Ihor Dusaniwsky

Consumer discretionary stocks are often hit particularly hard when the U.S. economy slips into a recession. Short sellers were hoping rising interest rates, persistently elevated inflation and two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth would keep the S&P 500 trending lower in the second...

It’s been a rough year for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) investors, with the stock down more than 22% year to date overall even after a big 9.8% gain on Thursday following a second-quarter earnings beat. While Tesla bulls celebrate the long-awaited good news, Tesla short sellers are...

One of the most powerful tradable market events is a short squeeze, so traders are always on the lookout for the next short squeeze candidate. S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky has just released a list of potential short squeeze stocks based on S3's proprietary Squeeze Score rating The...

After a horrible 2021 for cannabis investors, the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (NYSE: MSOS) is down another 55.1% in 2022. President Joe Biden and a Democrat-controlled Congress have made little progress on U.S. federal cannabis reform. The Numbers: Short sellers have been trimming their...

Tech stocks once again led the market lower on Wednesday as the difficult 2022 for Wall Street continued. But bad news in the market for ETF investors is good news for ETF short sellers. There is currently $241 billion in aggregate ETF short interest in the U.S. market, according to S3 Partners. S3...

On Monday, Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) announced it would be suspending the sale and issuance of two popular exchange-traded notes (ETNs) due to capacity constraints. After trading in tandem throughout most of 2022, the Barclays iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (BATS: VXX) and the...

The behavior of retail traders is becoming a key focus of Wall Street fund managers, as the smart money is now tracking social-media posts to determine the sentiment of the crowd. The Wall Street Journal reports that 85% of hedge funds and 42% of asset managers are now monitoring retail-trading...

Support.com Inc (NASDAQ: SPRT) and Vinco Ventures Inc (NASDAQ: BBIG) are up more than 200% over the last month amid increasing retail investor interest.  Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of predictive analytics at S3 Partners, says a sizable short squeeze in Support.com and Vinco...

Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT) shares were trading higher Monday as a growing number of analysts and experts see the stock as the next potential massive short squeeze. The Numbers: The company announced a reverse merger with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) miner Greenidge Generation Holdings back in March...

Love it or hate it, Medicare insurance technology company Clover Health Investments Corp (NASDAQ: CLOV) is the latest Reddit short squeeze stock ripping higher this week. The stock gained 86% on heavy volume Tuesday as a massive short squeeze continued, and S3 Partners analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky...

Shares of so-called meme stocks AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) and GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) both dropped on Thursday morning, providing some relief to short sellers reeling from heavy Wednesday losses. AMC shares hit new all-time highs of $72.62 this week as a social media-driven...

Traders often look at short interest to get a sense of how many people are bearish on a stock and how strong the possibility of a short squeeze is. But simply looking at the size of the outstanding short position for a stock might not necessarily be the best indicator of how volatile a stock can be...

Shares of Detroit mortgage giants caught fire on Tuesday led by a 70% gain from Rocket Companies Inc (NYSE: RKT). In addition to the surge by Rocket, UWM Holdings Corp (NYSE: UWMC) shares were up 20% in sympathy as the Reddit WallStreetBets traders driving the recent short squeeze in GameStop Corp...

After a huge second half of 2020, the S&P 500 is off to another hot start to 2021. With stock market valuations getting more bloated by the week, there are plenty of skeptics that believe certain stocks and sectors have come too far too fast. There is currently $244 billion in aggregate...

After a big finish to 2020 for cannabis investors, the ETF MANAGERS TR/TIERRA XP LATIN AME (NYSE: MJ) has rallied 86% so far in 2021, propelled in large part by bullish U.S. election results and optimism surrounding federal legalization. In the past week, a short squeeze sent shares of Tilray...