Betting on the Squeeze: 3 Stocks to Capitalize on Short Seller Pain

Today, massive short-squeeze opportunities aren’t as common as they once were. The advent of rapid, high-frequency trading and automated management systems lets short sellers closely track a stock’s movement and jump into action before the conditions for a short squeeze fully materialize. Still, certain heavily shorted stocks present the potential for quick gains as short sellers exit their positions. But high short interest isn’t the best indicator on its own — you have to look at the company’s underlying ...