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Samsara heads into its September 3 earnings report with short sellers unwinding positions at pace — a notable reversal that contrasts sharply with the stock's modest weekly dip. The short-covering story is the clearest…
Crescent Energy is the week's most interesting E&P story: short sellers are cutting positions fast, options traders have turned sharply more defensive, and analysts are raising targets — all while the stock has already…
GTLB enters its August 31 earnings report in an awkward spot: the stock has rallied 27% over the past month, yet short sellers haven't flinched, and analysts are scrambling to catch up with targets that still sit below…
Archer Aviation has now cleared its Q2 earnings hurdle — and the short base, which stubbornly held through a 20% pre-earnings rally, has finally begun to crack in earnest. The post-earnings short unwind is real but…
Climb Bio has surged 26% in a week, shorts are covering fast, and institutional money is flowing in — yet options traders are suddenly more defensive than at any point in recent memory. The positioning picture contains…
DUOL enters the back half of August with a rare piece of Street conviction cutting through a largely cautious analyst community — a fresh upgrade from DA Davidson that landed the same morning the stock jumped 7.3%. The…
Robinhood Markets is caught in an uncomfortable triangle: shorts keep retreating, the Street remains broadly bullish, yet options traders are the most defensively positioned they have been all year — and the founders…
Lucid Group is caught in an unusual divergence: the cost to borrow has more than halved again this week, yet the stock has shed another 14% — a reminder that cheaper borrow does not equal a friendlier tape. The…
Ryan Specialty Holdings enters the back half of August with a striking split: short sellers have been covering at the fastest pace in months, yet the stock is still drifting lower — raising the question of what exactly…
SoFi Technologies closed Tuesday at $17.66, down 3.6% on the day and 1.8% on the week, with the clearest tension now a fresh options warning sign arriving at the same moment a new bull stepped onto the Street. The…
Marex Group Limited has done something notable this week: the stock rallied 20% to $71.88 while analysts scrambled to lift targets after the earnings print, creating a rare moment where the Street is chasing price…
TBLA enters the back half of August with a broken chart and a CEO who sold shares at $4.05 — weeks before the stock fell further to $3.83. The insider activity is the most uncomfortable part of the current setup. On…
Zeta Global Holdings enters the back half of August with a genuinely interesting split: short sellers are abandoning positions at a pace rarely seen in this name, yet the stock has given back ground this week — raising…
ACT heads into its August 28 earnings release with the founder-CEO quietly adding to his position, borrow costs running well above average, and a stock that has gained 18% in a month but slipped modestly on the…
indie Semiconductor heads into the back half of August with a rare combination: short interest near 35% of the float, zero borrow availability, and options positioning that has swung sharply toward calls rather than…
Ouster exits earnings week with short sellers pulling back, a post-result dip of nearly 11%, and analysts who have not flinched — a stock that has halved its short position from the pre-print peak while still sitting…
Coinbase Global heads into the back half of August with short interest holding near the post-earnings lows, analysts trimming targets across the board, and the stock down 7% over the past month — leaving the narrative…
APA Corporation has kept its post-earnings momentum alive into the back half of August, with the stock adding another 4.3% on the week to close at $42.37 — but the more interesting development is a flurry of analyst…
DRUG heads into its August 20 earnings print with a notable shift from the picture painted just two days ago: short interest has quietly rebuilt after its collapse, rising more than 700% in a single session on August…
Hims & Hers Health is caught in a widening gap between a Street that nudged targets higher after earnings and a market that keeps selling the stock — down another 10% on the week to $27.39, extending a month-long…
