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Trader NoteTTWO

TTWO Shorts Build as GTA VI Counts Down

Take-Two Interactive heads into its November 6 earnings report with short sellers adding positions at pace, options traders nudging more defensive, and the stock down 7% over the past month to $200.32, all while the…

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Trader NoteSUI

SUI Shorts Pull Back, But Analysts Keep Trimming Targets

Sun Communities heads into its October 28 earnings report with a notable divide between short sellers retreating and analysts steadily marking down their price targets. Short positioning has eased sharply over the past…

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Trader NoteSTT

State Street Posts Q3. Now the Question Is What Comes Next.

STT reported Q3 earnings on October 14, the event that has dominated positioning and analyst activity for the past two weeks. The stock closed at $174.10, down roughly 1% on the day and off nearly 10% over the past…

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Trader NoteSRE

Analysts Trim Targets but Sempra Holds Its Footing

SRE heads into its November 4 earnings report with a familiar tension: a constructive analyst consensus that has spent six weeks cutting its price targets, met by a stock that has quietly recovered 3% this week to…

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Trader NoteSCHW

Schwab Q3 Results Due Tomorrow as Analysts Diverge

SCHW enters its Q3 earnings print on October 15 having shed 10.5% over the past month to $95.94, with a busy week of analyst revisions pulling targets in opposite directions and the options market turning notably…

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Trader NoteROL

Rollins Shorts Nearly Double as Earnings Loom

ROL heads into its October 21 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding aggressively, a chorus of analyst target cuts, and the Street bracing for a third consecutive quarter of organic growth disappointment. Short…

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Trader NoteRS

Reliance Heads Into Earnings With Street Freshly Engaged

Reliance, Inc. reports Q3 results on October 21 with the analyst community just adding a new voice to the debate and short sellers building positions at the fastest monthly pace in months, even as the stock trades…

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Trader NotePGR

Progressive Clears Earnings With Stock at Six-Week High

PGR crossed its October 14 earnings date trading at $222.88, up 5.1% on the week, with the stock finally closing the gap that had been a recurring theme in recent notes. The question now shifts from whether the print…

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Trader NotePG

P&G Posts Q1 Results: Citi Lifts Target as Stock Steadies

Procter & Gamble exits its Q1 FY2027 earnings window with the stock steady at $153.04 and the most notable post-results development coming from the analyst desk rather than short sellers or options markets. Citigroup's…

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Trader NotePLUG

Plug Power: shorts hold firm as stock hits $1.56

Plug Power heads into its November earnings with the stock at a new low, short sellers entrenched at 21% of the float, and the Street's most bearish voice cutting its target to just $1.75 this morning. Short interest…

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Trader NoteCOP

COP Breaks Higher as the November Print Comes Into View

ConocoPhillips has added 9% in a week to close at $140.90, and the setup heading into November 5 earnings looks meaningfully different from the one described in last week's note. The most striking change is the price…

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Trader NotePFE

Pfizer Recovers Ground Ahead of October 27 Print

PFE has clawed back the prior week's losses, gaining 3.2% to $28.37, with earnings now thirteen days away and the analyst community turning incrementally more confident on price targets even as the consensus rating…

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Trader NotePNR

Analysts Cut Targets as Pentair Heads Into Earnings

PNR enters its October 20 results with the Street collectively marking down price targets and short sellers adding positions at the fastest pace in months. The most striking development this week is the analyst target…

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Trader NoteCNXN

CNXN Heads Into Earnings With Founder Still Selling

PC Connection enters its October 28 earnings print on a steady footing, but the clearest story this week is not about short sellers or analysts. It is about the company's own chairman, who has been selling shares at a…

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Trader NoteORCL

Oracle Holds $143 but the November Print Looms Large

ORCL bounced 4.2% on Tuesday to close at $143.20, yet the stock is still down 1.1% on the week and off nearly 5% over the past month, leaving the pattern of failed recoveries intact as the fiscal Q2 report on November…

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