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Trader NoteHOS

HOS shorts retreat sharply as price slides to new lows

Hornbeck Offshore Services heads into the week of October 13 with a notable contradiction: short sellers have been cutting positions at a meaningful pace while the stock itself has shed nearly 17% over the past month,…

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Trader Note500470

Tata Steel Drifts Lower Ahead of November Earnings

Tata Steel heads into its Q2 FY27 results, due November 6, with the share price under steady pressure and the broader steel sector offering little cover. The stock closed at INR 172.30 on Monday, down 3.2% on the week…

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Trader NoteVEYAS

VEYAS Falls 42% in a Month as Turkish Lira Pressures Weigh

Turker Vangolu Enerji Yatirim Anonim Sirketi (VEYAS) heads into mid-October with one of the sharper drawdowns in the Turkish energy space, down 42% over the past month and still falling, raising questions about whether…

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Trader NoteOMC

OMC Reports Q3 Today With Shorts Rebuilding Into the Print

OMC reaches its October 13 Q3 earnings release with short interest climbing back toward the month's highs, a put-heavy options market, and an analyst community that trimmed targets just days before the print. The most…

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Trader NoteJSW

JSW Bounces Hard After Production Cut, but Shorts Hold Firm

JSW has posted its best week in months, gaining nearly 8% to close at PLN 34.06, even as the company disclosed a production cut that sent the stock down 6% on the day of the announcement. The tension between a sharp…

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Trader NoteMMED

MMED: Earnings Behind It, Shorts Still Building

MMED has reported, the stock barely moved on the week, and yet the short position keeps growing, making the post-earnings setup the more interesting story than the print itself. The stock closed at $19.71 on Friday, up…

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Trader NoteLPTH

LPTH Shorts Hold Firm Ahead of November Earnings

LightPath Technologies heads into its November 5 earnings report carrying one of the heavier short burdens in its peer group, while the stock has shed nearly 12% in a week. Short interest is the defining feature of…

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Trader NoteRDDT

Reddit Shorts Retreat as S&P 500 Inclusion Beds In

RDDT heads into its October 30 earnings report with short sellers pulling back, retail attention spiking, and options positioning nudging more defensive, all at the same time the stock has bounced 8% on the week to…

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Trader NoteIOVA

IOVA Rebounds Again as Short Sellers Bleed On

Iovance Biotherapeutics added another 10% on Friday to reach $14.62, reversing last week's pullback and putting the remaining short base back under severe pressure, with the next earnings print just 26 days away. The…

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Trader NoteWFF

WFF's Parabolic Rally Unwinds the Short Trade

WFF enters the week having completed one of the more dramatic short-side capitulations on Nasdaq this year, with the stock up 411% over the past week and 540% over the past month to close at $12.29. The positioning…

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Trader NoteSOXX

SOXX Puts Climb as ETF Drops 5% and Bears Dig In

SOXX fell 5% on the week to $559.40, and the options market is now signalling more defensive positioning than at almost any point in the past year. The sharpest signal this week comes from options. The put/call ratio…

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Trader NoteFCUV

FCUV Borrow Conditions Tighten as Short Interest Builds

The Fidelity U.S. Value ETF (FCUV), listed on the TSX, enters the week with a quiet but notable tension: short interest has been climbing steadily for a month while the ETF itself continues to drift higher. Short…

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Trader NoteVOYG

VOYG Bears Up 14% in a Month as Stock Slumps 23%

Voyager Technologies enters the week to November earnings with a sharp contradiction at its core: short sellers have added steadily to positions through a brutal one-month decline, yet the borrow market remains…

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