Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:
Yesterday's release of short interest as of mid-September showed that overall levels of short selling remained nearly unchanged from the end of August. Given the SEC rule changes announced since the middle of September, you can expect these figures to show a big change when the figures for the end of the month are released.
One stock that did show a large change, however, was Constellation Energy (CEG). From the end of August through the middle of September, short interest in the stock increased by over 400% from 1.4% to over 6% of the stock's float. As shown in the chart below, while the stock of CEG has been in a downtrend all year, it started to crater on September 15th, right after short interest spiked.
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