Stocks with high short interest are proving resilient, even in challenging market conditions, as the bears struggle to drive down even the most hated names.
With this in mind, it's time for another Freshly Squeezed report.
Here's our approach:
We find the most heavily shorted stocks in the market. Then, we monitor these names for signs of upward momentum. Once that momentum kicks in, we ride them higher as the bears get squeezed.
We got fresh short data on Friday, so let's dive in and talk about it.
Our scan is quite simple. It is designed to identify stocks with the most aggressive short positions.
When a stock is shorted, it means incremental buyers are waiting in the wings to close out their bearish bets.
We love this, as new buyers are the one true catalyst for higher prices.
When shorts are proven wrong, they become buyers of the stock. In many cases, this happens as momentum flows into these names and fuels massive short-covering rallies.
For this reason, we pair short-interest data with short-term momentum overlays, as this combination is needed to spark the moves we’re looking for.
Here's the latest:
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Our Freshly Squeezed table contains stocks that have a short interest greater than 12% and a market capitalization bigger than $500M. The universe is then sorted by 10-day stock price performance.
