As Rocket Mortgage pops, here are some other top short squeeze candidates

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Tuesday's spike for Rocket Mortgage shows that the trend of traders targeting stocks disliked by hedge funds might not be over just yet.

Shares of the the mortgage company jumped sharply on Tuesday, in a move reminiscent of January spikes for GameStop and some other consumer brand names. Like those other stocks, Rocket Mortgage has high levels of bets against its price by hedge funds and other short sellers, and it is not alone.

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