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ENRD heads into its Monday earnings print with the lending market at maximum stress — availability has now hit zero, cost to borrow has climbed to a new recent high, and short interest has almost tripled in share terms…
Pershing Square Inc. posted a 5.2% gain on August 13 following its earnings release — and the week's most interesting question is what has changed in positioning since, because the answer is: less than the rally might…
Fermi Inc. has entered a new phase this week — the earnings are done, the stock dropped hard, and short sellers are rebuilding positions at pace. The headline number tells the story bluntly. Short interest jumped 66%…
Voyager Technologies heads into the back half of August with a split personality — short sellers quietly cutting exposure while options traders turn abruptly more cautious, all against a backdrop of a 44% one-month…
BALY just delivered a week where the stock climbed 4% and short sellers added to positions at the same time — a divergence worth examining closely. The most striking dynamic heading into the weekend is the borrow…
BLK enters the back half of August carrying real momentum — up 14.5% over the past month to $1,173.73 — while the analyst community has shifted decisively more positive following Q2 results, making the valuation debate…
Pershing Square USA enters the back half of August with an interesting reversal underway — short sellers are quietly retreating just as the fund's discount to net asset value appears to be narrowing, creating a…
ANGX heads into its September 25 earnings date with short interest quietly creeping higher, an unusually call-heavy options market, and a stock that has recovered some ground after a rough post-earnings stretch — a…
NUAI heads into Monday's earnings report with 43% of its free float sold short, a borrow market still close to fully consumed, and a history of sharp post-results drops — the setup heading into August 17 is about as…
RDDT delivered a 12.6% single-day surge on Friday, leaving shorts who rebuilt positions after the July earnings rout sitting on immediate paper losses — the week's defining tension is how that short base holds up from…
BIRK heads into the weekend with a split personality: analysts raised targets across the board after a strong earnings print, yet options traders are loading up on downside protection at levels not seen all…
Blue Owl Capital enters the weekend with short interest still elevated, options positioning near its most defensive reading of the year, and a stock price that surrendered 3.5% on Friday alone — a week that started…
RBLX enters the back half of August in an unusual position: the stock is down 30% over the past month, yet the traders who were most bearish are quietly covering. The sharpest signal this week is the dramatic unwind in…
Royalty Pharma is heading into the second half of August with a quietly unusual setup — options positioning has swung to its most bullish extreme of the past year, even as the stock puts in a steady 3.2% week and the…
UBER heads into the back half of August with an unusual split: options traders turned notably more defensive on Friday, even as the stock quietly gained ground over the week. The clearest signal this week came from…
MTCH is quietly outperforming its own peer group this week — and the short-sellers are getting out of the way. The most striking development in the MTCH data this week is not the stock itself but the sharp retreat in…
Achieve Life Sciences enters the weekend with a striking divergence at its core: short interest has climbed to its highest level in months while the Street's freshest voice just turned bullish. Short interest is the…
Laureate Education heads into the back half of August with an unusual split: short sellers are abandoning the stock at a rapid clip while the Street's most vocal institutional supporter just downgraded it. The most…
UBS Group AG heads into the back half of August with a curious split: the stock is up sharply from its spring lows, insiders are cashing out, and yet the broader institutional and lending picture shows no sign of…
Exzeo Group enters the back half of August with a quiet but telling internal signal: the CEO has been buying the stock every week, while the market has pushed the price further from where he was buying. The most…
