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Zscaler posted its September 1 earnings print and the stock fell 5.3% on the day, but the positioning story heading into that release played out almost exactly as flagged — shorts had already stepped back, and the…
SNAP spent the final days of August giving back its August gains, closing Tuesday at $5.35 — down 10% on the week and 3.6% on the day — while short sellers quietly pressed their advantage and options traders stayed…
Inventiva S.A. enters September in an uncomfortable position: borrow is expensive and getting more so, availability in the lending pool is near a six-week low, and the next earnings event arrives in under four…
Block, Inc. enters September with a widening disconnect between analyst conviction and price action — the stock dropped 5% on Tuesday alone, closing at $77.88, even as the Street continues to raise targets well above…
PayPal has given back a sharp 16% in a single week — erasing the gains from the short-cover rally that defined most of August and dragging the stock to $52.40, comfortably below where shorts had been covering just days…
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals enters September with a familiar tension: short sellers are adding pressure while analysts who cover the stock remain broadly constructive — and the stock sits roughly 25% below the Street's…
P fell nearly 9% on the week to $93.78, yet the data underneath the tape tells a quieter, more constructive story than the price action alone suggests. The most interesting tension right now is the gap between price…
Gold.com, Inc. enters September with a split personality: shorts are adding pressure at a measured but persistent pace, while a clutch of activist holders remains firmly embedded in the register — and the stock just…
DocuSign reports Q2 FY27 results on September 3 — and the market is arriving more hedged than it has been in months, even as the stock has staged a sharp recovery. Options positioning has turned the most defensive it…
VRNS heads into September with an unusual split: short sellers are adding positions even as most analysts raised targets sharply after last month's results. The short-interest rebuild is the clearest tension in the…
AMC enters September with a notable analyst upgrade and a steady short squeeze in progress — yet the stock still drifted 2.6% lower on the week to $2.58. Macquarie's Chad Beynon is the headline mover this week. He…
CDW heads into September with short interest climbing steadily and the stock outperforming a weaker peer group — a gap that makes the bearish rebuild worth watching. The positioning story is one of creeping caution…
Ambarella heads into its fiscal Q2 results tomorrow with short sellers rebuilding positions aggressively, options traders at their most defensive in a year, and the stock already down 21% across the past month. The…
FIVE is drifting lower after its earnings event — down 5.5% on the week to $245.08 — but the data underneath that price move tells a story of de-escalation rather than fresh distress. The clearest read is in the short…
Corpay heads into September with a sharp divergence at its core: fresh analyst enthusiasm colliding with aggressive insider selling from the man who built the business. The most immediate tension is at the top of the…
lululemon athletica reports Q2 earnings on September 3, the day after this note — and the short positioning that dominated last week's setup has already begun to unwind, even before a single number drops. The shift in…
Cinemark Holdings enters September with a curious split personality: short sellers are walking away from the trade even as options markets turn the most cautious they've been all year. The stock dropped 7% on the week…
AeroVironment reported earnings last week and dropped nearly 8% on the day — and now, one week later, the stock has shed another 2.2% to $144.17 while shorts have quietly rebuilt positions and another earnings event…
NLST has become one of the more striking stories in US small-cap markets this summer: a stock up 183% in a month, with short sellers quietly reducing their exposure even as the price accelerates away from them. The…
AerCap heads into September with a striking internal contradiction: short interest has roughly doubled in a month, yet the analyst community is raising targets and the borrow market remains one of the most…
