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Trader NoteSKYD

PSKY Bears Retreat as Options Turn Less Defensive

PSKY enters the week with shorts pulling back and options positioning turning measurably less bearish — an interesting contrast given the stock has lost 5% over the past week and nearly 8% over the past month. The…

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Trader NoteALOY

ALOY Shorts Ease but Borrow Costs Stay Elevated

REalloys Inc. enters the week before its June 17 earnings print with a split signal: short sellers trimmed positions as the stock rallied hard over the past month, yet the cost to borrow remains stubbornly elevated and…

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Trader NoteJLHL

JLHL Borrow Near Empty After Wild 34% Single-Day Drop

JLHL (Julong Holding Limited) is back in violent territory — up 28% on the week but down 34% in a single session on June 9, with the borrow market now closer to fully used than at almost any point this year. Since the…

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Trader NoteSTUB

StubHub Shorts Retreat as Analysts Turn Constructive

StubHub Holdings heads into its June 23 earnings report with short sellers backing off, analysts raising targets, and insiders cashing out — a setup that pulls in three directions at once. The most striking shift in…

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Trader NoteSAIL

SAIL Drops 21% After Q1 Print as Analysts Reset Targets

SailPoint enters the post-earnings period with a bruising week behind it — down 21% to $15.66 — as the market's verdict on Q1 results landed far below the expectations that had built during May's extraordinary…

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Trader NoteYB

YB Short Sellers Step Back as Borrow Costs Ease

Yuanbao Inc. enters the back half of June with its short sellers in full retreat — a sharp unwind that stands out against a backdrop of continued price weakness. The most striking development this week is the scale of…

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Trader NoteWRD

WeRide Short Sellers Return as the Rally Reversal Deepens

WeRide Inc. heads into mid-June with the story running in reverse: the short covering and bullish options tilt that defined last week's note have both unwound sharply, leaving the stock down 16.5% on the week to…

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Trader NoteETH

ETH Call Dominance Persists as Price Extends Losses

ETH is caught in a sharp contradiction: options traders remain aggressively bullish while the fund drops nearly 29% over the past month to $15.74. The call-dominated options picture has deepened since the June 5 note…

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Trader NoteVIK

Viking Options Traders Turn Bullish as Shorts Exit

VIK is the story of a stock where options sentiment has sharply reversed, shorts are quietly retreating, and the Street is more uniformly bullish than at almost any point in the company's listed history. The most…

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Trader NoteDJT

DJT Insiders Keep Selling Into a Falling Stock

DJT heads into mid-June with its executive team selling shares at a steady clip — even as the stock has dropped nearly 10% on the week and sits at $8.16, close to its recent lows. The insider story is the clearest…

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Trader NoteGEV

GEV Shorts Keep Building as the Street Holds Its Nerve

GE Vernova has shed another 5% this week, but the more telling development is what has happened beneath the surface: short interest is now at a 30-day high and still climbing, even as the analyst community sits firmly…

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Trader NoteSN

SharkNinja Shorts Retreat Ahead of June Earnings

SharkNinja heads into its June 18 earnings print with shorts cutting exposure, options traders leaning bullish, and the Street initiating fresh coverage — a confluence that makes the setup unusually charged for a…

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Trader NoteIRON

IRON shorts rebuild ahead of June earnings

Disc Medicine heads into its June 18 earnings report with short sellers quietly adding exposure and the ORTEX short score at a fresh weekly high. Short interest is the dominant story here. Bears have rebuilt their…

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