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Aditxt's tiny float makes it a high-probability squeeze candidate after its $150M Ignite merger catalyst. The float is only about 800K shares with 11.67% short interest, and the stock jumped 87% premarket. It has done multiple reverse splits this year, at 1:27 and 1:8, and is down 99.99% year to date, so extreme volatility is expected. x.comÂ
Avis Budget is set up for the short squeeze of the year and can 10x from here. Two hedge funds own a combined 108%, holding 71% of the float plus more through derivatives, while 54% of the float is sold short. It will eventually fall 90%, but likely rises 2-5x first; trading it is risky, with put premiums ultra high. x.com x.comÂ
Avis Budget's 509% one-month surge is an institutional short squeeze that will most likely end as holders take record profits. SRS and Pentwater locked up over 100% of the supply, 54% of the stock was sold short, and Pentwater's large call block forced delivery of shares that didn't exist. The squeeze could technically go on only if institutions coordinated, which is illegal. x.comÂ
AmpliTech's thin float of about 22 million shares means its live order ramp could force short covering the stock can't absorb. It is the only US company to commercialize an O-RAN 64T64R Massive MIMO 5G radio, which passed interoperability with AT&T, Deutsche Telekom and Orange, and its 5G Native DAS is FCC and ISED certified. A $40 million carrier order is shipping, it has $100 million-plus of LOIs, and it guides at least $50 million of 2026 revenue, double last year. Short interest tripled. … Show more
