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Trader NoteBAC

BAC Drifts Sideways as Shorts Stabilise and Earnings Loom

Bank of America enters the final stretch before its October 14 earnings with short interest that has stopped falling — a subtle shift from the aggressive unwind that dominated the narrative five days ago. The prior…

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Trader NoteAAPL

Apple Shorts Rebuild After the Launch Event

AAPL exits its September 9 product launch week with shorts rebuilding sharply on the Nasdaq primary listing — a reversal of the steady unwind that defined the past month. The most notable shift in positioning this week…

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Trader NoteCOR

Cencora Bulls Hold Targets as Stock Slips Into Earnings Gap

Cencora heads into the September stretch with a widening gap between analyst optimism and what the stock is actually doing — down nearly 3% on the week and 3.7% over the past month to $321.57, while a clutch of major…

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Trader NoteAQST

AQST: Short Interest Spikes as Borrow Pool Empties

Aquestive Therapeutics enters the week with short sellers pressing harder against a stock that just lost 10% in five sessions — and the borrow market is nearly as tight as it gets. The most striking development is the…

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Trader NotePOET

POET Shorts Retreat as Borrow Opens Up

POET Technologies is heading into mid-September with a notable reversal in short positioning — bears have pulled back sharply over the past month while the borrow market has swung from near-fully-used to comfortably…

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Trader NoteBTRW

Barratt Redrow Enters Results Under Pressure

BTRW heads into its September 16 results with the share price down 6.2% on the week and the entire UK housebuilding sector in retreat, making the earnings print the clearest near-term catalyst for whether the stock can…

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Trader NoteONON

On Holding Braces for Earnings With Shorts Rebuilding Fast

ONON enters its September 22 earnings report with short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months — and a stock already down 11% in the past month sitting just below where its own co-CEOs bought…

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Trader NoteFDX

FedEx Heads Into Earnings With CFO Seat Empty

FDX arrives at its September 28 earnings date carrying an unusual burden — no CFO — and a stock that has quietly shed 2% over the past month as the Street waits to see whether its cost-reduction program is actually…

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Trader NoteTCOM

TCOM Heads Into Earnings With a Brutal Month Behind It

TCOM reports Monday with one of the worst month-long setups in its recent history — down 14.5% over 30 days and off 46% year-to-date, yet carrying an earnings beat track record that now looks more important than…

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Trader NoteSOFI

SoFi Shorts Rebuild as Analysts Pile In

SoFi Technologies enters the week with a familiar tension: fresh analyst coverage arriving on one side, short sellers quietly rebuilding on the other, while the stock trades 5% lower on the week at $17.32. The short…

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Trader NoteDELL

Dell at $567: The Rally Has Lapped the Analysts

Dell Technologies has done something this week that reframes every note filed since earnings: the stock closed at $567.29 on September 11, up 12% on the day and 8% on the week, and in doing so it has run clean through…

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Trader NoteRWE

RWE Rides a 30% Rally While Bears Stay Away

RWE enters the final stretch of 2026 with a striking disconnect at its core: the stock has more than doubled from where insiders were buying nine months ago, yet the lending market shows almost no appetite from short…

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Trader NoteAAPL

Apple's TSX Shorts Keep Building After the Launch Event

AAPL on the Toronto Stock Exchange emerges from the September 9 product launch with a split story: the stock bounced 3.5% on Thursday, yet short positions in the Canadian listing have accelerated sharply in the days…

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Trader NoteINTC

Intel's Short Sellers Retreat as October Earnings Loom

Intel enters the week of September 11 with its most striking development not in the boardroom — where CEO Tan Lip Bu's $10 million August buy still dominates the narrative — but in the lending market, where short…

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Trader NoteACVA

Needham Downgrade Adds Pressure as Shorts Rebuild

ACV Auctions heads into the week with a fresh analyst downgrade landing on the same day shorts are accelerating — the two most bearish signals it has faced simultaneously since early August. The headline on Thursday…

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