Short interest in Carnival Corporation (CCL) has plummeted, dropping from 47.4 million shares on October 8 to 38.1 million as of October 16, a 19.5% reduction in just one week. Despite this aggressive covering, the options market is signaling caution. The put-call ratio hit 1.21 on October 16, which is 2.7 standard deviations above its 20-day mean. This divergence suggests that while institutional short sellers are exiting their positions, market participants are utilizing put options to hedge against potential volatility. Borrow availability remains high, with 909 million shares available to lend, indicating that the recent price action is not driven by a short squeeze.
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