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Trader NoteTWST

TWST Sells Off Hard After Insiders Sell Millions

Twist Bioscience enters the week with a jarring disconnect: the stock fell nearly 19% on Tuesday even as analysts scrambled to raise price targets, and the trigger was an unmistakable wave of insider selling at the…

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Trader NoteSTNE

StoneCo Surges 25% as Activist Files 13D

StoneCo is at the centre of one of the most charged situations in EM fintech this week, with a fresh activist filing, a 25% rally, and options positioning that has turned decisively bullish, all arriving at once. The…

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Trader NoteONDS

ONDS: $165M Orders, Zero Borrow, Bears Still Unmoved

Ondas Inc. enters the week with the most stubborn short-side conviction in its recent history: a $165 million order haul that moved neither the short book nor the borrow market, and a stock sitting 0.9% lower on the…

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Trader NoteSGML

L1 Capital Files 10% Stake as SGML Shorts Stabilise

Sigma Lithium draws fresh attention this week as a new institutional filing lands just as short-seller momentum shows its first signs of stalling. The most newsworthy development is the Schedule 13G filed by L1 Capital…

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Trader NoteGLDM

Gold's Dip Meets a Lending Market at Ease

GLDM has pulled back 6% over the past month to $82.45, yet the borrowing market for the SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust tells a story of almost total indifference from short sellers. Short interest here is too small to…

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Trader NoteXLC

XLC Shorts Double Down as Borrow Cost Hits a Two-Month High

XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters the second week of October with short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the fund itself posts a solid weekly gain. The…

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Trader NoteAVGO

Broadcom Rides AI Wave as Street Targets Loom Large

AVGO closed the week at $375.81, up nearly 6% on the week, yet the Street's mean price target of $531 implies the stock still trades at a 41% discount to consensus. That gap is the central tension heading into December…

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Trader NoteZS

Analysts Pile Into ZS After Earnings Beat

Zscaler emerged from its fiscal Q1 2027 earnings print with a wave of analyst upgrades and target raises pushing the stock 7% higher on the week, making the Street's reaction, not the positioning, the story worth…

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Trader NoteVIR

VIR Calls Surge as Activist Sits on the Register

VIR heads into its November 5 earnings with one of the most bullish options setups in over a year, even as short sellers hold a meaningful 13.3% of the float. The options market is the most striking data point this…

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Trader NoteSVRA

JP Morgan Initiates as Shorts Dig In Before November Print

SVRA heads into its November 11 earnings date with a contradictory setup: a fresh JP Morgan buy-side initiation at $12 landed this morning, yet shorts have been building for six weeks straight and the stock has shed…

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