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Trader NoteRKLB

RKLB: Shorts Rebuilding Into a Sector Rout

Rocket Lab has fallen 16% over the past month to $104.63, and the tension this week is straightforward: shorts are adding exposure into the decline while options traders are doing the opposite. The short interest…

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Trader NoteCAVA

CAVA Rallies Into Earnings as Shorts Sit Tight

CAVA enters its June 22 earnings print having surged 14% on the week to $87.30, yet with a short base that has barely flinched — creating an unusually charged setup heading into one of the most-watched restaurant…

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Trader NoteLCID

LCID: Borrow Costs Spike as Shorts Dig In at $5

Lucid Group is grinding lower at $5.02, down 17% over the past month, as a cost-to-borrow spike signals fresh stress in a lending market that was already near-fully locked out. The borrow story has deteriorated further…

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Trader NoteS

SentinelOne shorts ease, but the CEO keeps selling

SentinelOne heads into its June 25 earnings report with a peculiar tension: short sellers have been pulling back steadily, yet the company's own founder and CEO has been selling shares almost every week. The insider…

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Trader NoteSOFI

SoFi Bears Hold Firm After Earnings Day Passes

SoFi Technologies has cleared its June 17 earnings event with the stock up sharply on the week — yet short sellers have not blinked, leaving a loaded positioning picture heading into the next quarterly print on July…

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Trader NoteHKD

HKD Borrow Market Tightens as Short Score Holds Elevated

HKD enters the week with a quietly tightening borrow market — the most interesting tension in a stock that has otherwise moved little. The clearest signal is in the lending pool. Availability has dropped to roughly 28%…

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Trader NoteSOXQ

SOXQ Shorts Spike as Borrow Tightens on Semiconductor Rally

SOXQ enters the back half of June with a striking dislocation: the ETF is up 15% over the past month, yet short sellers have been piling in at an extraordinary pace. The short interest story here is genuinely unusual…

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Trader NoteCNTA

CNTA Options Alarm as Put/Call Ratio Hits 52-Week High

Centessa Pharmaceuticals enters the week with its most extreme options positioning in a year, even as the lending market remains unusually relaxed — a rare divergence that frames the stock's near-term setup. The…

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Trader NoteASTS

ASTS: Shorts Rebuild as Stock Extends Post-Earnings Slide

AST SpaceMobile enters the week in a deteriorating position — the stock is down 7.3% over five sessions to $82.25, sitting 38% below its late-May peak, and short interest has resumed its climb after only the briefest…

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Trader NoteULCC

Frontier Shorts Retreat as Stock Rallies 37% in a Month

ULCC enters mid-June in a state of genuine tension: the stock has surged 37% over the past month to $6.51, yet the analyst consensus still points to $5.00, and short sellers are quietly covering rather than doubling…

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Trader NoteIBRX

IBRX Borrow Pool Hits Empty as Stock Slides Post-Earnings

ImmunityBio has hit a new inflection point this week — the borrow market, already tight heading into the June 9 earnings release, has effectively run dry, even as the stock dropped 7% over the past five days to…

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Trader NoteSOC

SOC Bears Vindicated as Stock Craters 34% in a Month

Sable Offshore Corp. has handed short sellers a decisive win since last week's earnings preview — the stock is down 34% over the past month and off another 16% this week alone, yet the bear camp shows no sign of…

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