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Trader NoteXPEV

XPEV Shorts Surge as Borrow Dries Up Before Earnings

XPEV enters its August 27 earnings print with short sellers rebuilding aggressively and the borrow market at its tightest in months — a combination that sets up a charged tape into tomorrow's release. The most striking…

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Trader NoteHRMY

Wolfe Initiates HRMY at Outperform as Shorts Quietly Exit

HRMY enters the back half of August with a fresh analyst endorsement pulling in one direction and a notably heavy put/call ratio pulling in the other — two signals that don't obviously agree. The most concrete…

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Trader NoteSTLAM

Stellantis Drifts Lower as Value Trap Debate Intensifies

STLAM heads into the final week of August with a stock that has fallen 10.6% over the past month yet still can't attract meaningful short-seller conviction — a gap that captures the central tension around the name…

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Trader NoteRVMD

RVMD Options Flip Bullish as CEO Sells Into Strength

Revolution Medicines is trading near $211 with shorts unwinding and options turning sharply more bullish — yet the CEO just sold over $15 million of stock at the highs, creating a pointed divergence that defines the…

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Trader NoteKRT

KRT's Post-Earnings Rally Runs Hot as Shorts Exit

Karat Packaging Inc. has spent the past three weeks quietly dismantling the bear case, with the stock up 25% over the past month and short sellers heading for the exits in bulk. The short-exit story is the clearest…

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Trader NoteQQH

QQH Borrow Market Tightens as Short Sellers Step Back

QQH, the HCM Defender 100 Index ETF, presents a quietly interesting borrow-market story this week — the lending pool has tightened sharply even as short sellers have been paring positions. The most notable development…

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Trader NoteDDOG

DDOG Options Flash Caution as Shorts Cover Hard

Datadog heads into late August with a sharp split between two signals: options traders are the most defensive they've been in a year, while short sellers have just executed one of their fastest covering sprints in…

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Trader NoteBX

Blackstone Shorts Retreat as Options Caution Builds

Blackstone heads into the back half of August with shorts unwinding sharply while options traders quietly hedge more than usual — two signals pulling in opposite directions. The most striking move this week is the…

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Trader NoteCHWY

Chewy Bears Retreat Further After Earnings

CHWY reported earnings on August 26 and the short-side response has been the clearest signal since: bears are walking away fast, with short interest down nearly 20% in a single week. The short-covering move is the…

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Trader NoteCRWD

CRWD Post-Earnings: Shorts Cover as Street Holds the Line

CrowdStrike heads into the post-earnings session with a notable divergence — short sellers cutting exposure sharply into the print while options traders flagged the most defensive positioning in months, leaving the…

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Trader NotePSTL

PSTL Shorts Surge as Borrowing Demand Hits a 30-Day High

PSTL enters the final week of August with an unusual tension: short sellers have nearly doubled their position in a month, yet the stock just posted its best weekly gain since spring. The short interest story here is…

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Trader NoteUBER

Uber's Defensive Skew Unwinds as the Stock Rebounds Sharply

UBER has reversed course decisively this week, gaining 7.6% to $80.35 — and the options market that flagged the defensive tilt in last Friday's note has shifted accordingly. The put/call ratio, which sat above 1.01 and…

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Trader NoteZM

Zoom's Q2 Report Lands; Street Holds Broadly Constructive

ZM reported Q2 earnings on August 25 and the immediate reaction was negative — the stock dropped 3.7% on the day to $100.92, giving back some of its strong 15% monthly gain heading into the print. The options market…

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Trader NoteTIGR

TIGR Surges 14% as Shorts Flee Ahead of Earnings

UP Fintech Holding Limited arrives at its earnings print tomorrow with a striking reversal underway: the stock has rallied 14% in a week, shorts are unwinding fast, and options traders are the most bullish they've been…

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Trader NoteDELL

DELL Shorts Creep Higher as Earnings Day Arrives

Dell Technologies enters its September 1 earnings report with an interesting split: the stock gave back 3.7% on the week yet bounced 4.2% on Tuesday, short sellers have been quietly rebuilding positions, and the…

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