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SBET Short Build Accelerates as Borrow Pool Tightens Further

Since yesterday's convergence note flagged the initial short build, SBET has seen every bearish signal move another notch tighter — short interest is now at its highest level in months, the borrow pool has contracted…

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Trader NoteHUT

HUT 8 Shorts Exit as Options Turn Bullish

HUT heads into July with an unusual split: short sellers have been cutting positions aggressively while options traders are now the most call-heavy they've been in months — a setup that points to rebuilding confidence…

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Trader NoteBANC

JP Morgan lifts BANC target as shorts quietly rebuild

Banc of California heads into its July 22 earnings date with a mixed but increasingly constructive setup — analysts turning more positive, shorts modestly rebuilding, and options sentiment at its least defensive in…

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Trader NoteVSTS

VSTS Shorts Rebuild Into a Stock That Just Gained 10%

VSTS enters July with an unusual tension: the stock is up 10% on the week to $14.52, yet short sellers quietly added to positions over the same period. That rebuilding of short conviction is the week's most interesting…

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Trader NoteLAC

LAC Borrow Pool Tightens Sharply as Stock Slides 7%

Lithium Americas Corp. enters July with a striking internal contradiction: the stock is down 7% on the week and 24% over the past month, yet the borrow market has suddenly tightened after weeks of relative ease. The…

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Trader NoteIBIT

IBIT Bears Double Down as Bitcoin Retreats

IBIT enters July with short sellers materially more aggressive than a month ago, even as the broader borrow market remains wide open — a divergence that makes the recent positioning shift worth watching closely. The…

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Trader NoteBTQ

BTQ Borrow Costs Double as Stock Slips

BTQ Technologies heads into July with a striking disconnect: borrow costs have more than doubled in a month while short interest itself remains negligible, pointing to something more structural happening in the lending…

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Trader NoteLUNR

LUNR: Founders Sell Into Rally as Shorts Hit a 30-Day High

Intuitive Machines enters July with a striking split between what insiders are doing and what the Street is saying — and the short book is quietly catching up with both. The most conspicuous signal this week is insider…

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Trader NoteGRND

Morgan Stanley Upgrade Lifts Grindr Into a Cleaner Setup

GRND enters July with its most constructive analyst backdrop in months, after a bellwether upgrade landed just as the stock wrapped up a 9% weekly gain. The catalyst is fresh. Morgan Stanley's Nathan Feather upgraded…

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Trader NoteFSUN

Raymond James Upgrade Lands as FSUN Shorts Quietly Build

FirstSun Capital Bancorp enters July with a fresh analyst upgrade on one side of the ledger and a meaningful week-on-week jump in short interest on the other — an unusual pairing for a stock that just logged a 4.7%…

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Trader NoteSYM

SYM Shorts Rebuild Into a 17% Rally

Symbotic closed the week at $44.95, up 17% in five sessions — yet short interest climbed in near-lockstep, rising 10.5% over the same period to 14.5% of the free float. That tension between price and positioning is the…

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Trader NoteQDEL

QDEL's 47% Rally Runs Into a Wall of Bears

QuidelOrtho has staged a striking 47% recovery over the past month — yet short sellers are not retreating, the Street's price targets sit well below the current price, and the next earnings test is less than four weeks…

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Trader NoteFIP

FIP Options Flash the Loudest Warning Signal of the Year

FTAI Infrastructure enters July with a rare divergence: the stock just posted its best single-day gain in weeks, yet the options market has simultaneously flipped to its most defensive posture on record. The options…

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Trader NoteWBD

WBD Analyst Upgrade Meets a Wall of Insider Selling

Warner Bros. Discovery enters July with a fresh upgrade from Seaport Global cutting against an unrelenting wave of insider selling — the tension between those two signals defines the stock right now. The most notable…

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Trader NoteNRGV

NRGV Shorts Surge as Borrow Tightens Fast

NRGV enters July with short sellers building aggressively and the borrow market tightening at a pace that has few recent parallels — a combination that makes the stock's 11% weekly rally all the more striking. The…

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Trader NoteMLTX

MLTX Insiders Keep Selling as Options Cool and Shorts Ease

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics ends the week in retreat — down 8.2% to $19.47 — with insiders still distributing stock and the extreme options bullishness flagged last week having quietly unwound. The insider selling is…

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