Short Squeeze: If a stock starts to rise rapidly, the trend may continue to escalate because the short sellers will likely want out. For example, say a stock rises 15% in one day, those with short positions may be forced to liquidate and cover their position by purchasing the stock. If enough short sellers buy back the stock, the price is pushed even higher.
With that in mind let’s take a look at stocks with a high short percentage. I have a screen set up inside The PPT to easily identify possible runners. PPT Members: Click here and save screen to your user profile.
Let’s take a look at a few:
First up, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. [[GMCR]] . Headed to $100:
Playoff Football + Buffalo Wild Wings [[BWLD]] = 4TW:
Burritos are all the rage, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. [[CMG]] is about to preform the $100 roll:
The Buckle, Inc. [[BKE]] had a great holiday season, on strength this one could run:
MGM MIRAGE [[MGM]] I said it before and I’ll say it again, headed to $16:
Pacific Capital Bancorp [[PCBC]] is one of my favorites, a bad bank, but a great chart. This one could squeeze:
Hey RC,
Wondering if you can clarify something. so what is better for a strong short squeeze, if the days to cover (short interest ratio) is higher or lower? And what is considered strong? a few days or like 15 days for example? Thanks!
Keith,
I just find charts I like with a high short % + a good chart. Once a resistance level is taken out shorts run for cover ie, stops are hit, sending shares higher.
GKK
PCBC to the stars
Hello RC ,
Are u a buyer of YGE @ 16 .40 (breakout level ??
thanks
wait for pullback to 50 day.
out of PCBC @ 1.36 for some nice coin.
Between LVS and MGM, it wasn’t a bad day.
Sold some puts on ID and CGA and bought calls on CAT(love the chart here) after blowing out some crap(ZLC and CYTR) that wasn’t going anywhere.