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Trader NoteBALY

Bally's Borrow Market Stays Hot as Short Score Hits 93

BALY enters the second week of October with a borrow market that has gone from tight to extreme, while the stock itself has quietly more than doubled from its August lows, creating a charged standoff between shorts…

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Trader NoteETH

ETH Shorts Retreat as Borrow Market Opens Back Up

The story on ETH, the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF, has reversed sharply from where it stood a week ago: the short-building trend flagged in the previous note has unwound, and the borrow market has swung from…

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Trader NoteOKLO

Oklo Shorts Ease While Call Buyers Push PCR to a Year-Low

Oklo enters the final stretch before its November 11 earnings with an unusual tension: short sellers are the most committed bears by any structural measure, yet options traders this week turned more bullish than at any…

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Trader NoteTEL

TEL Bulls Get Louder as Shorts Quietly Exit

TE Connectivity heads into its October 28 earnings with the most bullish analyst setup it has seen in months, just as short sellers reduce their exposure at a meaningful pace. The sharpest signal this week comes from…

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Trader NoteFERG

RBC trims target as Ferguson's shorts quietly rebuild

Ferguson Enterprises heads into its November earnings with short sellers adding positions through September while the broader analyst community stays firmly in the bull camp, a divergence that makes the stock's current…

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Trader NoteBXBL

BXBL Borrow Costs Ease but Options Traders Turn Defensive

BXBL heads into November earnings with a sharp month-long selloff, a borrowing market that has dramatically loosened, and options positioning that has swung to its most cautious reading of the past year. The borrowing…

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Trader NoteAVBP

AVBP Crashes 47% as FURVENT Delay Sinks the Thesis

ArriVent BioPharma is at the centre of one of biotech's sharpest single-week collapses, with a delayed pivotal readout stripping nearly half the stock's value in two days and leaving analysts scrambling to reset…

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Trader NoteIBIT

IBIT's Lending Pool Floods Open as Bitcoin ETF Rallies

IBIT enters the week with a striking divergence: the price is up 7% over the past month to $48.49, yet the borrow market has swung dramatically looser, a combination that tells a clear story about where conviction sits…

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Trader NotePHIN

PHIN Shorts Ease Ahead of October Earnings

PHINIA Inc. heads into its October 29 earnings report with short sellers pulling back, borrow conditions loose, and a fresh analyst cut sitting well above where the stock trades today. Short interest has drifted lower…

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Trader NoteLSGR

LSGR Short Interest Retreats But Borrow Cost Holds Firm

The structural puzzle around LSGR, the Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF, has shifted in one direction since the last note: the short position that was building through late September has largely unwound, yet…

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Trader NoteNXT

NXT Rallies 11% but Analysts Keep Trimming Targets

Nextpower has put in its best week in months, up 11% to $88.09, yet the Street is still marking down its numbers, creating one of the more interesting divergences on the tape right now. The positioning backdrop has…

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