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Trader NoteHOOD

Robinhood Trails Peers on Price but Not on Short Pressure

Robinhood Markets fell 9.4% on the week to $85.68, slightly worse than the median decline of around 8% across its closest peers, but the positioning story is notably less bearish than that price move suggests. Among…

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Trader NoteRIVN

Rivian Rallies Post-Earnings but Shorts Keep Building

Rivian posted a 12% gain on the week, its best in months, yet short sellers responded by adding to positions rather than retreating, a tension that defines the stock's setup heading into Q4. The earnings print on…

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Trader NoteLCID

Lucid Shorts Hold Firm as Earnings Land Thursday

Lucid Group has 31.8% of its free float sold short, a position that has grown 13.4% over the past month and shows no sign of unwinding with Q3 results due Thursday evening. The borrow market tells the same story as the…

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Trader NoteYOU

Needham's Bold $90 Target Lifts Clear Secure After Earnings

Clear Secure heads into the post-earnings week with a sharp analyst upgrade pulling in one direction and a stubborn 14% short interest pulling in the other. Needham's Joshua Reilly moved his price target from $70 to…

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Trader NoteFLYW

Flywire Jumps on Earnings as Analysts Lift Targets

Flywire reported results on November 3 and walked into an immediate wave of analyst target increases, putting the stock at the centre of a classic post-earnings repricing debate: the numbers were good enough to move…

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Trader NoteTBLA

Taboola Posts Q3 Results: What the Data Says Now

TBLA reported its Q3 earnings on November 4, shifting the story from pre-earnings positioning to post-results reality, with short interest still nudging higher and analysts holding Buy ratings at targets well above…

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Trader NoteOUST

Ouster Short Sellers Add Pressure Before Q3 Report

OUST has accumulated short interest worth 11.6% of its free float, a level that has crept higher over the past week even as the stock lost 12% of its value. Short sellers added roughly 400,000 shares to their position…

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Trader NoteCPNG

Coupang Jumps 9% Post-Earnings as Citi Upgrades to Buy

CPNG delivered a sharp post-earnings rally this week, rising 9.5% to $15.23, and the market reaction has shifted the story from pre-print caution to whether the upgrade cycle that just started has further to run. The…

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Trader NoteAPP

AppLovin Bounces 7% After Earnings, But the Damage Is Done

AppLovin posted a 7.3% gain on November 3, the day after its Q3 print, yet that single-session recovery still left the stock down 6.6% on the week at $245.51, a sharper retreat than the median peer decline of around…

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Trader NoteTRIN

TRIN shorts rebuild as options signal eases

Trinity Capital heads into the week after its Q3 earnings with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, even as options traders are growing more relaxed than they have been in months. Short interest has risen…

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