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Trader NoteSRPT

SRPT Bears Rebuild as Safety Debate Deepens

Sarepta Therapeutics enters the final day of September with short sellers rebuilding positions, options turning modestly more defensive, and the stock off 10% on the week to $18.64, all against a backdrop of sharply…

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Trader NoteAES

AES Recovering Quietly as Shorts Retreat

AES has spent September quietly rebuilding, with the stock up 27% over the past month to $14.86 while short sellers have been steadily unwinding positions, a combination that tells a more constructive story than the…

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Trader NoteLULU

LULU Short Interest Hits 13.8% as Bears Keep Building

lululemon athletica is now carrying the heaviest short book it has seen in years, while options traders and the lending market are both telling a more nuanced story than the headline figure suggests. The short-selling…

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Trader NoteFICO

FICO Crashes 32% in a Week as Analysts Race to Cut Targets

FICO is having one of its worst weeks in memory. The stock closed at $617.87 on Tuesday, down 32% for the week and 46% for the month, a collapse that has forced a rapid rethink from analysts who were still pricing the…

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Trader NoteIBRX

IBRX: High Short Score, Loosening Borrow Mark a Tense Setup

ImmunityBio heads into October with an unusual split: short conviction remains historically high while the borrow market has quietly eased, creating a setup worth watching ahead of a November earnings date. The short…

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Trader NoteONDS

ONDS: Bears Dig In as Options Cool and Q3 Earnings Loom

Ondas Inc. ends September with its short position near a month-long high, the borrow market still fully exhausted, and the options market finally pulling back from its most defensive extreme of the year. The most…

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Trader NoteQVCG

QVCG: GoldenTree Keeps Buying Into a Deepening Slide

QVCG has fallen another 11% this week to $14.14, pushing GoldenTree Asset Management further into the red on a position it has been actively adding to — and the gap between activist conviction and market reality is…

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Trader NoteVMRK

VMRK Options Flash a Warning as Shorts Quietly Retreat

Vivmark Residential enters the final week of September with an unusual split: options traders are suddenly much more defensive than they have been all year, even as short sellers have been cutting exposure at a notable…

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Trader NoteAIIR

AIIR Borrow Costs Triple as Stock Quietly Grinds Higher

AIIR enters the final week of September caught between a stock that keeps climbing and a borrow market that keeps tightening — an unusual combination that deserves attention from anyone watching this name. The lending…

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Trader NoteEROC

EROC Shorts Double in a Month as Activist Looms Large

EROC enters the final week of September with a striking contradiction at its core: short sellers have roughly doubled their positions in a month, yet an activist investor holding a 78% Schedule 13D stake sits at the…

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Trader NoteAADX

AADX Shorts Triple in a Week as Borrow Market Tightens Fast

AADX enters the final week of September with a striking and sudden shift in short positioning — one of the sharpest weekly build-ups the stock has seen since its NYSE debut. The headline number is hard to ignore: short…

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Trader NoteLFTO

LFTO Shorts Surge as Options Shift, Activist Looms

Liftoff Mobile enters the final week of September with a striking build in short positions against a stock already down 15% in a month — and an activist investor on the register with a Schedule 13D stake. The short…

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Trader NoteFPT

FPT Drops 10% in a Week as Earnings Loom

FPT Corporation has shed nearly 10% in seven days, pulling the stock to its lowest level in months, even as analysts see meaningful upside from current prices. The price action is the week's defining story. FPT closed…

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Trader NoteINFRAC

Infracore Insiders Stay Bullish as Borrow Costs Tick Up

INFRAC enters the final stretch of September with its most distinctive feature unchanged: every insider transaction on record is a buy, and that streak extended again this week. The boardroom accumulation pattern at…

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