It's been a tough start to 2025 for traders betting against stocks.Short sellers, who bet on stock prices to fall, have lost $73 billion between US and Canadian markets to start 2025, according to data from S3 Partners provided to Yahoo Finance."The rally in the market was not kind to short sellers," S3 partners head of predictive analyst Ihor Dusaniwsky told Yahoo Finance.The S&P 500 (^GSPC) has risen about 4% this year, but many companies within the index have soared higher, some in part because of short squeezes. Super Micro Computer (SMCI), the top performer in the index this year, is now up more than 110% since the start of 2025. Short sellers have lost more than $2.2 billion as the stock has run up.NasdaqGS - Delayed Quote • USD (SMCI) View Quote Details 60.25 - +(7.97%) At close: 4:00:01 PM EST Advanced ChartA short squeeze happens when a significant enough number of investors have bet against a stock to go down. If instead the stock rallies, those traders are forced to buy the stock to cover their position and in turn send shares even higher. A short squeeze was the leading drive of the meme stock mania in 2021 when GameStop shares soared to more than 134% in a single day."Here's the thing about short sellers that I think gets forgotten," All Star Charts chief markets strategist JC Parets wrote in a note on Monday. "Short sellers are guaranteed future buyers

On Feb. 5, BigBear.ai announced that it was awarded a contract with the Department of Defense, which will use the company's Virtual Anticipation Network (VANE).

We recently published a list of 10 Firms Post Double-Digit Gains on Friday. In this article, we are going to take a look at where BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI) stands against other firms that posted double-digit gains on Friday.The stock market fell into the red territory on Friday, with all major indices recording losses over renewed fears of growing trade tensions coupled with expectations of a higher inflation rate in the US.The Dow Jones lost 0.99 percent, the S&P 500 declined 0.95 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dived by 1.36 percent.Despite the overall pessimistic sentiment, 10 companies managed to defy losses, posting double-digit gains in their valuations amid a flurry of impressive earnings performance.To come up with Friday’s top winners, we considered only the stocks with at least $2 billion in market capitalization and $5 million in daily trading volume.Why BigBear.ai Holdings Inc. (BBAI) Went Up On Friday?A closeup of a computer server rack surrounded by a CAT5 network of cables.BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI)BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:BBAI) jumped by 26.88 percent on Friday to end at $8.59 each as investor sentiment was buoyed by news that it bagged a contract from the Department of Defense to advance its Virtual Anticipation Network (VANE) prototype.The VANE prototype, which would use AI and machine learning, would compile vast amounts of data to forecast adversary actions in multi-domain environments and support US military and intelligence operations.It would allow BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc