Reddit's WSB Is Going Full Ape on $AEX and $CRML While the Shorts Get Obliterated by a $93B Squeeze
Goldman's most-shorted basket ripped 13% this week and Reddit's DD crowd called the rotation before the algos did
Ticker Ratings
| Ticker | Rating | Entry Price | Current | $ Gain | % Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRML Critical Metals Corp. | buy | $12.54 | — | — | — |
| RCL ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD | buy | $285.87 | — | — | — |
| CCL CARNIVAL CORP | buy | $29.33 | — | — | — |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | buy | $102.58 | — | — | — |
| NFLX NETFLIX INC | sell | $97.28 | — | — | — |
| MSTR Strategy Inc | hold | $166.24 | — | — | — |
| BTC Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF | buy | $77013.00 | — | — | — |
| INTC INTEL CORP | buy | $68.25 | — | — | — |
| META Meta Platforms, Inc. | hold | $686.99 | — | — | — |
While the financial press was busy debating whether the Strait of Hormuz was actually open or just vibes-open, Reddit's investing communities were already positioned. Goldman Sachs' most-shorted stocks basket surged over 13% for the week as $93 billion in short positions got covered — the kind of number that makes r/WallStreetBets post 'we told you' memes for a solid 48 hours straight.
The two tickers lighting up subreddit DD threads right now: $AEX, the military drone maker that IPO'd at $20/share, went 12x oversubscribed, and promptly rallied 35% on day one with an $8B+ backlog; and $CRML (Critical Metals), up 82% year-to-date after boosting its Greenland rare earth stake from 42% to 92.5% — despite a savage 31% short float that's turning into short sellers' personal nightmare. High-upvote DD posts are calling CRML the most asymmetric squeeze setup since the meme stock era.
The AI subplot has WSB's smarter corners buzzing too: alternative data firm 100X reportedly showed Claude AI pulling away from ChatGPT with the highest brand score ever recorded across 5,000 tracked brands — and Anthropic's CEO just had a 'productive' White House sit-down. Productive is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence, but Reddit notices when the government starts warming up to a company they were calling a supply chain risk two months ago. The peace trade is real, the squeeze is real, and the shorts are very publicly not okay.