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Here's Why The VXX Volatility ETN Is Soaring
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 - 2:09pm | 431On Monday, Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) announced it would be suspending the sale and issuance of two popular exchange-traded notes (ETNs) due to capacity constraints. After trading in tandem throughout most of 2022, the Barclays iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (BATS: VXX) and the...
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Could Support.com Get Squeezed To The Moon?
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 11:38am | 435Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) shares were trading higher Monday as a growing number of analysts and experts see the stock as the next potential massive short squeeze. The Numbers: The company announced a reverse merger with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) miner Greenidge Generation Holdings back in March...
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Clover Health Short Sellers Lost $502M On Tuesday
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - 11:53am | 394Love it or hate it, Medicare insurance technology company Clover Health Investments Corp (NASDAQ: CLOV) is the latest Reddit short squeeze stock ripping higher this week. The stock gained 86% on heavy volume Tuesday as a massive short squeeze continued, and S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky...
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AMC And GameStop Short Sellers Have Taken A $12B Loss In 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 10:55am | 349Shares of so-called meme stocks AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) and GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) both dropped on Thursday morning, providing some relief to short sellers reeling from heavy Wednesday losses. AMC shares hit new all-time highs of $72.62 this week as a social media-driven...
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Clover Health Stock Rally Continues Despite Confusion Over Short Interest
Monday, April 19, 2021 - 1:29pm | 441An apparent short squeeze in Clover Health Investments Corp (NASDAQ: CLOV) continued Monday despite the stock apparently having a much smaller short interest than some traders believed last week. On Thursday, Benzinga covered a report by S3 Partners in which S3 ranked several of the most...
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8 Stocks With The Highest Short Percent Of Float
Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 6:46pm | 599Traders often look at short interest to get a sense of how many people are bearish on a stock and how strong the possibility of a short squeeze is. But simply looking at the size of the outstanding short position for a stock might not necessarily be the best indicator of how volatile a stock can be...
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Short Sellers Still Targeting Retail, Biotech ETFs
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 2:45pm | 704After a huge second half of 2020, the S&P 500 is off to another hot start to 2021. With stock market valuations getting more bloated by the week, there are plenty of skeptics that believe certain stocks and sectors have come too far too fast. There is currently $244 billion in aggregate...
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Cannabis Stock Short Sellers Have $4.3B In Losses So Far In 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 2:05pm | 621After a big finish to 2020 for cannabis investors, the ETF MANAGERS TR/TIERRA XP LATIN AME (NYSE: MJ) has rallied 86% so far in 2021, propelled in large part by bullish U.S. election results and optimism surrounding federal legalization. In the past week, a short squeeze sent shares of Tilray...
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GameStop Short Selling Reduces By Over Half: Report
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 1:39am | 463Short selling activity in the shares of GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) is slowing down as traders move to cover their bets, according to analytics company S3 Partners, Reuters reported Monday. What Happened: The video game retailer’s 27.13 million shares were shorted in the week, which is 35...
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GameStop Short Sellers Down $5B (And Counting) In 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 4:30pm | 501Love it or hate it, video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has been the talk of Wall Street in the past week. The stock gained another 50% on Tuesday as a massive short squeeze continued, and S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky said GameStop short sellers keep racking up the...
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Tesla And 9 Other Stocks That Burned Short Sellers The Most In 2020
Monday, January 25, 2021 - 1:13pm | 570The coronavirus outbreak severely disrupted the stock market and the economy in 2020. While most stocks took a pounding during the COVID-19 sell-off early in the year, many soared to new all-time highs during the market recovery later in 2020. In 2020, U.S. short sellers logged $345 billion...
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10 Stocks That Earned Short Sellers The Most Profits In 2020
Saturday, January 23, 2021 - 2:11pm | 568The coronavirus outbreak severely disrupted the stock market and the economy in 2020. While many stocks ultimately recovered their early-year losses thanks to aggressive federal stimulus spending, some stocks are still feeling the pandemic pain. In 2020, U.S. short sellers logged $345 billion in...
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Massive Short Squeeze Sends GameStop Soaring 80%
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 1:50pm | 468GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) shares skyrocketed more than 80% on Wednesday before pulling back in what is likely the largest short squeeze of 2021 so far. What Happened? GameStop reported no major news on Wednesday, suggesting the massive rally in the stock was simply a textbook short squeeze....
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Short Sellers Fleeing Netflix, Alphabet And Other Tech Stocks Heading Into 2021
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 11:37am | 588Since the beginning of November, undervalued market sectors like the energy sector and the financial sector have outperformed the high-growth tech sector in the U.S. market. This is leading some investors to wonder whether tech’s more than decade-long leadership position may finally be coming...
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Despite $38.2B In Losses, Tesla Short Sellers Ramp Up Bearish Bets
Monday, December 21, 2020 - 6:05pm | 461A huge 2020 was cumonated this week for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors after Tesla was added to the S&P 500 index at a record high market cap of above $625 billion. Tesla shares hit new all-time highs on Friday on forced institutional buying in the closing minutes and inflicting even more...