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Trader NoteHOOD

HOOD Shorts Retreat, But Call Euphoria Has Cooled

Robinhood Markets enters the week of June 9 with short sellers unwinding and options traders pulling back from the extreme call-skew that defined the prior two weeks — a quieter but meaningfully different setup than…

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Trader NoteLCID

Lucid's Borrow Market Is Fully Locked Out

LCID enters the week with a borrow market that has essentially shut — and a stock down 17% in five days as short sellers hold their ground. The lending picture is about as tight as it gets. Availability has collapsed…

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Trader NotePAYO

PAYO Analysts Hold Firm as Bulls and Bears Both Double Down

Payoneer heads into the week after a 24% single-day jump with two distinct investor camps — call buyers loading up and short sellers adding into the rally — while the Street holds a consistent buy-side view that the…

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Trader NoteCIFR

CIFR: Short Score Fades as Peers Sell Off Together

Cipher Digital enters the back half of the week in a sector-wide retreat, but the data tells a more nuanced story than the headline 12% weekly loss suggests. The clearest shift this week is in the ORTEX short score,…

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Trader NoteOGN

OGN shorts retreat as stock posts its best month in years

Organon & Co. heads into the back half of June with its most interesting tension in months: short sellers are cutting exposure at a meaningful clip even as the consensus view on the Street remains cautious. Short…

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Trader NoteTLRY

Tilray's Borrow Market Stays Pinned Near Zero

TLRY heads into the final stretch before its July earnings with the lending market for its shares near fully exhausted — and options traders suddenly more defensive than they have been in months. The most striking…

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Trader NoteACT

Aduro Surges 16% While Correlated Peers Bleed

ACT delivered a sharp 16.5% single-day gain on June 9, closing at CAD 23.46 — up 27% over the past month — while every one of its correlated peers moved lower on the same day. That divergence is the week's defining…

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Trader NoteINDI

INDI Shorts Firm Up as Stock Crumbles 21% in a Week

indie Semiconductor heads into the week of June 10 with a brutal price collapse, a maxed-out borrow market, and the Street freshly initiating coverage right at the lows — a setup that raises more questions than it…

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Trader NoteGLBE

Truist Upgrade Jolts GLBE as Founders Keep Selling

GLBE enters the back half of June caught between a fresh analyst upgrade and a steady drip of insider selling — a split signal that makes the stock harder to read than the clean 8% monthly rally might suggest. The…

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Trader NoteAPA

APA Short Interest Builds as Options Turn Bullish

APA Corporation heads into the week with a notable contradiction: short sellers are adding positions at the fastest pace in months, yet options traders are the least bearish they have been all year. The short interest…

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Trader NoteOSCR

Barclays Upgrade Crowns a Remarkable Rally for Oscar Health

OSCR enters the second week of June having done something most health insurance stocks have failed to do this year — rally 29% in a month — and now faces the question of whether the Street's belated conviction can…

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Trader NoteINNV

InnovAge Shorts Build Fast as Insiders Head for the Exit

InnovAge Holding Corp. enters mid-June with an unusual split: the stock is up 6.5% on the week to $7.69, yet insiders are selling and short interest is climbing at its fastest pace in months. The most striking…

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Trader NoteCLOV

CLOV shorts cover as the rally accelerates

Clover Health has spent the past month forcing short sellers to reconsider, with a 37.5% price gain since early May now coinciding with a dramatic unwind of bearish positions — the story this week is whether the…

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Trader NoteABNB

ABNB shorts rebuild post-earnings as Chesky keeps selling

ABNB has posted its mildest earnings reaction in recent memory, but the week since the print has been anything but quiet — short sellers have rebuilt positions at pace while the CEO has continued to offload stock. The…

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Trader NoteOPEN

OPEN Shorts Pile In Before Tomorrow's Earnings

Opendoor Technologies heads into its Q1 earnings print — scheduled for tomorrow, June 11 — with short sellers adding aggressively and the stock down 20% on the week. Short interest has become the defining story this…

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