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A011170 heads into the final days of June with the worst week in its peer group, down 18% as shorts maintain elevated borrow costs and the stock trades at a fraction of book value. The price action is the headline.…
BLK has shed more than 10% over the past month to close at $964.71, yet the options market is leaning more constructively than it has in weeks — creating one of the more unusual setups heading into Q2 earnings on July…
Pershing Square USA enters the back end of June in an unusual bind: the stock is down 7% on the week and nearly 9% over the past month, yet insiders committed half a billion dollars at launch — and the borrow market…
The most striking development for PYLD this week is not where shorts are building — it's where they've retreated. Short interest in the PIMCO Multisector Bond Active ETF has more than halved over the past five trading…
IRON enters the final week of June with a provocative divergence: the stock is up 6.6% on the day and nearly 10% over the past month, yet the CEO and COO have been selling aggressively — and short interest remains…
HF Sinclair heads into its July 28 earnings report with a peculiar split: short sellers are quietly adding to positions while options traders are becoming notably more optimistic, creating a genuine tension in the…
ESAB Corporation enters the week of June 27 with a striking contradiction at its core: short interest has surged 62% over the past month, yet the cost to borrow stock tells a story of unusual calm. The short-side…
TPG enters the final days of June with short sellers at their most aggressive in months, even as the stock trades at barely half of where consensus expects it to be. Short interest has nearly doubled over the past…
HOOD enters Q2 earnings season with analysts racing to lift targets, short sellers quietly rebuilding positions, and a stock that just bounced 5.6% in a single session after sliding nearly 9% on the week. The Street…
Blue Owl Capital enters the final days of June with one of the most aggressive short-building episodes in its recent history, even as the borrow market remains remarkably relaxed — a contradiction that defines the…
DLocal heads into the final week of June with a striking divergence: short interest jumped 13% in a single session yet options traders are leaning more bullish than at any point in recent weeks. The short-side story is…
Gulfport Energy heads into the back half of June with a quietly improving short-side picture, but the stock is visibly trailing a strong week for its Appalachian gas peers. The contrast with peers is the sharpest angle…
Weatherford International is down nearly 10% on the week and almost 24% over the past month, a decline that stands in sharp contrast to peers who are shrugging off the same sector headwinds — and the short book is…
TRUL has had a remarkable month — up 35% — but the founder is selling into every rally. The headline story this week is unmistakably the insider activity. Kimberly Rivers, Trulieve's Founder, President, and CEO, has…
JCPB, the JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF, heads into the final days of June with its lending market visibly loosening — the defining feature of an otherwise quiet week for a fixed-income vehicle with minimal short-side…
Aquestive Therapeutics enters the final week of June carrying two contradictory signals: the stock is up 7.6% over the past month — riding a 43.77% spike after the FDA waived an advisory committee meeting for its…
Ascendis Pharma closed Friday at $260.75, up 13% on the week, marking its strongest seven-day stretch in months — yet the rally is colliding with a notable shift in the short book and a Street that remains divided on…
Monopar Therapeutics has surged 30% in a single week — yet short interest remains near 24% of float and the lending pool is close to fully squeezed, making the tension between bulls and bears unusually charged. The…
Corporación América Airports enters the final week of June with an unusual split personality: the stock has shed 7.3% over the past five sessions to $25.54, yet options traders are the most aggressively bullish they…
Magnolia Oil & Gas heads into the final week of June with an unusual tension: short sellers have been quietly adding exposure over the past month even as analyst sentiment just flicked more positive. Short interest is…
