Record-breaking gamble! SpaceX (SPCX.US) short bets soar to $24.6 billion as the first financial report and the "double whammy" of a $100 billion lock-up expiration are set to arrive next week.

According to the Zhito Finance APP, on the eve of SpaceX's (SPCX.US) first earnings report since its IPO and the largest lock-up period expiration in history, Wall Street short sellers are flooding into this most high-profile public company under Musk at an unprecedented rate. According to the latest data from S3 Partners, as of July 29, SpaceX's short positions have soared to 219.3 million shares, accounting for approximately 34% of publicly traded shares, with a nominal value of up to $24.6 billion. This scale has surpassed Tesla's short positions, making SpaceX one of the most shorted large companies in the U.S. market.