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Trader NoteBTGO

BTGO Borrow Eases as Shorts Rebuild After the May Crash

BTGO enters June with a split personality: short sellers are quietly adding to positions in a stock that has collapsed 44% over the past month, yet the borrow market has loosened sharply — a combination that makes the…

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Trader NoteNTSK

NTSK Shorts Cover After Earnings Drop

Netskope reported earnings on June 3 — and the market's reaction has reset the short-interest picture entirely. The stock fell nearly 6% on June 2 alone, extending a pattern that the previous note flagged clearly: the…

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Trader NoteMIAX

MIAX Insiders Sold — Then the Stock Fell

MIAX entered June with an uncomfortable dynamic: a cluster of executive sales in early May, a stock now down nearly 14% on the week, and short sellers adding positions at the fastest rate in months. The insider angle…

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Trader NoteWYFI

WYFI Bears Retreat — But the Short Story Isn't Over

WhiteFiber, Inc. enters the first week of June with shorts pulling back from their peak — yet the borrow market and options positioning both suggest the tension is far from resolved. Short interest eased to 9.7% of…

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Trader NoteVOYG

VOYG Shorts Hold Firm After Earnings Miss

Voyager Technologies has cleared its May 29 earnings hurdle — but shorts are not walking away. The most telling data point this week is what shorts did after the print. The stock fell 8.3% on May 29 following its…

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Trader NotePONY

PONY Shorts Stuck as Stock Breaks Higher

PONY has added another 16% this week — yet short sellers are not budging, leaving the stock in the same unresolved standoff that defined last week's note. The price move is the headline. PONY closed at $10.83 on…

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Trader NotePVLA

PVLA shorts hold firm as the rally unwinds

Palvella Therapeutics has given back the gains that made last week's bullish thesis look prescient — down 11% on the week to $104.67 — and the question now is whether the stubborn short base is finally being…

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Trader NoteSARO

Jefferies cuts SARO to Hold as new CEO arrives

StandardAero enters the first week of June with two simultaneous shocks: a bellwether downgrade and a CEO change that together sent the stock down 8% on Tuesday alone. The catalyst was a Jefferies call filed Monday.…

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Trader NoteBTC

BTC Trust Drops 11% as Options Hedging Deepens

BTC — the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust — has had a rough week, sliding 11.4% to $29.72, and options traders are responding by pushing protective hedges to new territory. The clearest shift this week is in options…

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Trader NoteWRD

WeRide Bulls in Options, Bears Exiting Shorts

WeRide Inc. enters June with a striking divergence: options traders are their most bullish in months, yet the stock trades at $7.75 — a fraction of where analysts think it belongs. The clearest signal this week is in…

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Trader NoteGEV

GEV Options Flash Caution as Shorts Build Into a Pullback

GE Vernova heads into early June with a notable split signal: options traders are more defensive than at any point in recent memory, even as short interest remains modest by any absolute standard. The clearest tension…

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Trader NoteCORZ

CORZ Bulls Take Control as Analysts Chase the Rally

Core Scientific enters June with shorts firmly on the back foot — a 43% one-month surge to $29.05 has forced the conversation away from bear fundamentals and squarely onto whether the Street's targets can keep…

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Trader NoteNNE

NNE borrow eases but short base stays heavy

NANO Nuclear Energy finds itself in an awkward middle ground: the squeeze that defined late May has partly unwound, availability has opened up, yet 19% of the float remains short and the stock has added another 5% this…

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Trader NoteAESI

Raymond James upgrades AESI as shorts rebuild

AESI heads into a pivotal stretch with a split signal: Raymond James just upgraded the stock to Outperform, yet short interest has been quietly climbing back toward its highs. The most consequential development this…

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Trader NoteAXG

AXG Shorts Rebuild as Earnings Approach

AXG is heading into its June 30 earnings date with a sharp reversal in short positioning — the very trend that defined last week's note has now flipped. Short interest has jumped 79% over the past week, rising from…

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