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Trader NoteJMKE

Jersey Mike's Shorts Unwind as Index Entry Looms

JMKE heads into the final stretch of October with shorts unwinding sharply, a major ownership transition under way, and a mechanically driven buying catalyst on the near-term horizon. The most striking market-structure…

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Trader NoteAADX

AADX shorts rebuild ahead of November earnings

Applied Aerospace & Defense heads into its November 11 results with short sellers rebuilding positions, analysts trimming targets, and a bruising month behind it. Short interest has climbed sharply over the past four…

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Trader NoteBRAI

BRAI Borrow Market Burns Hot as Stock Whips 56% in a Day

BRAI enters the week in one of the most unusual lending setups on Nasdaq: a cost to borrow above 650%, a stock that swung 56% in a single session, and short interest that has more than doubled in a week, all against a…

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Trader NoteAIPO

AIPO Shorts Rebuild as Options Traders Turn More Bullish

Defiance's AIPO ETF enters the final days of October with a notable split: short positions are rebuilding fast, yet options traders have shifted in the opposite direction, unwinding a prolonged defensive posture. The…

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Trader NoteGLXY

Galaxy Digital bounces 9% but short sellers keep adding

Galaxy Digital Inc. just put in its best week in months, yet the short position keeps growing. Short interest climbed to 18.4% of the free float by October 27, with roughly 35.4 million shares borrowed against the…

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Trader NoteCRWV

CoreWeave Short Book Grows for the Fourth Straight Week

Short sellers have added to their CoreWeave position for the fourth consecutive week, with ORTEX now estimating 87.7 million shares short as of October 27. That represents 22.7% of the free float, up from 73.0 million…

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Trader NoteBBNX

BBNX Reports Earnings as Shorts Retreat and Bulls Build

Beta Bionics delivered its Q3 results on October 27, and the setup heading into the print was unusual: short sellers had already been retreating for weeks, the analyst community had been building out coverage at…

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Trader NoteSLDE

SLDE Reports Q3: What Happens After the Bullish Setup

Slide Insurance Holdings reported Q3 results on October 28, and the question now is whether the unusually bullish options positioning that preceded the print was warranted. The pre-earnings signal in options was…

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Trader NoteSIRI

SIRI Shorts Retreat Sharply as Earnings Loom

Sirius XM Holdings closed the week at $27.25, up 0.3%, with one of the sharpest short-covering episodes in its recent history playing out beneath the surface. Short sellers cut their positions by nearly 20% over the…

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Trader NoteBTC

BTC Trust Shorts Retreat as Options Lean Bullish

BTC, the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust, has reversed course sharply since the October 21 note flagged a near-doubling of short interest: positions have unwound just as quickly as they built, leaving the lending market…

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