Big Daddy: Yes, there is shorting by the Hedge Funds and little by 'big' small retail. The chart shows many scallops patterns over the past year indicating the usual short covering by the intermediate swing traders and "big" hedgers.
Finance Recorder on market sentiment: Tells us what the Mutual Funds publicly think but not what they privately do to keep the competition guessing. https://financerecorder.com/?s=plug