Every week the VisionBoard Squeeze Scanner runs through thousands of tickers looking for a specific set of conditions: short interest building, borrow rates rising, shares to borrow disappearing. When those three things converge, you get the fuel for a short squeeze.
Here's what the scanner flagged for the week of March 28, 2026.
How to Read This List
Three signals matter most: SI% (what percentage of the float is sold short), borrow rate (what it costs shorts to hold their position — higher means more pain), and shares available (how many shares are left to borrow). When SI is high, borrow is surging, and availability hits zero, shorts cannot add to their position and existing shorts are getting squeezed on carry costs. That is the setup.
SERV — Score: 65 (ALERT)
Price: $9.08 | Float: 62M | SI: 28% | Borrow rate: 22.8% | Shares available: ZERO
SERV is the highest-conviction setup on the list. Borrow rate surged +60% in 7 days, shares available hit zero, and it has done it twice recently. That means shorts who want to exit are competing for a very thin pool of liquidity. At 28% SI on a 62M float it is not a micro-float squeeze, but a 23% borrow rate with zero availability is real pressure. Short vol ratio at 71% means nearly three quarters of daily volume is short-side — someone is fighting hard to keep this down. Watch for a volume spike as the catalyst.
BETR — Score: 63 (ALERT)
Price: $33.12 | Float: 4.34M | SI: 46% | Borrow rate: 13% | Borrow change: +257% in 7 days
BETR is a micro-float (4.34M shares) with 46% of that float sold short. Borrow exploded +257% in a week. There are 65,000 shares currently available, but availability surged +1,200% which is unusual — it likely means a lender returned shares temporarily. The scanner tags this as a "LOADING" pattern: borrow demand is eating supply faster than it is being restocked. At $33 it is already a high-priced name, but a 46% SI on a 4.34M float with borrow exploding is a textbook squeeze setup.
SOUN — Score: 60 (ALERT)
Price: $6.06 | Float: 382M | SI: 34% | Borrow rate: 12.6% | Shares available: ZERO
SoundHound AI has a massive short position. 34% SI on a 382M float is enormous in absolute terms. Borrow exploded +144% in 7 days and availability is at zero. The large float is the caveat: it takes a bigger catalyst to move a 382M float name. But SOUN has retail attention, it is in the AI space, and when borrow goes to zero on 34% SI, any positive catalyst can trigger cascading covers. The fuel is there. It needs a spark.
ANY — Score: 55 (ALERT)
Price: $1.40 | Float: 3.26M | SI: 13% | Borrow rate: 129% | RegSHO: YES
ANY is the most technically distressed name on the list. A 129% borrow rate means shorts are paying more than the stock value annually just to hold their position. It is on the RegSHO threshold list, meaning persistent failures-to-deliver: shorts literally cannot find shares to cover. Float is micro (3.26M) with only 11% institutional ownership, meaning almost no shares are available to borrow legitimately. The 430 OI on $1 June calls suggests someone is positioning. This is a powder keg.
DERM — Score: 50 (ALERT)
Price: $4.78 | Float: 19.45M | SI: 13.5% | Borrow rate: 0.78% | Availability change: -60% in 7 days
DERM is the early-stage setup on this list. Borrow is still low at 0.78%, but it is rising +32% in 7 days while the last shares to borrow are disappearing (-60% availability). When availability goes to zero, borrow rate will spike hard. Short vol ratio at 66% means shorts are active and adding. Watch for availability to cross zero as the trigger — that is when this setup accelerates.
BNED — Score: 43 (WATCH)
Price: $9.11 | Float: 12.13M | SI: 26% | Borrow rate: 0.9% | Shares available: 5,000
Barnes and Noble Education has 26% SI on a 12M float with only 5,000 shares left to borrow — availability cratered 93% in 7 days. The disconnect: borrow rate is still only 0.9%, so shorts have not been squeezed on carry costs yet. When those 5,000 shares are gone the rate will reprice sharply. The $10c Apr 17 has 804 OI at $0.50 — someone is positioned for a move above $10. Watch-and-confirm: once availability hits zero and borrow reprices, conviction goes up.
LFVN — Score: 40 (WATCH)
Price: $4.29 | Float: 9.96M | SI: 36.5% | Borrow rate: 28% | Availability change: -15%
LifeVantage has 36.5% SI on a sub-10M float with a 28% borrow rate sustained for 7+ days. The scanner calls this the UGRO pattern — named after a previous alert that held elevated borrow for an extended period before moving. Availability is slowly declining. The $5 call at $0.10 (202 OI) has interesting risk/reward if the squeeze materializes. The risk: 65% institutional ownership means institutions could be sellers into any rally.
Bottom Line
Top setups to watch: SERV and BETR for immediate squeeze pressure (borrow surging, availability gone), ANY for the most technically distressed short position (129% borrow, RegSHO threshold), and DERM as the early-stage setup that could accelerate quickly once availability hits zero.
The VisionBoard Squeeze Scanner updates daily with borrow rates, availability, and short interest data. Track live setups at VisionBoard Finance.