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Trader NoteRUN

Sunrun Shorts Dig In as Insiders Head for the Exit

RUN heads into mid-July with a rare and uncomfortable alignment: shorts at a multi-month high, options traders tilting bullish, and a cluster of executives selling into every bounce. The insider story is the sharpest…

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Trader NoteAXTA

RBC Raises Target as AXTA Nears Q2 Print

Axalta Coating Systems enters the week before its July 28 earnings with a freshly lifted analyst target, short interest rebuilding modestly from recent lows, and options markets tilted more bullish than at any point in…

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Trader NoteW

Wayfair's 36% Rally Meets a Stubborn Short Base

Wayfair heads into its July 30 earnings with one of the sharpest monthly rallies in the home-furnishings space colliding head-on with a short base that has barely budged. The stock is up 36% over the past month,…

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Trader NoteGLOB

GLOB Shorts Pile In as Analysts Turn Cautious

Globant enters the week with a sharp contradiction at its core: the stock has bounced 9.4% in the past five days, yet bears are building positions at the fastest pace in months. Short interest is the story that demands…

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Trader NoteOR

OR Royalties drops harder than peers as gold space cools

OR Royalties is underperforming its closest peers on a week when the precious metals royalty space is broadly under pressure — and the stock's 9% slide over the past month raises questions about whether the pullback…

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Trader NoteBABA

BABA Stabilises at $98 as August Earnings Move Into Focus

Alibaba has found a tentative footing this week — up 2.3% to $98.14 — but the stock remains nearly 19% lower than a month ago, and the setup heading into August 13 earnings is increasingly the dominant lens through…

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Trader NoteANET

Arista gives back Monday's gains ahead of July 31 earnings

Arista Networks has pulled back sharply from last week's highs, with the stock off nearly 4% on Tuesday to close at $166.46 — erasing a chunk of the 8% single-day surge that defined the prior note's story. The reversal…

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Trader NoteQYLD

QYLD Options Flip Bullish as Shorts Quietly Exit

QYLD enters the second week of July with a striking shift in options sentiment — one that runs counter to a modest pullback in the ETF's price. The most interesting development this week is a dramatic rotation in…

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Trader NoteAAL

AAL Pulls Back as Melius Downgrades Ahead of Q2 Print

AAL entered the new week under pressure — down 3% on Tuesday and off nearly 5% for the week — just as a Melius Research downgrade landed to confirm what the price action was already signalling: the post-rally setup…

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Trader NoteAMC

AMC Shorts Rebuild Ahead of August Earnings

AMC Entertainment heads into its August 4 earnings report with short interest rebuilding modestly, borrow conditions loose, and the Street still leaning skeptical — a setup that leaves bulls pointing to a…

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Trader NoteAR

Bellwether Banks Trim AR Targets as Earnings Loom

Antero Resources heads into its July 29 earnings call with a notable split on the Street — top-tier banks cutting targets even as they hold constructive ratings, while options traders have turned the least bearish…

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Trader NoteCSTM

UBS trims target as CSTM slides into earnings

Constellium SE heads into its July 29 earnings report with the stock down 12% in a month, a fresh target cut from UBS landed just this week, and insiders who spent the spring selling into strength now watching shares…

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Trader NoteSAIC

TD Cowen Cuts SAIC Target as Shorts Quietly Build

SAIC enters the week with a quiet but consistent short-side build and a fresh analyst target cut — a modest but notable divergence from the post-earnings optimism that lifted the stock 8.8% in early June. The most…

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Trader NoteRH

Goldman upgrades RH but shorts keep rebuilding

RH enters the second half of 2026 with a genuine tug-of-war: Goldman Sachs just lifted its rating while short sellers are quietly adding to one of the most heavily shorted floats in US retail. The Goldman move is the…

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Trader NotePARR

PARR Outpaces Peers as Shorts Rebuild Quietly

Par Pacific Holdings heads into its August earnings with a curious split: the stock is running ahead of every major refining peer this week, yet short sellers have been steadily adding exposure for a month. The…

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Trader NoteGMED

GMED Shorts Build Ahead of August Earnings

Globus Medical enters its August 4 earnings window with short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months — even as options traders stay decisively bullish and the Street holds broadly constructive…

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