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Trader NoteSSMR

SSMR Shorts Build as Stock Slides 17% in a Month

SSMR heads into its November 12 earnings print with short sellers rebuilding positions aggressively, the stock down sharply, and options traders positioned almost entirely on the call side, a combination that makes the…

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Trader NoteMTB

Borrow Costs Climb on a Sleepy Euro Bond ETF

The standout this week on MTB is not price action or short positioning. It is a sharp and unexplained jump in borrowing costs on an instrument that rarely draws this kind of attention. The Lyxor Euro Government Bond…

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Trader NoteRCBC

RCBC Clears Earnings, Russell Inclusion Clock Now Running

RCBC has delivered its debut post-listing earnings print and the stock has held the gains, shifting the conversation from "will it disappoint?" to "what does the index inclusion trade look like from here?" The earnings…

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Trader NoteCLSK

CleanSpark Borrow Dries Up as Shorts Hold Firm at 32%

CleanSpark enters December's earnings window in an unusual position: short interest is near its highest level all year, borrow availability has just hit zero, and yet options traders are more bullish than they have…

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Trader Note300223

Ingenic Holds Firm as Chip Peers Crumble

Ingenic Semiconductor heads into its November 4 earnings release having done something its closest peers have conspicuously failed to do: hold its ground. The stock closed Friday at CNY 109.61, up nearly 4% on the…

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Trader NoteCOP

COP Heads Into Earnings Day With Caution Priced In

ConocoPhillips reports Q3 results on November 5 with the pre-earnings hedging story now fully in focus, and this week's price action adding a new wrinkle: the stock has quietly recovered ground even as defensive…

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Trader NoteVOYG

VOYG Shorts Near 26% of Float as Earnings Loom Monday

Voyager Technologies heads into its Monday earnings release with short sellers at their most aggressive since the stock's listing, a 5% weekly gain masking a sharp single-day reversal, and options traders tilting…

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Trader NoteLEGN

LEGN borrow tightens further as November earnings loom

Legend Biotech enters its November 10 earnings release with short interest still falling but the lending market tightening to its most constrained level in months, a tension that has sharpened since Monday's note. The…

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Trader NoteONTO

ONTO enters earnings week bruised but not broken

Onto Innovation heads into its November 5 earnings report down 34% over the past month, yet the week that just closed was fractionally positive, a small stabilisation that masks a violent Thursday, when the stock fell…

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Trader NoteVOD

Vodacom Short Interest Jumps at an Unusual Pace

Vodacom Group has drawn a sharp increase in short positioning this week, a move the data marks as statistically rare for this stock. Short interest in the JSE-listed South African telecoms group rose at a pace roughly…

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Trader NoteGFI

Gold Fields underperforms peers as sector selloff deepens

GFI has lagged most of its closest peers over the past week, falling 4.4% against a median decline of roughly 3.3% across the group, with the steeper drop concentrated in a single brutal Thursday session that took the…

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