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$SPCX rose 5.8% to $142.07 today, 15% above Thursday's post-midterm low. Shorts lost about $1.1bn today, $2.7bn in two sessions. Shorts are leaving: 145m shares, down from 233m on August 6. As lock-ups add stock, that is 3.2% of float, from 33% in July. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/SPCX/…

$NVDA is $174.76 pre-market, down 6.4%, after its board opened an independent probe into reports its CEO was targeted by foreign intelligence. It is the largest US stock short by value: about $57bn. That is worth about $3.6bn to shorts this morning. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/NVDA/…

Heavily shorted US stocks split this week. Squeezed: $ARRY +73% with 32% of its float short, $TMDX +34% (shorts -$194m), $RUN +33%, $JBLU +29%. Paid off: $ASTS -21% (shorts +$553m), $RIG -25%, $NRIX -43%. $GME +3.7%, shorts -$35m. app.ortex.com/s/NYSE/GME/sho…

Memory, storage and optical chips fell 22% to 36% this week. $LITE -36%, $STX -29%, $MRVL -28%, $WDC -28%, $SNDK -27%, $MU -22%. Shorts in those six made an estimated $13.4bn, a third of it in Micron. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/MU/sh…

The week in shorts: about $57.8bn of estimated paper gains across US stocks. Thursday did most of it, $97.6bn in one day as AI and chip stocks broke. $NVDA shorts made $5.5bn, $MU $4.5bn, $TSLA $3.0bn. Worst bets: $APP, up 71%, and $AMZN, $1.8bn each. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/NVDA/…

Betting against AI paid this week. Data by ORTEX, article by The Times. Shorts in 40 US AI stocks: about $32.8bn up on the week by Friday midday, after $35bn on Thursday. FTSE shorts: about £378m on Friday. thetimes.com/business/compan… Track it live: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/NVDA/…

$IREN is a crowded AI short: 100.6m shares, 26% of the float, double January's level. It had worked: shorts made about $2.1bn as the stock fell 58% this year. This morning it is up 19% after AI cloud revenue rose 182% in a quarter, costing them $341m. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/IREN/…

Intel's outlook, then midterm data center fears: a rough four sessions for AI stocks. Short sellers have not: about $16.2bn of estimated paper gains across nine names. $NVDA $4.1bn $MU $3.2bn $AMD $3.0bn $LITE $2.3bn, down 32% and reporting today app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/NVDA/…

$APP closed at $228.50 on Friday. It is $320 pre-market today, up 40% in four sessions, after revenue grew 55% and Q4 guidance came in well above forecasts. Shorts have given back about $1bn of paper gains in that run, and 11m shares are still short. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/APP/s…

$CELH beat this morning: revenue $847m vs about $800m expected, stock up 7%. The shorts had already thinned out, from 40.5m shares in July to 27.5m. $GME shows the same retreat: 49.7m on Oct 15, 39.7m now, with calls outtrading puts 8 to 1. app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/CELH/…

$WOLF closed more than 4% lower today as Wolfspeed's fiscal Q1 earnings take center stage. ORTEX data shows estimated short interest near 88% of free float, highlighting elevated short positioning around the earnings event. Explore the latest $WOLF data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/NYSE/WOLF

$HTZ heads into Thursday's Q3 earnings with short interest above 73% of free float and borrowing costs climbing sharply in recent weeks. Explore the latest $HTZ short interest and securities lending data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/HTZ

$AMD heads into Tuesday's Q3 earnings after shares fell nearly 11% on Friday amid a broader semiconductor selloff. With AI demand and data center growth in focus, investors now await AMD's results. Explore the latest $AMD data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/AMD

New SEC Failure to Deliver (FTD) data is now available on ORTEX 📊 The latest release covers the first half of October and can be accessed through the Short Interest chart for US stocks. Free for all users. Explore the latest FTD data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/

$GOOGL is down more than 11% following its Q3 earnings miss, as slowing search growth and heavy AI spending weigh on shares. Citizens also downgraded Alphabet to Market Perform, citing concerns over search monetization. Explore the latest $GOOGL data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/GOOGL

$IBKR has recorded eight consecutive weekly declines, its longest losing streak since going public in 2007. Despite strong Q3 results, the stock has continued to decline while short positioning has increased. Explore the latest $IBKR data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/IBKR

$SOFI beat and raised, and the shorts are getting caught. 220m shares are sold short, 17.3% of the float. In January it was 120m. At $16.04 pre-market, up 11%, that is a $347m paper loss for the bears in one morning. app.ortex.com/s/NASDAQ/SOFI/…

$AMD is among the chipmakers expressing interest in Meta's planned $95B equity fundraising to support its AI expansion. With AMD earnings approaching on November 3, explore the latest $AMD market data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/AMD

$ENVX is up more than 10% today as short positioning remains elevated and shares available to borrow remain limited. Explore the latest $ENVX market data on ORTEX: app.ortex.com/s/Nasdaq/ENVX