10 Short Squeeze Candidates Under $10

The movement of retail traders against hedge funds has caused several stocks to spike. Many of the top movers have been stocks that have a high percentage of their floated shares short, causing what’s known as a short squeeze.

Among the other themes of the high-flying stocks is that many of them started trading under $10 before their run-ups. AMC Entertainment AMC, BlackBerry Ltd BB and Express Inc EXPR were all stocks that were under $10 and saw huge increases.

Here are 10 stocks that trade under $10 with large short percentages that could be short squeeze candidates:

Clovis Oncology Inc CLVS is a biotechnology company. Currently, 42% of the float is short.
Senseonics Holdings, Inc. SENS is a medical technology company; 34% of its float is traded short.
VBI Vaccines Inc. VBIV develops vaccines for adults, children and newborns; 20% percent of the float is short.
Naked Brand Group Ltd NAKD sells intimate, swimwear and apparel, and 33% of its float is short.
Precigen Inc PGEN is a biotechnology company; 35% of its float is short.
Opko Health, Inc. OPK is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, with 26% of its float short.
Lannett Company, Inc. LCI is a generics pharmaceutical company; 25% of its float is short.
Dyanvax Technologies Corporation DVAX is a biotechnology company that is seeing 24% of its float traded short.
United Microelectronics Corp UMC is a semiconductor company that makes products for companies like Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD and Xilinx Inc XLNX. The company is seeing 21% of its float traded short.
TherapeuticsMD Inc TXMD is a pharmaceutical company targeting women, and 25% of its float is short.
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