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Trader NoteNCH2

nucera: Short Book Halved, But Cost Stays Punishing

NCH2 emerges from the most dramatic week in its recent history with a shrunken short position, stubbornly tight borrow conditions, and earnings fourteen days out. The structural story shifted on July 28. Short interest…

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Trader NoteSOFI

SoFi Bears Sit Tight After the Print

SoFi Technologies has now reported Q2 results, the stock is trading at $16.74, and the short base has barely moved — the week's story is less about what happened at the print and more about what didn't happen after…

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Trader NoteINIO

INIO Shorts Surge as IPO Analysts' Targets Loom Large

INIO heads into the final days of July with a sharp divergence between rising bearish positioning and a Street still anchored well above the current price. The most striking development this week is the speed of the…

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Trader NoteARXS

ARXS Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Arxis, Inc. reports tomorrow with a notable divergence in play: short sellers have been cutting positions aggressively while the stock drifts sideways, leaving the setup into its next earnings print more balanced than…

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Trader NoteBBT

BBT Heads Into Earnings With Peers Running Ahead

Beacon Financial Corporation heads into its July 30 earnings call with the stock lagging a broadly firmer regional banking peer group, and analysts sitting on targets that price in meaningful recovery from current…

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Trader NoteASIC

ASIC Rides Analyst Upgrades to New Heights

ASIC heads into late July having gained 9.3% on the week and nearly 11% over the past month, with the Street's upgrading pencils doing most of the heavy lifting. The analyst story is unusually clean. Every major firm…

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Trader NoteTTAM

TTAM Posts Debut Earnings as Sector Rallies Around It

Titan America delivered its first quarterly results as a listed company on July 29, landing into a week where the broader construction materials sector moved sharply higher — and the stock's own positioning shifted…

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Trader NoteBBNX

BBNX Shorts Build as Street Turns More Bullish

Beta Bionics heads into late July with a notable tension at its centre: short interest has climbed nearly 47% over the past month while analysts have spent the past two weeks raising targets and initiating with bullish…

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Trader NoteHUT

HUT 8 Dips Into Earnings as Sector Sells Off

Hut 8 Corp. enters its August 4 earnings report down 7% on the week and 18% over the past month, with the entire crypto mining cohort under pressure — yet shorts are still retreating and the Street just got more…

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Trader NoteCORZ

CORZ Shorts Step Back as Analysts Step Up

Core Scientific enters the week of August 6 earnings with a paradox at its centre: short sellers have meaningfully reduced their exposure while analysts are simultaneously lifting price targets — yet the stock has…

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Trader NoteWAY

WAY shorts rebuild as earnings loom tomorrow

Waystar Holding Corp. heads into its Q2 earnings release tomorrow with short interest climbing sharply, options traders leaning bullish, and a Street consensus that still sees meaningful upside — a setup that makes the…

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Trader NoteARM

ARM Reports — Then Falls: $244 and Counting

ARM reported earnings on July 29 and the market's immediate verdict was brutal: the stock closed Tuesday at $244.74, down 8.1% on the day and off 15.5% for the week, extending a slide that now amounts to a 27% drawdown…

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