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Trader NoteEH

EHang Q1 Print Lands, Bears Begin to Retreat

EHang Holdings crossed a meaningful threshold this week — the Q1 earnings call is now six days out, short sellers have quietly reduced exposure, and the stock just posted its best weekly gain in months. The short book…

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Trader NoteTTD

TTD Options Signal Confidence the Price Isn't Showing

The Trade Desk is caught in a widening gap between what options traders believe and what the market keeps doing to the stock. The options story is the sharpest signal this week. Call buyers have rarely been this…

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Trader NoteJSW

JSW Bears Ease Grip as Borrow Loosens and Price Bounces

JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — is showing the first tentative cracks in its bearish positioning: the stock jumped nearly 6% in a single session and borrow availability has loosened materially, even as short sellers…

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Trader NoteINFY

INFY Borrow Eases Further as June 23 Earnings Loom

INFY enters the final stretch before its June 23 earnings with a borrow market that has meaningfully reopened — but the lending pool is nowhere near comfortable, and the stock's week-long rally has now run into its…

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Trader NoteHUBC

HUBC's PE Continues to Compress as Sector Split Deepens

The Hub Power Company is trading at its cheapest earnings multiple in months, the peer group has fractured into clear winners and losers, and August earnings are now on the horizon — making valuation the central…

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Trader NoteILMN

Meister Cashes Out as ILMN Surges

Illumina has rallied 20% in a month. The loudest response has come not from bulls adding to positions, but from a board-level insider selling tens of millions of dollars into the strength. Keith Meister — who controls…

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Trader NoteHQ

Needham's Buy Sets Up a Crowded Trade in HQ

HQ heads into the week with a fresh analyst catalyst, a borrow market under severe strain, and a stock that has already run 29% in a month — a combination that is drawing attention from both sides of the trade. Needham…

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Trader NoteMRLN

MRLN shorts double as earnings loom

Merlin, Inc. heads into its June 18 earnings with shorts in an aggressive rebuild, a borrow market that has eased significantly from its spring extremes, and options traders leaning unusually bullish for a stock down…

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Trader NoteROP

Roche Drops 6.5% on the Week Before June Pipeline Read

Roche Holding AG heads into a significant pipeline catalyst on June 8 having shed 6.5% over the past week — one of its sharpest weekly declines of the year — while bears remain remarkably absent from the stock. The…

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Trader NoteSWMR

SWMR shorts under pressure as the stock doubles in a month

Swarmer, Inc heads into the first week of June with one of the most dramatic price runs of any small-cap aerospace name this year — up 113% in a month and 77% in the past week alone — while a meaningful short base…

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Trader NoteMMED

MMED's shorts doubled. The stock is up 10% anyway.

MMED has become one of the more charged setups in the med-tech space: short sellers have aggressively rebuilt positions over the past six weeks, yet the stock is up 10% on the week alone and has held near $12.30. The…

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Trader NotePURR

PURR surges 30% as shorts cover and Street lifts targets

PURR enters June having just delivered one of the stronger weeks in its short history as a listed company — up nearly 30% over the past five trading days to $10.97, and more than 75% higher than a month ago. The…

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