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Trader NoteNCH2

nucera's Borrow Stress Holds as Stock Ticks Higher

NCH2 is caught in a persistent contradiction: the stock is quietly drifting higher while its lending market remains one of the most stressed in the European universe. The borrow picture has not materially eased since…

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Trader NoteONDS

ONDS: Earnings Day, Bears Still Haven't Moved

Ondas Inc. reports Q2 results tomorrow morning with the same brutal standoff in place — stock up 10% on the week, 34% on the month, and not a single meaningful share returned by short sellers. The short position is…

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Trader NoteKKR

KKR Rallies Into Analyst Target Range With Shorts in Retreat

KKR & Co. closed Tuesday at $110.97, up nearly 7% on the day, and the stock has now run far enough that the debate shifts from whether the rally is real to whether the analyst community has caught up with it. The short…

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Trader NoteROKU

Roku Insiders Sell Into the Rally as Shorts Rebuild

ROKU enters mid-August with two contradictory currents running simultaneously: insiders selling into a stock near its best levels of the year, while short sellers rebuild positions that had been systematically unwound…

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Trader NoteVEIL

VEIL Drifts Lower as Anchor Holders Hold Firm

Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited is trading quietly into mid-August — down about 1% on the week and nearly 7% over the past month — with the lending market remaining exceptionally loose and short interest posing…

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Trader NoteORCL

CPI FIM: August 31 Earnings Loom, Price Drifts Lower

CPI FIM SA is drifting toward its August 31 earnings date with the same thin data picture that defined last week's note — and no meaningful change to report. The price is the story, and it remains an uncomfortable one.…

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Trader NoteGRPN

Groupon Bears Get a Lower Price, Not a Cleaner Exit

GRPN is down 20% on the week and trading at $21.87 — yet the short base that has defined this name all summer has barely moved, and the borrow market that was nearly shut before earnings has only partially…

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Trader NoteJSW

JSW's Short Score Hits a New High With Eight Days to Go

JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — arrives eight days before its August 20 earnings print with the ORTEX short score at its highest point in the current pre-earnings build, the borrow market still near its tightest…

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Trader NoteASX

ASX Limited Heads Into Results With Bears Rebuilding Fast

ASX Limited reports full-year results tomorrow against a backdrop of accelerating short interest and a borrow market that has tightened meaningfully over the past six weeks. The short positioning story is the week's…

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Trader NoteMDV

MDV Borrow Eases Slightly, But Short Score Keeps Climbing

Modivo enters the post-earnings period with one meaningful shift in the lending picture — but the broader short setup remains as charged as any point this year, even as the stock tries to stabilise after its August 7…

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Trader NoteCSQR

Wall Street Rushes to Cover Csquare After Its Q2 Beat

CSQR entered the week as something of a debut — at least on analyst scorecards — with eight firms simultaneously initiating coverage on August 10, flooding the Street with fresh opinions on a stock that just logged a…

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