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SPHR: Shorts Rebuild as Analyst Lifts Target to $200

Sphere Entertainment Co. heads into the final week of June with short interest rebuilding, borrow tightening sharply, and the Street's most bullish voice just raising its target to $200 — a setup that puts bears and…

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VRT Bounces Post-Earnings, But the Street Gap Remains Wide

Vertiv Holdings Co has delivered its June 17 earnings and clawed back 3.5% on the week to $299.60 — yet the stock still trades nearly 20% below where it was a month ago, and the distance between current price and where…

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Carlyle Options Signal Caution as Shorts Pull Back

CG heads into the week with an unusual split: options traders are the most defensively positioned they've been in months, yet short sellers have been quietly covering. The clearest tension is in options. The put/call…

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VEL Shorts Rebuild While the Street Holds Firm

Short sellers have quietly doubled down on VEL over the past month, even as the stock grinds higher and analysts keep their buy flags flying. The most striking development is in short interest, which has climbed 34%…

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PHAT Shorts Dig In as Borrow Conditions Quietly Tighten

Phathom Pharmaceuticals heads into mid-June with short sellers holding their most aggressive stance in months — and the borrow market beginning to catch up. Short interest is the headline story here. Bears have built…

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Trader NoteBNTX

BioNTech Bulls Hold the Line With August Earnings in Sight

BNTX heads into the final weeks before its August 4 earnings print with analyst sentiment firmly positive, short sellers retreating, and options traders less defensive than they've been all year. The most interesting…

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TXG Shorts Retreat as Stock Surges 50% in a Month

10x Genomics heads into mid-June with a striking contrast: short sellers are quietly reducing positions into a 50% monthly price rally, while the options market is turning increasingly bullish — a combination that…

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Trader NoteBX

Blackstone Shorts Build Into July Earnings

BX heads into its July 17 earnings date with short interest climbing sharply, options traders holding a persistently defensive tilt, and the stock up 6.3% on the week — a tension worth unpacking. The most striking…

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RCAT Bears Stay Put as Earnings Arrive Tomorrow

Red Cat Holdings heads into its fiscal Q4 earnings report tomorrow — June 18 — with short sellers unmoved, the borrow market tight but not stressed, and options traders leaning slightly more bullish than usual. The…

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Trader NotePINS

Pinterest Bears Rebuild While Options Traders Flash Caution

PINS enters the week with a two-sided tension: short sellers have been quietly adding for over a month, yet the borrow market remains so loose that squeeze pressure is essentially absent — and options traders are now…

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ADPT Bulls Grab Calls as Stock Retreats From One-Month Highs

Adaptive Biotechnologies heads into the final days of June with a telling split: options traders are as bullish as they've been all year, yet insiders have been quietly selling into the rally. The options market is the…

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Lyft shorts ease as borrow market loosens

LYFT heads into mid-June carrying one of the heavier short burdens in US transportation, but the lending market is quietly moving in a less hostile direction — making this a week where the short story is more nuanced…

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BTIG Downgrade Puts EFC Bulls on the Back Foot

EFC enters the back half of June with a fresh analyst headwind: BTIG's Douglas Harter downgraded the stock to Neutral this morning, dropping a Buy rating that had been in place since at least mid-2025. The timing is…

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Mizuho Reinstates WES as Shorts Rebuild on Easing Borrow

Western Midstream Partners heads into the back half of June with the analyst picture brightening at the margin — while short sellers have quietly been adding to positions all week against a backdrop of exceptionally…

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Trader NoteTTAN

TTAN analysts lift targets but the stock gives back gains

ServiceTitan heads into the back half of June with a familiar tension: the Street turned meaningfully more bullish after its early-June earnings beat, yet the stock has spent the past week handing those gains back. The…

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