Today's Short Setups
Names where bearish research, officer net selling, analyst downgrades, and price weakness are stacking. The profile of a stock that's deteriorating, not one to fade impulsively. Squeeze hazard is penalized; crowded shorts get filtered out. Research only, not advice.
- 01SCLXpost-hype unwindScilex Holding CoScilex carries a 52.9% analyst-implied downside with a bearish rating and flat-to-negative 20-day price action, suggesting the post-launch hype around its pain franchise is deflating without meaningful fundamental support; short float is negligible (~2.8%) so squeeze risk is low, but thin data on insider activity and no downgrades on record limit conviction.56·
- 02NOTVcredit deteriorationInotiv, Inc.Inotiv's 80.6% target downside pairs with a catastrophic -68.9% 20-day return and a 0.925 bearish rating score, signaling acute fundamental collapse likely tied to its leveraged CRO/preclinical services balance sheet stress; the 9.5% short float is elevated enough to warrant squeeze awareness, though the velocity of the decline suggests shorts are winning.56·
- 03INDPpost-hype unwindIndaptus Therapeutics, Inc.Indaptus has a 51.3% analyst-implied downside and a strong bearish rating, but the +29% 20-day pop is a red flag — this looks like a speculative biotech bounce into thin air with near-zero short interest (0.05%), making it a momentum-driven noise trade rather than a clean short setup right now.48·
- 04SDOTmicro-cap fraud/accounting concernSadot Group Inc.Sadot Group's extraordinary 322.3% implied downside to target combined with a +123% 20-day surge and a bearish rating strongly suggests a speculative micro-cap pump with potentially questionable fundamentals; the absence of insider or analyst data is itself a red flag, though the recent price spike creates severe short-side timing risk.48·
- 05BNAIpost-hype unwindBrand Engagement Network Inc.Brand Engagement Network's 143.4% implied downside and -17.3% 20-day weakness reflect a classic AI-hype SPAC/micro-cap deflation cycle; the 11% short float is a meaningful squeeze risk that should be respected, but the bearish rating and sustained price erosion suggest the unwind has further to run.47·
- 06ASTIpost-hype unwindAscent Solar Technologies, Inc.Ascent Solar's 154% implied downside and bearish rating flag severe overvaluation in a perennially cash-burning thin-film solar niche, but the +36.6% 20-day rally and missing short-float data make entry timing highly speculative; this looks like a recurring pump in a zombie name rather than a high-conviction short setup.43·
- 07AVGOBroadcom Inc.Broadcom is a large, profitable, well-covered AI infrastructure and semiconductor leader — the single analyst downgrade and -12% 20-day pullback reflect sector rotation or valuation trimming, not fundamental deterioration; the negative 'target downside' (-26.3%) actually implies the stock is trading below consensus target, making this a noise signal rather than a credible short idea.39·
- 08FJETpost-hype unwindStarfighters Space, Inc.Starfighters Space carries a 46% implied downside with a bearish rating, but the +35.4% 20-day surge into that downside target suggests a speculative micro-cap momentum spike with no analyst or insider data to anchor the thesis; the 6.2% short float adds moderate squeeze risk, making this a wait-for-fade rather than an immediate short.36·
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Shorting is asymmetric.
A long can go to zero; a short can go to infinity. Names with high short interest carry squeeze risk that can erase a year of returns in a session. Even a thesis grounded in real deterioration can be wrong on timing. Treat these as research candidates, not recommendations.
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