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Trader NoteNTSK

NTSK: Short Interest Doubles, Street Stays Bullish

Netskope heads into the week carrying a sharp internal contradiction — short interest has roughly doubled over the past month while the analyst community remains uniformly constructive, a standoff that sets up the next…

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Trader NoteHWM

HWM Races Toward August Earnings on a Seven-Week Win Streak

Howmet Aerospace enters its August 6 earnings report with the stock up 7% on the week and analysts still chasing it higher — a setup where momentum and fundamentals are aligned but the valuation conversation is getting…

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Trader NoteCHRW

CHRW Shorts Retreat as Earnings Day Arrives

C.H. Robinson Worldwide heads into its July 29 Q2 print with a notably cleaner short book than it carried two weeks ago — and options traders who are unusually unconcerned about downside risk. The sharpest move in the…

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Trader NoteJSW

JSW Short Score Hits New Peak as CTB Whipsaws

JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — drifted 0.3% lower to PLN 25.91 on Thursday, and the week's real tension is a cost-to-borrow market that has swung violently while the ORTEX short score quietly reached another record…

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Trader NoteEWZ

Brazil ETF Builds Momentum as Institutions Pile In

EWZ, the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, is having one of its better months of the year — up 12.5% over the past 30 days and another 2.4% on the week — yet the ownership data tells a more complicated story beneath the…

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Trader NoteNCH2

nucera's Borrow Costs Retreat — But the Squeeze Setup Holds

NCH2 enters the final stretch before its August 12 earnings with borrowing costs off their peak but the underlying lending squeeze very much intact. The clearest update since the earlier note this week is that cost to…

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Trader NoteLCID

LCID Borrow Market Locks Up Again as Squeeze Pressure Returns

Lucid Group heads into August earnings with the borrow market back at its most extreme level — availability near zero, cost to borrow still above 200%, and short interest holding firmly above 19% of float after a 58%…

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Trader NoteEVCM

EVCM: Borrow Eases Further, Bears Lose Their Options Hedge

EverCommerce heads into its August 5 earnings print with a borrow market that has partially thawed but remains structurally hostile to new shorts — and an options market that has just flashed its most call-friendly…

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ASTS: Borrow Pool Hits Zero as Bears Hold Firm Into August

AST SpaceMobile now has the tightest borrow market of the past year — and yesterday's 10% price surge has done nothing to shake the bears out. The lending story is the one that changed overnight. Availability has…

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Trader NoteKORU

KORU Options Flip Bullish as Borrow Market Loosens

KORU, the Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X Shares ETF, is sending a split signal this week: the borrow market is quietly easing while options traders have made a sharp pivot toward calls — a contrast that…

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Trader NoteGRPN

Groupon Bears Stuck as Borrow Dries Up Again

GRPN has pulled back 7% on Tuesday to $26.05, but the squeeze mechanics that have defined this name for weeks remain firmly in place — and the borrow market just got tighter, not looser. The most important development…

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HUT Relative Calm Persists as Peers Extend Losses

HUT continues to hold its ground while the Vietnamese construction sector bleeds out — a relative resilience story that remains intact and is, if anything, becoming more pronounced. Tasco's defensive quality is best…

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XOP Bears Dig In — but the Borrow Market Loosened

XOP rallied another 2.2% on Tuesday and is up nearly 5% on the week, yet the short thesis against the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas E&P ETF has not budged — the more interesting question now is whether the brief snapback in…

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Trader NoteTEL

Transelectrica Climbs 19% in a Month as Earnings Loom

TEL, Romania's state-controlled electricity transmission operator, enters its August 14 earnings window on a strong run — up 19% in a month — while short interest data is absent and analyst coverage is thin, making…

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