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Trader NoteFTA

FTA's Borrow Market Stirs as Short Interest Spikes

FTA, the First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund, enters the final stretch of October with an unusual development for a passive ETF: short interest has climbed sharply over the past month while borrowing costs have…

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Trader NoteMRVS.Y

Minerva's Borrow Dries Up as Stock Slides 23%

MRVS.Y heads into its November 11 earnings date with a striking tension: the lending market for its OTC-listed ADR is fully locked, while the stock itself has shed nearly a quarter of its value in a single week. The…

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Trader NotePNR

Pentair Jumps 18% as Analysts Reverse Course After Earnings

PNR has staged one of its sharpest weekly rallies in recent memory, up 18% to $62.29, with the Street now scrambling to revise targets it spent two weeks cutting. A week ago, the picture looked grim. Analysts had spent…

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Trader Note5851

Ryobi Heads Into November Earnings With Value Intact

Ryobi Limited enters its November 5 earnings date carrying a stock that has shed 4.6% over the past month but nudged 0.3% higher on the week, closing at JPY 2,641, with the market showing little conviction in either…

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Trader NoteANL

ANL shorts rebuild fast as earnings loom

ANL heads into its November 13 earnings date with short sellers building positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the stock sits 32% below its recent peak. Short interest has become the defining tension here.…

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Trader NoteTFII

TFI International Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Doubling

TFI International reports its next quarterly results on October 29, and the week heading into the print has been shaped by one striking data point: short interest has more than doubled in a month while the stock has…

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Trader NoteRDW

Redwire Shorts Rebuild as Earnings Approach

Redwire Corporation heads into its November 6 earnings report with short sellers adding meaningfully to an already heavy position, availability tightening sharply, and the stock down 28% in a month. The short-selling…

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Trader NoteNXE

NXE shorts nearly double in a month as earnings loom

NXE heads into its November 4 results with short sellers the most aggressive they have been all year, even as the borrow market remains far from stressed. The short interest story is the standout on NexGen Energy this…

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