Why Trade Desk Stock Could Be the Next Big Short Squeeze

Trade Desk stock may be next in line for a short squeeze, spurred by Wall Street’s worries about slowing advertising spending, stiff competition, and the Iran war, according to S3 Partners, a data analytics firm. Short interest in Trade Desk jumped 50% in March, a sure sign that the advertising technology company “faces its first squeeze risk in a year,” wrote Leon Gross, S3’s research director, in a blog post Thursday.