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Trader Note — 15017 total
AFRM has surged 13.5% over the past week to $81.55, making it one of the stronger performers in the payments space — yet the analyst community chose this precise moment to diverge sharply on where the stock goes…
ZIM heads into the first week of July having done something most shipping peers couldn't manage: it closed higher on the week while the sector broadly sold off. The options market is telling the most interesting story…
PROG Holdings heads into its July 29 earnings date having gained 18% in a single week, yet short interest has climbed alongside the price — a combination that sets up an unusually charged pre-earnings window. The short…
OPEN heads into July with short sellers building aggressively and the borrow market moving sharply tighter — a combination that sets up an unusually charged technical backdrop ahead of August earnings. The short…
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals enters July with a notable divergence: options traders have swung sharply toward calls just as short sellers trim positions modestly — a combination that places the stock in an unusually…
Summit Therapeutics enters July with a striking insider conviction signal: the company's own executives and chairman put more than $52 million of their own money into the stock in early June, even as the share price…
Palantir Technologies ends the week at $116.67 — essentially flat on the week and down 25% over the past month — yet short sellers are still adding, creating an unusual tension between a stabilising price and a growing…
XPeng closes the week with a rare piece of good news on the tape — a 3.8% weekly gain to $13.24 — but the structural tensions flagged in last week's note have not meaningfully resolved: the borrow market remains…
LI enters July with a striking divergence: the lending pool for its ADR has essentially run dry even as the stock itself has collapsed more than 21% over the past month to $11.74. The most arresting data point this…
STLAM has extended its breakdown from the previous week, closing Tuesday at €4.98 — down a further 5.6% on the week and now off 27.5% over the past month, a deterioration that has accelerated well beyond the broader…
Adeia Inc. heads into the week of July 1 with short sellers adding aggressively into a stock that has rallied 23% in a month, creating a rare tension between a rising price and rising conviction on the short…
DKNG has clawed back most of the 12% slide flagged in last week's note, settling at $25.26 after a modest 0.4% weekly gain — and the notable development is that short sellers trimmed exposure into the bounce rather…
VNT heads into the final week of June with short sellers pulling back sharply, even as the stock lags a peer group that has moved decisively higher. The short interest story has turned notably more constructive for…
Vertiv Holdings Co has staged a full recovery from its June 23 collapse, with the stock gaining 9% on Tuesday alone to close at $334.82 — and the most telling detail is that shorts spent the week covering, not…
Schrödinger enters July with a split personality: the stock rallied 8% on the week before giving back 6.6% in a single session on June 30, leaving it at $16.25 — a one-day drop that arrived with no accompanying surge…
Revolution Medicines enters July with an unusually clear alignment between analyst conviction and options sentiment — both shifting decisively in the bulls' favour even as insiders quietly lock in gains. The most…
Datadog heads into the first week of July having done something notable: it rallied 18% in a single week to close at $260.36, lapping nearly the entire analyst target consensus in a matter of days. The catalyst is the…
10x Genomics closed June with its stock up 20% on the week and 35% on the month — yet the short base expanded sharply into that rally, the CEO sold stock three times in eight days, and options turned their most bullish…
DT heads into the final week of June with an interesting split: the stock is up nearly 9% on the week, yet short interest has climbed sharply over the same period — a divergence that puts bulls and bears squarely in…
Kura Sushi USA reports after the close on July 2 with short sellers rebuilding positions, the Street trimming price targets, and borrow availability tightening sharply — all against a stock that just surged 22% in a…
