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ConfluenceBUD

BUD Bears Dig In Even as the Rally Runs

Anheuser-Busch InBev stock has gained 12% in a month. Short sellers are not backing down. Four converging signals — rising short interest, a tightening borrow market, surging cost to borrow, and a record put-call ratio…

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ConfluenceAIOS

AIOS Borrow Market Hits 52-Week Extreme

The lending pool for AIOS has nearly dried up. Availability has collapsed to its tightest point in a year — and short sellers keep adding positions despite a cost to borrow that has tripled in a week. Cost to borrow…

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ConfluenceWHR

Whirlpool Bears Dig In — Options Traders Bet on a Bounce

Short sellers piled into WHR this week, pushing short interest to 21.2% of free float — its highest recent level — while borrowing costs tripled from where they stood a month ago. Options traders are reading the same…

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ConfluenceSOXX

SOXX Shorts Squeezed as Lending Availability Collapses

Semiconductor bears are feeling the heat. SOXX short interest has dropped sharply over the past month — yet the borrow market is tightening fast, creating a contradictory and volatile setup. Short interest fell roughly…

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ConfluenceEVC

EVC Options Sentiment Hits Extreme After 84% Stock Surge

EVC put-call ratio jumped to 0.28 on May 7. That's 3.5 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.12 — the most bullish options positioning the stock has seen in over a year. The context: Entravision Communications…

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ConfluencePFSI

PFSI Options Traders Bet Against the Bears

Options traders at PFSI are loading up on calls even as short sellers add pressure — a split signal worth watching ahead of next month's earnings. The put-call ratio hit 0.46 on May 7, the lowest level in 52 weeks. The…

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ConfluenceJAGX

JAGX Borrow Market Tightens Fast as Short Score Hits 85

JAGX cost to borrow has more than doubled in a week. That's the headline in Jaguar Health's lending market right now. Cost to borrow stood at 52% as of May 7. A week earlier it was 18.7%. That's a 178% jump in seven…

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ConfluenceXLU

XLU Bears Tighten Grip as Borrow Market Nears Capacity

Three bearish signals have aligned on XLU this week. Short interest is climbing, options traders are piling into puts, and the lending pool is nearly exhausted. Availability on XLU has tightened sharply. Utilization…

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ON
ConfluenceONEG

ONEG Borrow Market Melts Down as Cost-to-Borrow Hits 346%

ONEG, the Nasdaq-listed OneConstruction Group, is at the centre of a violent short-selling dislocation. Cost to borrow has exploded to 346% — a 27-fold rise in six weeks. The stock fell 80% in a single session on May…

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JB
ConfluenceJBIO

JBIO Bears Charge In — Options Traders Bet the Other Way

JBIO short sellers made an aggressive move on May 7. Short interest jumped 33% in a single session to 9.2% of free float. The lending pool is now completely exhausted — availability has dropped to 0%, matching the…

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ConfluenceLFST

LFST options buyers surge after earnings pop

LifeStance Health Group jumped 20% on May 7. The options market reacted immediately — and the signal is hard to miss. The put/call ratio hit 0.0707 on earnings day. That's 3.5 standard deviations above the 20-day mean…

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ConfluenceMRLN

MRLN Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

The lending pool for MRLN has effectively dried up. Availability has collapsed to near zero — the tightest level in 52 weeks — while borrowing costs have surged 664% over the past month to 161.5%. This isn't a slow…

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ConfluenceAMC

AMC Borrow Market Tightens as Short Interest Hits 17.75%

Three lending-market signals converged on AMC this week. Short interest climbed, availability collapsed to zero, and cost to borrow spiked — all within 72 hours. On May 5, availability on AMC shares dropped to 0%.…

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ConfluenceBLZE

BLZE Borrow Market Explodes After 71% Earnings Pop

Backblaze just delivered the most consequential earnings print in its short public life. The stock surged 71% in a single session on May 5. Now the lending market is catching up — fast. The cost to borrow BLZE stood at…

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WO
ConfluenceWOLF

WOLF Shorts Trapped: 62% Float Short as Stock Doubles

Wolfspeed has handed short sellers a brutal week. The stock rallied 68% in five days after an earnings beat — while short interest climbed to 62.2% of free float. That combination — a massive short base meeting a…

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ConfluenceSKK

SKK Borrow Market Tightens to 52-Week Extreme

The lending pool for SKK has nearly dried up. Availability has collapsed as short demand exploded — and with earnings eight days away, the pressure shows no sign of easing. Short shares outstanding hit 280,384 as of…

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ConfluenceCHT

CHT Options Signal Flashes Red Ahead of Earnings

A record put/call ratio on CHT — Chunghwa Telecom — is the loudest signal in the market today. Three distinct data streams converged on May 6, the day of the company's earnings release, pointing in the same…

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ConfluenceSTNG

BofA Flips to Buy as Options Traders Pile Into Calls

STNG attracted a rare Wall Street pivot today. Bank of America's Ken Hoexter upgraded the stock from Underperform to Buy — a full two-notch reversal — and lifted his price target from $76 to $100. The stock currently…

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ConfluenceSHOP

SHOP Analysts Cut Targets After Earnings Slide

Wall Street lowered price targets on SHOP from every direction Wednesday. The stock fell 17% on its May 5 earnings print. Analysts are still largely bullish — but the numbers tell a more cautious story. Eight analysts…

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