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Market Commentary

Director Dumps $411M in NVIDIA as Gates Buys Into Waste

An NVIDIA board director quietly filed over $411 million in stock sales in early September. Mark A. Stevens, an Independent Director, sold nearly 1.85 million shares between August 31 and September 2. The filings hit…

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Market Commentary

Short Sellers Pile Into SpaceX and GameStop

Short interest data as of September 24 shows a dramatic week for bearish positioning. The biggest mover is BRVE (Braveheart Bio). Its SI % of FF exploded to 585.6%, up from 226.5% just seven days earlier — a 359-point…

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Market Commentary

Money Rotates to Bonds as US Equities Bleed

The biggest story this week is a sharp reversal in US equity flows. US-focused ETFs shed a net $30.8B in the past week. Over three months, the same funds pulled in $147.5B. That gap is striking. Fixed income is the…

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Market Commentary

Bears Retreat, Bulls Load Up: Today's Market Pulse

The sharpest tension today sits in biotech. NTLA (Intellia Therapeutics) is up 31% year-to-date and options traders are turning bullish. Yet short sellers are not budging — the stock carries a short score of 77 and…

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Market Commentary

Gene Editing Bulls Clash With Stubborn Short Sellers

Options traders are turning bullish on NTLA even as short sellers hold firm. Intellia Therapeutics carries a short score of 77 and days-to-cover of 6.8. That sets up a sharp divergence — puts versus calls, bears versus…

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Trader NoteINFRAC

Infracore Insiders Stay Bullish as Borrow Costs Tick Up

INFRAC enters the final stretch of September with its most distinctive feature unchanged: every insider transaction on record is a buy, and that streak extended again this week. The boardroom accumulation pattern at…

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Trader NotePPLI

PPLI Stock Jumps 11% as Short-vs-Options Standoff Sharpens

People Incorporated surged 11% Thursday, turning a sustained short-selling campaign into an uncomfortable ride for bears — while options traders remain firmly on the other side of the trade. The stock closed at $40.00…

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Trader NoteNTLA

NTLA Shorts Hold Firm as Options Traders Turn Bullish

Intellia Therapeutics heads into the final week of September with a striking contradiction at its core: nearly 40% of the float is shorted, yet options traders are the most bullish they have been all year. Short…

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Trader NoteMOL

MOL Board Director Buys Big as Insiders Send Mixed Signals

MOL heads into the final week of September with an unusual insider dynamic: a board director just made a sizeable open-market purchase even as other executives were selling — and the stock sits barely flat on the week…

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Trader NoteHBMN

HBMN: Board Sells Into Strength as October Results Approach

A small but timely insider sale has added a new data point to HBMN's setup, arriving just as the stock heads into its October 23 half-year results with a 3.4% weekly loss still on the books. On September 24, a related…

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Trader NoteFCFS

FirstCash Shorts Quietly Rebuild Before October Earnings

FirstCash Holdings heads into its October 22 earnings date with short sellers adding exposure at a steady clip while options traders make the starkest bullish bet in months. The options market is telling the clearest…

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Trader NoteETON

ETON Shorts Rebuild as Earnings Catalyst Looms

Eton Pharmaceuticals enters the final stretch before its November 12 earnings date with an interesting split: short sellers quietly rebuilding positions against a backdrop of overwhelmingly bullish Street sentiment and…

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Market Commentary

Big Names on Deck This Week

Earnings season kicks into gear with high-profile reports across tech, consumer, and finance. Monday and Today — IDT holds its Q4 2026 earnings call today. Vail Resorts reports Q4 results this afternoon. Jefferies…

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Trader NoteBKR

BKR Outperforms Peers as Options Sentiment Turns Bullish

Baker Hughes enters the final week of September having quietly done what few oilfield services names managed this month: hold its ground. The stock closed Friday at $57.83, up 1% on the week, even as the broader sector…

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Trader NoteP

Everpure Surges 21% as Analysts Race to Lift Targets

Everpure delivered one of the technology hardware sector's standout weeks, gaining 21% to close at $126 — and the most compelling story isn't where shorts are positioned, but how emphatically the analyst community has…

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