25 (fuel 50 / ignition 1) — SI 10.0% of free float, DTC 4.5, borrow 0.4%

**EOSE** 25 (fuel 79 / ignition 7) — SI 40.7% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 1.9%

**PCT** 25 (fuel 82 / ignition 3) — SI 29.5% of free float, DTC 15.1, borrow 2.1%

**SPG** 25 (fuel 38 / ignition 33) — SI 3.1% of free float, DTC 7.3, borrow 0.3%

**EOG** 25 (fuel 33 / ignition 49) — SI 3.1% of free float, DTC 5.8, borrow 0.4%

**NEE** 25 (fuel 43 / ignition 15) — SI 3.0% of free float, DTC 6.2, borrow 0.4%

**KHC** 24 (fuel 45 / ignition 8) — SI 7.3% of free float, DTC 6.1, borrow 0.4%

**DDD** 24 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 27.7% of free float, DTC 22.1, borrow 0.3%

**MO** 24 (fuel 32 / ignition 50) — SI 3.0% of free float, DTC 5.6, borrow 0.4%

**GIS** 24 (fuel 46 / ignition 3) — SI 9.2% of free float, DTC 5.2, borrow 0.3%

**AEP** 23 (fuel 45 / ignition 5) — SI 5.8% of free float, DTC 8.2, borrow 0.3%

**NVTS** 23 (fuel 44 / ignition 7) — SI 15.3% of free float, DTC 1.6, borrow 0.3%

**AMGN** 23 (fuel 37 / ignition 28) — SI 2.5% of free float, DTC 5.2, borrow 0.3%

**CIFR** 23 (fuel 42 / ignition 9) — SI 16.6% of free float, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.4%

**ACHR** 23 (fuel 40 / ignition 13) — SI 14.1% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.3%

**CXM** 22 (fuel 44 / ignition 0) — SI 12.8% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 0.3%

**ED** 22 (fuel 33 / ignition 33) — SI 3.5% of free float, DTC 5.5, borrow 0.4%

**LUMN** 22 (fuel 40 / ignition 7) — SI 6.1% of outstanding, DTC 5.8, borrow 0.3%

**SATL** 21 (fuel 50 / ignition 0) — SI 13.0% of outstanding, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.5%

**XLF** 21 (fuel 43 / ignition 15) — SI 11.1% of outstanding, DTC 3.4, borrow 0.4%

**OKLO** 20 (fuel 63 / ignition 7) — SI 20.8% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.4%

**TE** 20 (fuel 64 / ignition 6) — SI 20.5% of outstanding, DTC 1.4, borrow 0.5%

**FRVO** 20 (fuel 33 / ignition 23) — SI 3.5% of outstanding, DTC 3.5, borrow 0.8%

**GTLB** 20 (fuel 58 / ignition 15) — SI 11.4% of outstanding, DTC 4.9, borrow 0.4%

**DE** 20 (fuel 30 / ignition 32) — SI 2.3% of free float, DTC 5.6, borrow 0.4%

**XLI** 20 (fuel 47 / ignition 41) — SI 10.3% of outstanding, DTC 2.9, borrow 0.4%

**ON** 19 (fuel 36 / ignition 8) — SI 8.0% of free float, DTC 3.6, borrow 0.3%

**JOBY** 19 (fuel 37 / ignition 3) — SI 16.3% of free float, DTC 2.1, borrow 0.4%

**SPY** 19 (fuel 30 / ignition 45) — SI 8.9% of outstanding, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.3%

**PL** 18 (fuel 36 / ignition 20) — SI 8.6% of outstanding, DTC 3.4, borrow 0.3%

**TGT** 18 (fuel 31 / ignition 17) — SI 3.7% of free float, DTC 5.0, borrow 0.3%

**BKNG** 18 (fuel 34 / ignition 5) — SI 3.1% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.3%

**OSCR** 18 (fuel 34 / ignition 22) — SI 7.2% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.5%

**TJX** 18 (fuel 30 / ignition 16) — SI 1.8% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.4%

**VMC** 18 (fuel 35 / ignition 0) — SI 4.7% of free float, DTC 5.4, borrow 0.4%

**SMR** 17 (fuel 53 / ignition 7) — SI 55.0% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 0.4%

**RDW** 17 (fuel 49 / ignition 17) — SI 30.7% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.3%

**AFRM** 17 (fuel 32 / ignition 6) — SI 5.5% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 0.3%

**BW** 17 (fuel 47 / ignition 20) — SI 10.6% of outstanding, DTC 4.7, borrow 0.4%

**SNOW** 17 (fuel 31 / ignition 10) — SI 5.6% of free float, DTC 3.9, borrow 0.3%

**SO** 16 (fuel 38 / ignition 0) — SI 3.2% of free float, DTC 7.3, borrow 0.4%

**ZETA** 15 (fuel 44 / ignition 16) — SI 12.0% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.3%

**DD** 15 (fuel 30 / ignition 0) — SI 3.9% of free float, DTC 2.9, borrow 0.3%

**CL** 15 (fuel 30 / ignition 0) — SI 2.4% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.3%

**LITE** 14 (fuel 32 / ignition 48) — SI 12.0% of free float, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.3%

**LIFE** 14 (fuel 32 / ignition 3) — SI 5.5% of outstanding, DTC 3.2, borrow 3.9%

**WELL** 14 (fuel 32 / ignition 2) — SI 2.5% of free float, DTC 5.9, borrow 0.3%

**AAOI** 13 (fuel 36 / ignition 17) — SI 13.8% of free float, DTC 1.2, borrow 0.3%

**XLB** 12 (fuel 37 / ignition 10) — SI 9.0% of outstanding, DTC 1.4, borrow 0.5%

**HUT** 11 (fuel 36 / ignition 4) — SI 13.0% of free float, DTC 2.6, borrow 0.3%

**MSTR** 11 (fuel 32 / ignition 11) — SI 9.8% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 0.3%

MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-19

SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-31 (19d old), not recomputed.

Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-18 14:51 UTC.

Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.

**CEP** 99 (fuel 99 / ignition 100) — SI 20.0% of free float, DTC 7.6, borrow 45.6%

**ARCT** 72 (fuel 88 / ignition 62) — SI 27.6% of free float, DTC 16.5, borrow 0.4%

**MVIS** 63 (fuel 100 / ignition 27) — SI 221.4% of outstanding, DTC 7.2, borrow 14.4%

**UPXI** 60 (fuel 88 / ignition 36) — SI 25.7% of free float, DTC 17.2, borrow 8.0%

**LENZ** 50 (fuel 81 / ignition 24) — SI 41.4% of free float, DTC 11.8, borrow 1.0%

**EVGO** 50 (fuel 81 / ignition 23) — SI 14.1% of free float, DTC 12.1, borrow 1.2%

**HRTX** 46 (fuel 90 / ignition 3) — SI 31.9% of free float, DTC 24.4, borrow 2.1%

**KPTI** 46 (fuel 85 / ignition 9) — SI 51.0% of free float, DTC 2.7, borrow 15.4%

**GENI** 46 (fuel 72 / ignition 28) — SI 13.8% of free float, DTC 5.1, borrow 0.4%

**XPOF** 44 (fuel 89 / ignition 0) — SI 20.7% of outstanding, DTC 11.9, borrow 0.5%

**TBCH** 44 (fuel 88 / ignition no data) — SI 23.9% of outstanding, DTC 19.6, borrow 0.4%

**EBS** 43 (fuel 79 / ignition 8) — SI 19.6% of outstanding, DTC 17.6, borrow 0.3%

**WLDS** 41 (fuel 82 / ignition 0) — SI 27.1% of outstanding, DTC 1.0, borrow 784.3% 📌

**DPRO** 40 (fuel 79 / ignition 0) — SI 14.3% of free float, DTC 5.8, borrow 15.0%

**ETHZ** 38 (fuel 67 / ignition 14) — SI 30.5% of free float, DTC 7.2, borrow 5.0%

**LFVN** 38 (fuel 75 / ignition 0) — SI 12.1% of free float, DTC 17.4, borrow 24.8%

**VIVO** 36 (fuel 66 / ignition 11) — SI 17.3% of outstanding, DTC 2.5, borrow 11.6%

**EUV** 34 (fuel 49 / ignition 37) — SI 16.0% of outstanding, DTC 1.0, borrow 4.9%

**SRXH** 32 (fuel 65 / ignition 0) — SI 16.8% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 29.0% 📌

**EONR** 28 (fuel 42 / ignition 32) — SI 7.9% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 7.4%

**SLNH** 28 (fuel 54 / ignition 2) — SI 10.5% of outstanding, DTC 2.0, borrow 4.7%

**DFDV** 26 (fuel 85 / ignition 4) — SI 40.2% of free float, DTC 9.1, borrow 9.5%

**DEFT** 25 (fuel 50 / ignition 1) — SI 4.6% of free float, DTC 10.2, borrow 1.6%

**TNXP** 25 (fuel 82 / ignition 1) — SI 22.7% of free float, DTC 7.2, borrow 2.0%

**USBC** 24 (fuel 43 / ignition 13) — SI 0.2% of outstanding, DTC 3.9, borrow 17.7%

**TURB** 19 (fuel 39 / ignition 0) — SI 5.8% of outstanding, DTC 1.0, borrow 414.9%

**BATL** 14 (fuel 35 / ignition 36) — SI 25.6% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 12.2%

**SAFX** 10 (fuel 33 / ignition 0) — SI 10.8% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 28.3%

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u/FrankCastle2020 — 1 day ago

Little degenerate, but CXAI no shares available to short and extremely low float

CXAI has an insanely small float, and right now there are basically no shares available to short. That alone could make things get wild very quickly if volume starts poring in.
The fundamentals are starting to get interesting too. For FY2025, 98% of revenue was subscription revenue and GAAP gross margin reached 87%. Management also says they’re pursuing a $100B+ addressable market and had 20+ enterprise opportunities in the pipeline. (CXApp, Inc)
They already have customers among 20+ Fortune 1000 companies, deployments across 50+ countries / 200+ cities, and a pretty significant portion of the company is dedicated to R&D. (CX App)
So you have:
Extremely low float
Little/no borrow availability
High-margin recurring SaaS revenue
Actual enterprise customers
Agentic AI narrative
Potential catalysts as CXAI 2.0 rolls out
A tiny ticker where increased volume could matter A LOT
Obviously this is a high-risk microcap and could go either direction fast, but the combination of the share structure + improving SaaS fundamentals + AI catalysts could be intersting

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u/Dependent_Guard_149 — 1 day ago
▲ 6 r/Shortsqueeze+1 crossposts

SqueezeFinder - Aug 19th 2026

Good morning, SqueezeFinders!

The bears are beginning to take control of the market after yesterday's price action on the $QQQ tech index closed down 1.69% at 717.51. Geopolitical tensions are escalating in the Middle-East, and additionally we are seeing some red flags in the bond market that are causing investors to panic a little. If the $QQQ tech index fades under 707.5, we can expect a rapid gap fill and retest of 700 psychological level. If 700 fails to hold, we could fade aggressively down to the 690-680 range before we find any major support. However, on the bullish side, if bulls can break back over the 729/730 area, we can expect a resumption of the prior uptrend we were just in. The main directional sentiment determinants today are a mix of the below-detailed economic data releases, further developments in the Middle-East, and also some large earnings reports ($ADI, $TGT, and $LOW in premarket). This market is very dynamic and has been unpredictable as far as risk-tolerance goes, as one day we're running, and the next we're crashing. Stay tuned for what's squeezy. Regardless of broader market sentiment, you can always locate relative strength by checking SqueezeRadar to track irregularities in our data, and find winners you may not have spotted before without our scanners.

🥇 Gold: ~$4,340/oz (+0.1%)
🥈 Silver: ~$63/oz (-1.0%)
🪙 Bitcoin: ~$64.3k/coin (-0.3%)
🛢️ Oil: ~$85.50/barrel (+0.7%)

Today's economic data releases are:

🇺🇸 Crude Oil Inventories @ 10:30AM ET
🇺🇸 Cushing Crude Oil Inventories @ 10:30AM ET
🇺🇸 20-Year Bond Auction @ 1:00PM ET
🇺🇸 FOMC Meeting Minutes @ 2:00PM ET
🇺🇸 U.S. President Trump Speaks @ 2:30PM ET

📙Breakdown point: BELOW this price, the move will lose momentum significantly in the short-term, as shorts will gain confidence encouraging them to short more. Reducing probability of a squeeze without a catalyst.

📙Breakout point: ABOVE this price, the move will gain momentum significantly in the short-term, as shorts losses will increase pressuring them to cover. Increasing the probability of a squeeze occurring, especially if with a catalyst.

  1. $PRCH
    Squeezability Score: 40%
    Juice Target: 21.00
    Confidence: 🍊 🍊
    Price: 16.68 (-0.5%)
    Breakdown point: 15.4
    Breakout point: 19.5
    Mentions (30D): 6
    Event/Condition: Q2 results with insurance services revenue up 38 percent positive net income and sharply higher adjusted EBITDA leading to raised full-year guidance for revenue gross profit and adjusted EBITDA + continued scaling of reciprocal written premium and policies written reinforcing surplus and capacity for growth + upcoming investor meetings and constructive price target increases supporting the commercial momentum in the homeowners insurance model + Recent price target 🎯 of $23 from Benchmark + Recent price target 🎯 of $21 from B. Riley + Recent price target 🎯 of $20 from Craig-Hallum

  2. $DXYZ
    Squeezability Score: 28%
    Juice Target: 44.7
    Confidence: 🍊 🍊
    Price: 33.15 (-2.5%)
    Breakdown point: 30.0
    Breakout point: 34.3 (continuation)
    Mentions (30D): 4
    Event/Condition: Ongoing investor focus on the closed-end fund’s exposure to high-profile private technology holdings including SpaceX and Anthropic as potential liquidity events and valuation marks approach + trading activity reflecting sentiment around private market valuations ATM activity and expected NAV updates from portfolio mark-to-market changes + positioning as a public vehicle for access to select late-stage venture and growth technology names amid interest in space and AI themes + Recent price target 🎯 of $40 from Roth Capital + Recent price target 🎯 of $38 from B. Riley + Recent price target 🎯 of $35 from Needham

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u/Squeeze-Finder — 1 day ago

Hear me out… the numbers and setup on $HTZ are still better than most

I know everyone is all bearish now on $HTZ that Ackman sold his shares in July but if you look at the short numbers and options gamma ramp, they’re still extremely bullish for what a short squeeze is built on

Everyone is so quick to move on to the next failed one (FAMI, etc) when we’ve got this right here

69.8% SHORT, $2.50 and $3.00 options this week are setup to be the perfect gamma ramp and only 250k shares available. Volume still sends this thing to the MOON! $HTZ

u/scernoscerno — 3 days ago

Squeeze Data for August 17 2026

https://preview.redd.it/ql6fuqw5hxjh1.png?width=2998&format=png&auto=webp&s=88831bba592cb07d1877a4a6d349330e0873a003

Not financial advice. Do your own research. It surfaces candidates; it is NOT a buy signal.

Ranks your watchlist by short-squeeze potential. Each name needs two things:

LOADED — the FUEL. How much pent-up buying is trapped in the name: how much of the tradeable float is sold short, how many days of normal volume it would take those shorts to buy back (days-to-cover), and how expensive the shares are to borrow. Fuel is potential energy — every share sold short is a share that must eventually be bought back. It says nothing about timing: a name can sit fully fuelled for months and never move.

IGNITION — the SPARK. Whether anything is actually lighting the fuel right now (dealers short gamma forced to buy, aggressive call buying, price up on volume).

The score discounts loaded "fuel" by how little it's igniting, so a 🔥 Igniting name is loaded AND moving, while a 🔒 Loaded one is a coiled setup that hasn't fired yet. Short interest is FINRA data — reported twice a month with a ~2-3 week lag (shown as the as-of date), so treat it as the standing setup, not a live tick.

Float data is from FMP, refreshed weekly. What each tile shows:

Score — the big number, overall squeeze potential (0-100).

Loaded / Ignition — the two halves shown as bars, each 0-100.

SI — short interest as a percent of the tradeable free float when we have it (the real squeeze figure, since insider/restricted shares are excluded), otherwise a percent of shares outstanding; the arrow is ↑ rising or ↓ falling versus the prior FINRA report.

DTC — days-to-cover: at average volume, how many days of buying it would take shorts to cover (higher = harder to exit).

Fee — annualized cost to borrow the shares (turns red at 5%+ = hard to borrow).

Move — recent price thrust: the percent change over the last few sessions and the volume multiple, so "+29% · 2.2x" means up 29% on 2.2× its normal volume.

Calls — the share of options flow that is aggressive call buying (squeeze chasing).

Gamma — dealer positioning: "short" means dealers must buy into strength (fuel), "long" dampens it.

↑ tightening / ⚠ diluting — borrow getting harder / float growing (which can blunt a squeeze).

MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-17

SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-15 (33d old), not recomputed.

Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-14 15:23 UTC.

Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.

**JACK** 71 (fuel 83 / ignition 71) — SI 41.3% of free float, DTC 5.6, borrow 0.8%

**INDI** 70 (fuel 89 / ignition 86) — SI 33.2% of free float, DTC 11.7, borrow 0.8%

**PLAY** 60 (fuel 81 / ignition 49) — SI 33.5% of free float, DTC 7.9, borrow 0.6%

**NNE** 57 (fuel 86 / ignition 31) — SI 32.2% of free float, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.9%

**QUBT** 57 (fuel 95 / ignition 19) — SI 32.3% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 8.6%

**LUNR** 55 (fuel 75 / ignition 47) — SI 29.2% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.5%

**GRPN** 54 (fuel 90 / ignition 21) — SI 66.7% of free float, DTC 9.1, borrow 1.6%

**WEN** 53 (fuel 71 / ignition 47) — SI 30.2% of outstanding, DTC 3.8, borrow 5.2%

**DNUT** 52 (fuel 63 / ignition 67) — SI 20.2% of free float, DTC 6.5, borrow 0.3%

**BBAI** 51 (fuel 84 / ignition 21) — SI 30.8% of free float, DTC 5.8, borrow 1.1%

**HTZ** 50 (fuel 88 / ignition 13) — SI 30.9% of outstanding, DTC 3.9, borrow 13.6%

**SOUN** 47 (fuel 91 / ignition 20) — SI 43.0% of free float, DTC 6.0, borrow 7.4%

**ARQQ** 47 (fuel 93 / ignition 0) — SI 38.4% of free float, DTC 5.0, borrow 13.9%

**PCT** 46 (fuel 90 / ignition 3) — SI 29.3% of free float, DTC 13.7, borrow 1.9%

**CORZ** 46 (fuel 75 / ignition 22) — SI 24.5% of free float, DTC 5.7, borrow 0.3%

**SBET** 45 (fuel 74 / ignition 22) — SI 21.2% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.4%

**IWM** 45 (fuel 77 / ignition 18) — SI 29.5% of outstanding, DTC 4.2, borrow 0.6%

**RXRX** 45 (fuel 87 / ignition 4) — SI 44.2% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 0.5%

**APLD** 45 (fuel 68 / ignition 33) — SI 26.4% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.4%

**CELH** 45 (fuel 71 / ignition 28) — SI 20.4% of free float, DTC 5.4, borrow 0.3%

**KEEL** 45 (fuel 65 / ignition 38) — SI 16.8% of outstanding, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.3%

**BW** 45 (fuel 53 / ignition 67) — SI 10.2% of outstanding, DTC 4.0, borrow 0.4%

**SERV** 44 (fuel 99 / ignition 6) — SI 34.3% of free float, DTC 9.1, borrow 10.8%

**RH** 44 (fuel 88 / ignition 0) — SI 42.3% of free float, DTC 7.4, borrow 0.4%

**QBTS** 44 (fuel 69 / ignition 27) — SI 18.1% of free float, DTC 3.7, borrow 0.5%

**KMB** 43 (fuel 71 / ignition 21) — SI 13.1% of free float, DTC 10.1, borrow 0.4%

**SMLR** 43 (fuel 61 / ignition 40) — SI 18.0% of free float, DTC 3.4, borrow 1.1%

**RGTI** 42 (fuel 67 / ignition 27) — SI 18.7% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.5%

**TEM** 41 (fuel 71 / ignition 16) — SI 28.5% of free float, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.3%

**NTST** 40 (fuel 81 / ignition 17) — SI 32.9% of free float, DTC 22.2, borrow 0.6%

**DDD** 40 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 28.1% of free float, DTC 16.4, borrow 0.3%

**GRRR** 40 (fuel 55 / ignition 45) — SI 28.7% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 11.0%

**IGV** 40 (fuel 69 / ignition 15) — SI 27.9% of outstanding, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.7%

**WOLF** 39 (fuel 90 / ignition 45) — SI 410.8% of free float, DTC 6.8, borrow 2.4%

**SMCI** 39 (fuel 54 / ignition 45) — SI 17.2% of free float, DTC 3.0, borrow 0.3%

**EOSE** 39 (fuel 76 / ignition 1) — SI 37.2% of free float, DTC 3.9, borrow 1.3%

**ABAT** 38 (fuel 67 / ignition 33) — SI 15.7% of outstanding, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.4%

**PRME** 38 (fuel 76 / ignition 0) — SI 18.5% of outstanding, DTC 6.7, borrow 0.4%

**PGY** 37 (fuel 66 / ignition 13) — SI 25.2% of free float, DTC 3.6, borrow 0.4%

**UMAC** 37 (fuel 66 / ignition 88) — SI 24.0% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.7%

**XLF** 37 (fuel 63 / ignition 18) — SI 15.0% of outstanding, DTC 4.0, borrow 0.3%

**CLF** 36 (fuel 64 / ignition 11) — SI 14.8% of free float, DTC 4.5, borrow 0.3%

**MVIS** 36 (fuel 94 / ignition 27) — SI 18.0% of outstanding, DTC 6.7, borrow 23.0%

**HIMS** 35 (fuel 78 / ignition 7) — SI 29.4% of free float, DTC 4.5, borrow 0.3%

**MO** 35 (fuel 46 / ignition 51) — SI 3.2% of free float, DTC 8.6, borrow 0.4%

**ASTS** 34 (fuel 71 / ignition 13) — SI 22.3% of free float, DTC 4.8, borrow 0.7%

**OKLO** 34 (fuel 63 / ignition 9) — SI 19.1% of free float, DTC 3.3, borrow 0.4%

**SYM** 34 (fuel 61 / ignition 11) — SI 30.9% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 0.4%

**KHC** 34 (fuel 50 / ignition 37) — SI 7.8% of free float, DTC 7.9, borrow 0.4%

**RCKT** 34 (fuel 67 / ignition 0) — SI 19.1% of free float, DTC 6.8, borrow 0.3%

**CIFR** 34 (fuel 53 / ignition 26) — SI 16.7% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.4%

**PATH** 34 (fuel 56 / ignition 19) — SI 27.5% of free float, DTC 1.4, borrow 0.3%

**TE** 34 (fuel 59 / ignition 14) — SI 17.5% of outstanding, DTC 1.5, borrow 0.5%

**OPEN** 33 (fuel 52 / ignition 28) — SI 20.8% of free float, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.4%

**SATL** 33 (fuel 56 / ignition 37) — SI 14.4% of outstanding, DTC 4.3, borrow 2.2%

**ASST** 32 (fuel 89 / ignition 21) — SI 35.3% of free float, DTC 6.9, borrow 1.1%

**LUMN** 32 (fuel 47 / ignition 36) — SI 6.2% of outstanding, DTC 5.4, borrow 0.4%

**NBIS** 32 (fuel 74 / ignition 43) — SI 30.2% of free float, DTC 3.5, borrow 1.1%

**OSCR** 32 (fuel 44 / ignition 45) — SI 7.9% of free float, DTC 4.0, borrow 0.3%

**AEP** 31 (fuel 45 / ignition 40) — SI 6.1% of free float, DTC 6.8, borrow 0.3%

**CLX** 31 (fuel 53 / ignition 17) — SI 9.7% of free float, DTC 4.8, borrow 0.4%

**GIS** 31 (fuel 53 / ignition 17) — SI 10.3% of free float, DTC 4.4, borrow 0.3%

**RDW** 31 (fuel 61 / ignition 18) — SI 34.8% of free float, DTC 2.6, borrow 0.3%

**NVTS** 30 (fuel 44 / ignition 37) — SI 15.3% of free float, DTC 1.6, borrow 0.3%

**ETHA** 30 (fuel 40 / ignition 52) — SI 10.6% of outstanding, DTC 1.5, borrow 0.4%

**IREN** 30 (fuel 69 / ignition 45) — SI 30.3% of free float, DTC 2.3, borrow 0.6%

**XEL** 30 (fuel 48 / ignition 25) — SI 6.9% of free float, DTC 8.9, borrow 0.3%

**IONQ** 29 (fuel 52 / ignition 33) — SI 12.7% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.5%

**SLB** 28 (fuel 44 / ignition 28) — SI 4.3% of free float, DTC 5.7, borrow 0.4%

**CHWY** 28 (fuel 51 / ignition 9) — SI 11.7% of outstanding, DTC 3.1, borrow 0.4%

**SOFI** 28 (fuel 46 / ignition 20) — SI 14.8% of free float, DTC 2.3, borrow 0.3%

**UNP** 28 (fuel 42 / ignition 31) — SI 4.8% of free float, DTC 12.5, borrow 0.4%

**CXM** 27 (fuel 54 / ignition 2) — SI 13.8% of free float, DTC 4.3, borrow 0.3%

**XLP** 27 (fuel 36 / ignition 50) — SI 11.3% of outstanding, DTC 1.8, borrow 0.4%

**SLNH** 27 (fuel 72 / ignition 24) — SI 14.1% of outstanding, DTC 2.2, borrow 4.7%

**VLO** 27 (fuel 34 / ignition 54) — SI 3.8% of free float, DTC 3.9, borrow 0.3%

**ONDS** 26 (fuel 80 / ignition 10) — SI 49.5% of free float, DTC 2.7, borrow 10.6%

**UPS** 26 (fuel 44 / ignition 19) — SI 3.3% of free float, DTC 6.3, borrow 0.4%

**D** 26 (fuel 37 / ignition 37) — SI 3.1% of free float, DTC 4.9, borrow 0.4%

**QQQ** 25 (fuel 42 / ignition 21) — SI 10.2% of outstanding, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.3%

**AI** 25 (fuel 80 / ignition 4) — SI 32.4% of free float, DTC 8.8, borrow 0.4%

**PL** 25 (fuel 42 / ignition 38) — SI 9.7% of outstanding, DTC 4.0, borrow 0.3%

**VMC** 25 (fuel 49 / ignition 0) — SI 5.1% of free float, DTC 6.5, borrow 0.4%

**JOBY** 24 (fuel 47 / ignition 4) — SI 16.6% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.4%

**NTLA** 24 (fuel 80 / ignition 0) — SI 43.1% of free float, DTC 9.8, borrow 0.3%

**XLE** 24 (fuel 40 / ignition 21) — SI 9.2% of outstanding, DTC 1.9, borrow 0.4%

**MLM** 24 (fuel 37 / ignition 30) — SI 4.1% of free float, DTC 4.2, borrow 0.4%

**WULF** 24 (fuel 61 / ignition 31) — SI 27.2% of free float, DTC 2.5, borrow 0.3%

**WDC** 24 (fuel 40 / ignition 41) — SI 6.8% of free float, DTC 3.4, borrow 0.3%

**ON** 24 (fuel 40 / ignition 18) — SI 8.1% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.3%

**SBUX** 23 (fuel 41 / ignition 15) — SI 4.1% of free float, DTC 7.4, borrow 0.3%

**PBLS** 23 (fuel 42 / ignition 11) — SI 3.1% of outstanding, DTC 8.3, borrow 3.9%

**BTBT** 23 (fuel 58 / ignition 32) — SI 16.5% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 0.4%

**TGT** 23 (fuel 39 / ignition 17) — SI 4.4% of free float, DTC 4.7, borrow 0.3%

**XLI** 23 (fuel 38 / ignition 43) — SI 10.2% of outstanding, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.4%

**TMUS** 23 (fuel 34 / ignition 33) — SI 4.6% of free float, DTC 4.8, borrow 0.4%

**INTU** 23 (fuel 38 / ignition 20) — SI 5.8% of outstanding, DTC 3.5, borrow 0.4%

**LIFE** 23 (fuel 41 / ignition 10) — SI 6.1% of outstanding, DTC 3.5, borrow 2.5%

**O** 22 (fuel 41 / ignition 8) — SI 4.3% of free float, DTC 7.2, borrow 0.4%

**ACHR** 22 (fuel 46 / ignition 12) — SI 15.0% of free float, DTC 3.5, borrow 0.3%

**EOG** 22 (fuel 33 / ignition 33) — SI 3.3% of free float, DTC 5.7, borrow 0.4%

**SPOT** 22 (fuel 36 / ignition 24) — SI 4.3% of free float, DTC 4.5, borrow 0.3%

**APPS** 22 (fuel 43 / ignition 2) — SI 10.0% of free float, DTC 2.9, borrow 0.4%

**ED** 22 (fuel 40 / ignition 28) — SI 3.8% of free float, DTC 7.1, borrow 0.4%

**ADBE** 22 (fuel 37 / ignition 15) — SI 5.1% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.3%

**DE** 21 (fuel 32 / ignition 32) — SI 2.5% of free float, DTC 6.0, borrow 0.4%

**SMH** 21 (fuel 41 / ignition 21) — SI 13.6% of outstanding, DTC 1.5, borrow 0.4%

**SMR** 21 (fuel 62 / ignition 12) — SI 54.2% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 0.4%

**SNOW** 21 (fuel 35 / ignition 20) — SI 6.4% of free float, DTC 4.5, borrow 0.3%

**WELL** 21 (fuel 36 / ignition 17) — SI 2.6% of free float, DTC 6.7, borrow 0.3%

**AMGN** 21 (fuel 34 / ignition 23) — SI 2.4% of free float, DTC 6.4, borrow 0.4%

**PSA** 20 (fuel 40 / ignition 1) — SI 4.2% of free float, DTC 7.6, borrow 0.3%

**AFRM** 20 (fuel 34 / ignition 17) — SI 5.9% of free float, DTC 4.6, borrow 0.3%

**RVMD** 20 (fuel 54 / ignition 23) — SI 6.5% of outstanding, DTC 6.8, borrow 0.3%

**PFE** 20 (fuel 32 / ignition 23) — SI 2.9% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.3%

**RKLB** 20 (fuel 39 / ignition 19) — SI 8.5% of free float, DTC 2.4, borrow 0.3%

**SNPS** 19 (fuel 34 / ignition 14) — SI 2.9% of free float, DTC 4.2, borrow 0.4%

**ONTO** 19 (fuel 31 / ignition 24) — SI 5.4% of free float, DTC 2.0, borrow 0.3%

**HUT** 18 (fuel 40 / ignition 8) — SI 12.4% of free float, DTC 3.1, borrow 0.3%

**GTLB** 18 (fuel 49 / ignition 24) — SI 11.4% of outstanding, DTC 4.7, borrow 0.4%

**CDNS** 18 (fuel 32 / ignition 14) — SI 2.3% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.4%

**FDX** 18 (fuel 30 / ignition 19) — SI 2.7% of free float, DTC 3.6, borrow 0.3%

**ZETA** 18 (fuel 47 / ignition 25) — SI 14.5% of free float, DTC 3.5, borrow 0.3%

**CRM** 18 (fuel 31 / ignition 13) — SI 5.9% of free float, DTC 3.8, borrow 0.3%

**SO** 17 (fuel 39 / ignition 4) — SI 3.2% of free float, DTC 8.4, borrow 0.3%

**LOW** 17 (fuel 31 / ignition 8) — SI 2.0% of free float, DTC 4.1, borrow 0.4%

**SPG** 16 (fuel 32 / ignition 0) — SI 3.2% of free float, DTC 5.6, borrow 0.3%

**SPY** 16 (fuel 32 / ignition 17) — SI 9.1% of outstanding, DTC 2.1, borrow 0.3%

**AAOI** 16 (fuel 36 / ignition 46) — SI 13.1% of free float, DTC 1.1, borrow 0.4%

**LITE** 16 (fuel 38 / ignition 39) — SI 12.3% of free float, DTC 2.2, borrow 0.3%

**MSTR** 13 (fuel 39 / ignition 12) — SI 12.2% of free float, DTC 2.0, borrow 0.3%

**KTOS** 12 (fuel 32 / ignition 29) — SI 5.6% of free float, DTC 2.3, borrow 0.3%

MVMT squeeze scan — 2026-08-17

SI % float + days-to-cover: FINRA settlement as-of 2026-07-15 (33d old), not recomputed.

Borrow fee + short-volume ratio: our own daily/intraday pull, as-of 2026-08-14 15:23 UTC.

Analysis only — not an instruction to trade.

**CEP** 99 (fuel 99 / ignition 100) — SI 20.0% of free float, DTC 7.6, borrow 45.6%

**DPRO** 81 (fuel 96 / ignition 70) — SI 15.9% of free float, DTC 6.8, borrow 14.9%

**ARCT** 72 (fuel 88 / ignition 62) — SI 26.8% of free float, DTC 10.7, borrow 0.4%

**DFDV** 64 (fuel 98 / ignition 55) — SI 45.3% of free float, DTC 8.3, borrow 9.8%

**VIVO** 62 (fuel 80 / ignition 56) — SI 20.7% of outstanding, DTC 2.5, borrow 11.0%

**UPXI** 60 (fuel 97 / ignition 24) — SI 27.8% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 8.8%

**GENI** 57 (fuel 88 / ignition 28) — SI 14.2% of free float, DTC 9.7, borrow 0.4%

**HRTX** 50 (fuel 98 / ignition 3) — SI 31.5% of free float, DTC 13.3, borrow 9.7%

**EVGO** 50 (fuel 81 / ignition 23) — SI 14.1% of free float, DTC 14.1, borrow 1.2%

**EBS** 48 (fuel 88 / ignition 8) — SI 20.2% of outstanding, DTC 13.2, borrow 0.3%

**SRXH** 47 (fuel 74 / ignition 26) — SI 28.3% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 33.0% 📌

**LENZ** 44 (fuel 89 / ignition 0) — SI 43.4% of free float, DTC 10.5, borrow 0.9%

**EUV** 44 (fuel 59 / ignition 49) — SI 22.1% of outstanding, DTC 1.0, borrow 5.1%

**TBCH** 44 (fuel 88 / ignition no data) — SI 21.7% of outstanding, DTC 19.7, borrow 0.4%

**LFVN** 40 (fuel 79 / ignition 0) — SI 14.0% of free float, DTC 8.0, borrow 21.8%

**ETHZ** 38 (fuel 67 / ignition 14) — SI 30.5% of free float, DTC 7.2, borrow 5.0%

**DEFT** 34 (fuel 51 / ignition 35) — SI 4.6% of free float, DTC 8.3, borrow 1.9%

**KPTI** 31 (fuel 95 / ignition 9) — SI 42.6% of free float, DTC 17.1, borrow 15.3%

**TURB** 29 (fuel 59 / ignition 0) — SI 6.8% of outstanding, DTC 3.2, borrow 384.4%

**TNXP** 27 (fuel 90 / ignition 1) — SI 22.6% of free float, DTC 7.2, borrow 1.8%

**XPOF** 27 (fuel 89 / ignition 0) — SI 20.6% of outstanding, DTC 16.8, borrow 0.5%

**BATL** 24 (fuel 74 / ignition 7) — SI 32.3% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 12.0%

**GRML** 20 (fuel 40 / ignition 0) — SI 6.5% of outstanding, DTC 2.1, borrow 6.9%

**WLDS** 19 (fuel 39 / ignition 0) — SI 5.6% of outstanding, DTC 1.1, borrow 889.0% 📌

**EONR** 18 (fuel 36 / ignition 0) — SI 8.0% of free float, DTC 2.8, borrow 7.8%

**COSM** 13 (fuel 43 / ignition 0) — SI 17.2% of free float, DTC 1.0, borrow 5.1%

**SAFX** 9 (fuel 31 / ignition 0) — SI 10.2% of free float, DTC 1.5, borrow 28.4%

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u/FrankCastle2020 — 3 days ago

Lets revisit EDBL. The data is interesting. Anyone?

Current ORTEX-style setup

The most important datapoint is the current ORTEX snapshot: it reports short interest at ~26% of float, up 2,266% in one week, with cost to borrow around 306% and share availability at zero.

That's an unusually squeeze-friendly combination:

Factor Current read Squeeze implication
Short interest ~26% of float 🔴 Very high
SI change +2,266% WoW 🔴 Extremely aggressive
CTB ~306% 🔴 Extreme
Shares available 0 🔴 Very tight
Current price ~$1.52–$1.56
Avg. volume ~1.5–3M 🟢 Potentially enough liquidity for momentum
Recent short-volume ratio Frequently ~50%+ 🟠 Persistent short activity
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u/GreenCandle666 — 3 days ago

$HTZ max pain and strike calls.

I'll keep it simple, max pain on an options chain is the point where essentially those with the least amount of contracts (puts/ calls) are in the money. I.e the maximum point that traders lose cash and the house wins. This week's strike call was at $2 so market algos trailed downward to get as close as possible to that max pain price of $2. Now despite that i opened a small position at a $1.67 just in case if we hit a gamma ramp at the biggest $3 strike option. As you all know we didn't, but that's okay. Next weeks max pain is $2.50 along with a fair amount of ftds that are due. If we hit $3 good shot we run. Also ideally should be close above $3, intraday over $3 means less as markets restructure at eod. So now with this week over and price anchor of $2 has been lifted i opened a more sizable position at $2.26.

There's plenty of other things to talk about but no time. All you need to know is that there is risk here. May not squeeze, it may squeeze, odds have gone down but there is still opportunity to make money.

u/One_Trainer6005 — 6 days ago

$HTZ “Convenient” news drop yesterday. I didn’t hear no bell

A lot of people got knocked out yesterday as the “convenient” news of Ackman selling hit the tape second before $HTZ broke $3…

You can see they returned and loaded back up on short shares but price is up 3% early today with 1.9M shares left.

Nest pic is open options between today and next Friday (8/21). That’s a lot. A lot of large blocks (tens of thousands at a time) were bought on Wednesday making me think large buyers. Borrow rate still 16 which ain’t low.

TLDR: I don’t think the squeeze is over or has started. Today will be telling. Buy the dip. I ain’t hear no bell, snitches

u/scernoscerno — 6 days ago

I present to you: GOSS, potential new ADITXT

GOSS looks squeezed as f, but it's going downhill quickly and soon can reach ADITXT levels

u/Enotovsky — 6 days ago
▲ 38 r/Shortsqueeze+1 crossposts

Why $CAPR is setting up for a massive short squeeze tomorrow (FDA BLA update + 15.5M Short Shares Trapped)

Wanted to throw this on everyone's radar because the setup brewing here post-market is insane.

$CAPR closed regular trading today at **$4.23**. Then Q2 earnings hit after-hours along with a game-changing regulatory update, and it shot up **60%+ to $6.75 - $7.70+**.

Here is why institutional shorts are trapped, why long funds will jump in, and why tomorrow could turn into a full-blown squeeze.

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### 1. Why Tonight's Earnings Call Shattered the Bear Thesis

Shorts were betting heavily that Capricor was dead in the water after the AdCom concerns, hoping the company would face an immediate rejection or run out of cash.

Tonight’s Q2 earnings call completely eliminated that risk:

* **FDA Greenlights BLA Amendment:** Management explicitly confirmed the **FDA is open to reviewing an amended BLA** focusing on upper limb function (PUL 2.0 endpoint, $p=0.029$) for Deramiocel. The regulatory door is wide open again.

* **Massive Cash Runway ($237.9M Cash):** Capricor reported **$237.9 Million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities**. Shorts can no longer rely on a bankruptcy or emergency dilution thesis.

* **Precedent is on Their Side:** The FDA routinely shows flexibility in rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) indications when strong upper limb functional data exists (like Sarepta's Eteplirsen).

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### 2. The Math Behind the 11M After-Hours Volume

We saw massive volume tonight with **~11 million shares traded in after-hours**. But don't let that number trick you into thinking shorts escaped.

In post-market trading, volume is heavily dominated by long momentum chasers, retail buyers, and high-frequency algos flipping the same pool of shares back and forth.

* **Realistic Estimate:** Even if you assume a generous **30% of that 11M volume was actual short covering (~3.3M shares)**, that still leaves **over 12.2 million shorted shares (~78.8% of the 15.58M short float) 100% trapped.**

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### 3. Institutional Buyers & Shorts Will Capitalize on the Reversal

This isn't just a retail pump—institutional sentiment is shifting fast:

* **Institutional Shorts Buying Back:** Now that FDA approval is back on the table and bankruptcy risk is zero ($237.9M cash), holding a short position makes no fundamental sense. Shorts will be forced to buy back shares to cap their losses.

* **Long Funds Seeing the Value:** Long-oriented biotech funds that stayed on the sidelines during the AdCom overhang now see a massive de-risked opportunity with FDA alignment. As long funds start accumulating, they will absorb the remaining float, accelerating the squeeze on lingering bears.

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### 4. Why the Main Session Will Force Their Hand

Most institutional funds don't slam market buy orders into thin after-hours order books to cover or build positions—doing so would drive the stock past $10+ instantly due to slippage.

They are sitting on massive unrealized losses, waiting for regular market hours liquidity to open up. When institutional volume hits during Pre-Market and the opening bell, forced short-covering combined with institutional long buying is going to run straight into a locked-up float.

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**TL;DR:** Shorts loaded up to 34% of float (15.58M shares) expecting an FDA dead-end and cash crunch. Tonight's Q2 earnings revealed the FDA is willing to review an amended BLA, backed by $237.9M in cash runway. Even with 11M AH volume, ~12M+ short shares (~78%+) remain trapped with zero fundamental reason to stay short.

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u/Psychological-Bus-21 — 7 days ago

$WOLF (Wolfspeed) : Short Interest hit 85.2% of Free Float.

SI hit 85.2% of FF, up another 6.9pp on the week. The struggling SiC chipmaker has lost 55% in three months. Zero shares are currently available to borrow — shorts are fully committed.

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u/Additional_Pop_5225 — 6 days ago

Short Squeeze on Hertz - HTZ (updated 8/13).

Pictures are today from Robinhood, Fintel, AI, and news (4 pictures attached).

If these are all true and the SI is still 60-80%, this is not even the real squeeze yet.

Nfa

u/G0D5M0N3Y — 7 days ago

KUST microcap stock is on my radar.

KUST is my lottery play. Recent reverse split that made a small float. $800k microcap. Price is just over $1. Yes, it's a gamble but I think I'm gonna load up. Look at the weekly chart and SI. Anyone else been watching this one?

u/munkeymoney — 6 days ago

$HTZ I'm bullish but the short term will be interesting.

hey guys it's been a couple days so thought it would be a good idea to provide an update. There's a lot to go over so lets jump right into it.

First and foremost, price has dropped, its true. Those who scream 🚀 and to the moon don't understand medhanics they simply run on hype; that's fine but it can get you caught up on the short term.

So first, price dropping was expected, with max pain at $1.50 that's just a breeding ground for shorts and the numbers reflect that as well. On average we've seen 51% of all total volume over the past 4 trading days be short. Given the amount of volume the past 4 trading days, thats no small amount. To add to this, looking at the second screenshot the ctb (cost to borrow) and rebate, these shorts are willing to pay a premium for these shorts because they know it will likely be short term contracts. This can also be seen in the ctb and rebate that has seen both cost and rebate on the short seller to come down. This is typically the market pricing in less risk to them.

So is that? it's all doom and gloom? squeeze over? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I present to you ftds or failure to delivers (third screenshot) and the max pain of next friday. So for those not in the know, ftds are obligations to locate and purchase shares at the end of any securities contracts. At the end of said contract, the lender must provide you the shares that you are owed by purchasing either from the market or from what they have available. In the case they don't, they enter into an ftd which gives them up to 35 trading days to purchase from the market and provide the shares. Fun fact a lot of this started after one of the biggest ftds for $HTZ to the tune of 10m shares was due july 30th; with the second largest july 31st.

Now if you look while it pales in comparison, $HTZ is expecting a fairly decent size FTD deadline august 17th, the same week as the max pain being at $4 next friday along with an insane options chain due next friday.

All to say, expect short term dips but this keg is still very much so powdered.

p.s This post has been long enough, but if anybody wants a part 2 to talk about the options chain and such let me know!

btw i think it goes without saying, but no ai was used in the making of this.

u/One_Trainer6005 — 7 days ago