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Trader NoteGM

GM Into Earnings: Analysts Trim Targets but Stay Bullish

GM closes the week at $84.00, up 2.4%, with Q3 results six days away on October 20, and the setup remains broadly constructive even as a pair of bellwether firms dialled back their price targets on Monday. The most…

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Trader NoteSTWD

STWD Bears Ease but the Stock Keeps Sliding

Starwood Property Trust heads into its November 6 earnings date with short sellers pulling back modestly even as the stock drops to fresh lows, creating an unusual split between positioning and price. The most striking…

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Trader NoteMTDR

MTDR Shorts Build as Analysts Lift Targets

Matador Resources heads into its November 3 earnings with short sellers adding positions into a rising stock, creating an unusual tension between negative positioning and bullish analyst conviction. Short interest has…

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Trader NoteVRTS

VRTS Slides Into Earnings With Analysts Cutting Targets

Virtus Investment Partners heads into its October 30 earnings release with the stock down 13% over the past month, two major analysts cutting price targets this week, and short sellers holding a meaningful 7.2% of the…

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Trader NoteGLD

GLD short cover accelerates as borrow cost reverses lower

GLD has now shed roughly a quarter of its short interest in a single week, a sharp acceleration in the covering trend that dominated the previous note, and this time the borrow market is moving with it rather than…

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Trader NoteV

Visa Enters Earnings Week With Momentum and Fewer Shorts

Visa heads into its October 27 fiscal Q4 print with more momentum, tighter short positioning, and a call-leaning options market than at any point in the past two months. The two-week rally that the prior note flagged…

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Trader NoteMSCI

MSCI Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Rebuilding Fast

MSCI reports Q3 results on October 20 with a notable tension: short sellers have been adding positions at an unusual pace while the borrow market and options signals remain far from stressed, a split that sets up an…

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Trader NoteCVI

CVI Heads Into Q3 Earnings with Bears Still Offside

CVR Energy has added another 10% this week and sits at $63.12, meaning the stock has now climbed 27% in a month and left every analyst price target on the Street well below the current price. The gap between market and…

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Trader NoteIDCC

InterDigital Shorts Creep Higher Ahead of October Earnings

InterDigital heads into its October 29 earnings print with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and a short score that has held stubbornly elevated for weeks. Short interest is the most active signal on IDCC…

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Trader NoteQQQ

QQQ: Bears Pare Back but Hedging Demand Stays Elevated

QQQ closed Tuesday at $743.57, down 2.1% on the week, and the headline short interest figure is now moving in two directions at once: the weekly build remains meaningful, but the most recent daily reading shows a…

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Trader NoteCME

CME Earnings Seven Days Out, Analysts Keep Raising Targets

CME Group arrives at its October 21 Q3 earnings with the Street more constructive than a week ago and the stock up nearly 3% on the week to $278.03, yet still sitting below a mean price target that continues to…

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Trader NoteQUBT

QUBT: Shorts Climb as Options Turn Defensive

Quantum Computing Inc. heads into its November earnings with one of the most structurally constrained borrow markets on the Nasdaq, a short base that refuses to shrink, and options traders now meaningfully more…

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Trader NoteGRBK

GRBK Drops 8% as Shorts Build and Sector Sells Off

Green Brick Partners heads into its October 28 earnings report carrying an 8% weekly loss, rising short interest, and a put-heavy options market that has run well above its recent average for months. The stock closed…

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Trader NoteSSRM

SSRM Short Positions Build Ahead of October Earnings

SSR Mining heads into its October 30 earnings date with short interest rising sharply and the stock giving back recent gains, a combination that sets up the print as the clearest near-term test for the thesis. The most…

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Trader NoteNOG

NOG Shorts Retreat as Stock Jumps 10% in a Week

NOG enters the week with an unusual tension: short interest remains high at 21% of free float, yet bears have been cutting exposure into a rally, not pressing their bets. The stock gained 10.4% over the past week to…

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