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Trader NoteAMC

CEO buys in as AMC shorts ease and borrow loosens

AMC enters the week with a striking insider signal: CEO Adam Aron purchased 250,000 shares on May 19 at $1.38, committing $344,350 of his own money at a stock trading near its one-month low. The buy lands against a…

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Trader NoteLGIH

LGIH: Shorts Hold Firm as Stock Slides 11% on the Week

LGI Homes enters the back half of May with a notable disconnect — short sellers sit near their highest conviction levels in months, while options traders have abruptly swung to one of their most bullish readings of the…

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Trader NotePAGP

PAGP shorts rebuild as the stock hits an eight-week high

Plains GP Holdings enters this week with a striking split: the stock is up 8% on the week and trading at its best level in two months, yet short sellers have simultaneously added the most aggressive position they've…

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Trader NoteRDIV

RDIV Eases Higher as Borrow Tightens

RDIV, the Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF, has quietly drifted higher this week — but the more interesting story is a sudden tightening in the lending market that deserves a closer look. The fund gained 1.2%…

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Trader NoteCOTY

Coty slammed by lawsuits and shorts as stock hits new lows

COTY is trading at $1.93 — down 15% on the week, 18% on the month, and 35% year-to-date — while securities class action deadlines pile up and short sellers rebuild positions at pace. The class action story is the…

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Trader NoteRITM

RITM Options Hit 52-Week High in Put Demand as Peers Rally

Rithm Capital Corp. is the week's awkward outlier in the mortgage REIT space — down 6.8% while every close peer posted gains, and with options traders now the most defensively positioned they have been all year. The…

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Trader NoteNXE

Uranium Sector Sell-Off Drags NXE Into Steeper Losses

NXE is now down 14% on the week and 16% over the past month — and the move is not happening in isolation. The sell-off is a sector story, not a company-specific one. Every close uranium peer is deep in the red this…

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Trader NoteNCLH

NCLH Shorts Pile In as Directors Buy the Dip

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings enters the week with an unusual split: short sellers are rebuilding at their most aggressive pace in months while company directors are buying the stock with their own money. The insider…

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Trader NotePBF

Carlos Slim's Selling Hangs Over a Refiner on the Mend

PBF Energy heads into this week with a paradox at its core: the stock is up 15% over the past month and short sellers are quietly exiting — yet its most prominent shareholder has been selling aggressively throughout…

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Trader NoteMPLX

MPLX Options Caution Builds as Analyst Targets Drift Lower

Options traders are the most defensively positioned on MPLX they have been all month — and the Street is quietly trimming its targets even as the partnership holds its ground. The sharpest signal this week sits in…

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Trader NotePANW

PANW Bulls Get Their Numbers — Now Comes the Hangover Check

Palo Alto Networks delivered its Q3 results on May 20, and the Street's immediate verdict is a target-price stampede upward — but the options market spent the session hedging harder than it has in months. The analyst…

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Trader NoteFANG

Analysts Lift Targets as FANG Rallies and Insiders Sell

Diamondback Energy enters the week with a sharp contradiction between price momentum and insider behaviour — a 15% gain over the past month has triggered a cluster of executive sales even as Wall Street analysts chase…

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Trader NoteSCZ

SCZ Slides on Earnings Miss Despite Record Profit

Santacruz Silver Mining has had a bruising week — down 18% in five sessions to CAD 11.36 — even after the company reported what it called record quarterly earnings. That combination of strong headline numbers and a…

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Trader NotePSX

Goldman Raises PSX Target as Options Caution Fades

Phillips 66 enters the back half of May with its most bullish analyst signal in months — but the options market still hasn't fully stood down. Goldman Sachs moved first this morning. Analyst Neil Mehta raised his price…

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Trader NoteSMH

SMH shorts rebuild as put/call ratio hits a year high

SMH heads into the week of May 18 with bears piling back in from two directions at once — short sellers rebuilding positions and options traders at their most defensive in a year. The options picture is the sharpest…

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Trader NotePPH

PPH Borrow Tightens as Short Score Stays Elevated

The VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF enters the week with borrow availability caught in a notable squeeze — and short interest holding near a month-long high relative to the float. The lending market tells the more…

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