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Trader NoteFIGR

FIGR Shorts Retreat as Stock Rallies 49% in a Month

FIGR enters the back half of August with a sharp disconnect between its surging price and a wave of insider selling — and that tension is the story worth watching this week. The stock closed Tuesday at $41.14, up…

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Trader NoteSNDK

SNDK Shorts Hit a Three-Week High as Insiders Cash Out

SNDK enters the back half of August with two conflicting signals pulling in opposite directions: short sellers are back at levels not seen since before the earnings cascade, while the executives who know the business…

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Trader NoteBBNX

BBNX Bears Retreat — But the Short Score Stays Elevated

Beta Bionics enters the final week of August with its short thesis showing its first cracks: bears trimmed exposure sharply on Tuesday while the stock clawed back 1.7% on the week, yet the ORTEX short score remains…

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Trader NoteVG

VG Insiders Cash Out as Options Turn Cautious

Venture Global enters the final week of August with a peculiar tension at its core: the stock has nearly doubled year-to-date, yet a cluster of senior insiders sold aggressively through mid-August, and options…

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Trader NoteBLK

BlackRock Rides a Quiet Wave Higher

BLK heads into the final week of August having added nearly 12% over the past month, with shorts retreating and the Street largely onside — the question now is whether that momentum carries into an October earnings…

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Trader NoteINVX

Citi Lifts Target as Shorts Cut Positions in Innovex

INVX enters the final days of August with an unusual combination: short sellers retreating sharply, the lending market flush with supply, and a fresh analyst target raise arriving from one of the Street's more closely…

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Trader NoteBTC

BTC Mini Trust Shorts Rebuild as Bitcoin Rallies Hard

BTC — Grayscale's Bitcoin Mini Trust — has jumped 22% in a week, and shorts are quietly rebuilding into the move. The price story is striking on its own. The trust closed at $34.92 on August 25, up 22% on the week and…

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Trader NoteWRD

WeRide's Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

WRD enters the final week of August with its lending market at full stretch — availability has collapsed to 20%, the tightest reading in nearly a year, even as the stock itself inches higher. The sharpest story this…

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Trader NoteLB

LB Shorts Climb as Borrow Tightens and Insiders Sell

LandBridge Company LLC enters the back half of August with a peculiar split: the stock is up 6.3% on the week and 12.6% over the past month, yet insiders have been cashing out aggressively and short sellers are quietly…

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Trader NoteWBTN

WEBTOON Borrow Pool Tightens as Stock Extends Recovery

WBTN has extended its post-earnings bounce to 14.5% on the week, now trading at $9.45 — yet the most notable development is happening not in the price but in the lending market, where borrow availability has tightened…

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Trader NoteETH

ETH Options Flash Bullish as Price Surges 29%

ETH — the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF — has just posted its biggest weekly move in months, and the options market is registering something close to maximum bullishness in response. The price story is the…

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Trader NoteOKLO

Oklo Shorts Retreat as Stock Surges 12%

OKLO is navigating a rare convergence this week: short sellers are exiting at speed just as the stock posts one of its strongest single-day moves of the year, creating a classic feedback loop between a falling short…

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Trader NoteRBRK

RBRK Shorts Spike as Earnings Land Tonight

Rubrik reports after the close tonight with the options setup still aggressively bullish, but short sellers just made their largest single-day move of the past month — a sharp contradiction that makes the post-earnings…

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Trader NoteCNEQ

CNEQ Shorts More Than Double in a Week

CNEQ, the Alger Concentrated Equity Fund, enters the final week of August with a short interest story that has moved fast — and in one direction. Short positions have more than doubled over the past week. Estimated…

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