GameStop short interest fell to just 18% of its float on Friday, an new low for 2021, as shares in the video game retailer continue to gain ground.

Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF is being targeted by short-sellers after falling over 22% in the past month during the tech sell-off.

GameStop shorts were down $10.75 billion year-to-date as of Thursday afternoon as the stock ripped even higher, according to S3 Partners.

Short-sellers targeting GameStop have lost $US3.3 billion betting against the stock in 2020, as of last week’s market close, according to S3 Partners data. Losses totaled roughly $US1.6 billion on Friday alone as the stock rallied 51%. The video-game retailer has rocketed higher in recent weeks as Reddit traders drive […]

Traders betting against Tesla are down $US25.4 billion in mark-to-market losses, according to data from financial-analytics firm S3 partners. The short-seller losses come amid a blistering rally that’s sent the automaker’s shares to multiple record highs, up roughly 390% this year. Still, short-sellers are holding on – Tesla is still […]

Tesla’s stock has rallied this year, gaining as much as 230% on solid vehicle delivery numbers and a slew of Wall Street upgrades. In the same timeframe, traders betting against Tesla have notched $US18.08 billion net-of-financing mark-to-market losses, according to data from financial-analytics firm S3 Partners. A solid part of […]

In just one day, traders betting against airlines made $US188 million in mark-to-market profits, according to a Monday note from Ihor Dusaniwsky, the managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners, a financial analysis firm. The airline sector slumped nearly 5% after Warren Buffett said that he’d sold all holdings […]

US short-sellers profited nearly $US344 billion from the market’s February 19 peak to March 19, according to financial analytics firm S3 Partners. The month also saw total shares sold short increase by about $US41 billion as market volatility drove some of the biggest single-day declines since 1987. The tech sector […]

Tesla shares soared as much as 16% in early Tuesday trading, continuing to tear higher after a nearly 20% gain on Monday. The jump brings Tesla shares to a new high and pushes their price above $US900 for the first time. The automaker has enjoyed massive gains in 2020, fuelled […]

Tesla’s post-earnings spike is frying short-sellers, with traders betting against the stock losing $US1.5 billion mark-to-market on Thursday, according to S3 Partners data. The automaker beat analyst estimates for fourth-quarter profit and revenue after the close on Wednesday, and announced it expects to “comfortably exceed” a record 500,000 total deliveries […]

Coronavirus roiled markets Thursday, with investors concerned the flu-like illness will eat into global growth. Nowhere is that concern more potent than in markets and companies with direct links to China. S3 Partners says these are the 10 Chinese companies traded on US exchanges that have seen the biggest short […]

Short wagers against Peloton stock are sitting near a record high after the company’s holiday ad garnered intense backlash. Peloton stock fell 11% in the six days following the commercial’s release. Traders piled into bets against a recovery, pushing short notional interest to a post-IPO record of $US975 million on […]

GrubHub short-sellers made $US504 million when shares of the company fell 42% Tuesday following lacklustre third-quarter earnings, data from financial-analytics provider S3 Partners shows. Wall Street has grown increasingly bearish on the stock over the last month, and at the same time, shorts have boosted exposure to GrubHub, S3 said. […]

Bets against Tesla’s stock price are at their highest point this year as the company gears up to report its first-quarter earnings. Tesla has long been one of the most heavily shorted stocks in the world. CEO Elon Musk has long derided short-sellers who bet against Tesla’s stock price. As […]

Lyft’s stock price has plunged more than 20% since it began trading last week. That decline happened before short-sellers are allowed to bet against the stock. As more shares are available for lending, more downward price pressure is expected by S3 Partners, a firm that tracks Wall Street short-interest data. […]

Short sellers betting against FAANG stocks have made more than $US5 billion as tech-stock valuations have plunged this month. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has tumbled 12% in October. Short sellers, after making billions of dollars, could soon start to buy back FAANG stocks, said S3 Partners, a financial-analytics firm. Watch […]

Short sellers are increasing their bets against Tesla’s stock price ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings. Wall Street still expects a per-share loss when Tesla reports after the closing bell, but abnormally high Model 3 pricing could fuel a temporary beat, one analyst said. Andrew Left, a notorious short seller, […]