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Trader NoteRIVN

Rivian Shorts Rebuild as the Stock Drops 7% on the Week

RIVN enters September under pressure — the stock fell 7.2% on the week to $15.54, short interest has quietly rebuilt over the past month, and the next earnings print is eight weeks away. The short interest story is the…

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Trader NoteWISE

Wise holds firm while peers sell off

WISE enters September with a quietly contrarian setup: while the payments sector took heavy losses last week, Wise barely budged — and the borrow market tells a story of shorts stepping away, not doubling down. The…

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Trader NoteCXM

CXM Drops 7% After Earnings — Shorts Hold Steady

Sprinklr delivered its September 2 earnings report and the market's verdict was swift: the stock fell 7.4% to $7.60, giving back a chunk of the 29% monthly rally that had set up such high expectations. The immediate…

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Trader NoteCIFR

Cipher Digital Shorts Rebuild as the Sector Sells Off

CIFR is caught in a widening sector selloff, down 10.4% on the week and 34.5% over the past month, while short sellers have quietly rebuilt positions to a level that now ranks among the more elevated readings in the…

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Trader NoteSOXQ

SOXQ Shorts Retreat as Options Caution Builds

SOXQ enters September with an unusual split: bearish positioning in the lending market has collapsed over the past month, yet options traders are nudging toward the most defensive stance they've held in weeks. The…

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Trader NoteJXN

JXN Stands Out as Peers Slide

Jackson Financial heads into September having quietly done something unusual: gained ground while almost everything around it fell apart. The stock closed Tuesday at $132.78, up nearly 1% on the week. That modest gain…

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Trader NotePATH

UBS Lifts PATH Target as Shorts Trim After the Print

UiPath reported earnings on September 2 and now trades at $18.14 — down 2.8% on the session but still up 9% on the week, leaving the post-print picture more nuanced than either the bulls or bears expected. The most…

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Trader NoteASTS

ASTS: Borrow Loosens, But Bears Rebuild on the Dip

AST SpaceMobile enters September with a new tension: availability has finally thawed from its near-frozen state, yet short sellers are quietly adding back positions into the 10% weekly price decline. The lending market…

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Trader NoteCOIN

COIN: Bears Stay Short as Stock Gives Back Half the Rally

Coinbase Global entered September having surrendered most of what was, just one week ago, a remarkable 28% surge — the structural bears held their ground through the rally, and the pullback is now validating their…

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Trader NoteAPA

APA shorts cover as the stock surges 19% in a month

APA Corporation heads into September with one of the more striking reversals in the E&P space — shorts retreating, analysts lifting targets, and the stock up nearly 19% over the past month to $44.30. The short-covering…

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Trader NoteHIMS

HIMS Gives Back the Bounce as the Rally Stalls

Hims & Hers Health has handed back a chunk of the 16% rally flagged in the prior note, falling 10.4% on the week to close at $28.44 — a sharp reversal that reopens the question of whether that move was genuine demand…

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Trader NoteEOSE

EOSE's Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

Eos Energy Enterprises enters September in a genuinely extreme position — the stock has collapsed 14% in a week, short sellers hold nearly 40% of the float, and the borrow market has effectively run dry. The lending…

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Trader NotePLTR

PLTR Claws Back to $180 but Options Traders Grow Cautious

Palantir Technologies has recovered the $180 level it couldn't hold last week, closing Tuesday at $179.92 after a 4.2% gain over five sessions — but the options market is flashing mild caution, and the peer group…

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Trader NoteSNOW

SNOW Post-Earnings: Street Bullish, Market Skeptical

SNOW has navigated two earnings events in the span of a week, and the data now shows a stock where analysts and the market are pulling in opposite directions — the Street has never been more unified, yet the price…

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