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SPGI Heads Into Earnings With Bulls in Charge

S&P Global enters its July 28 earnings release on the front foot — up 5% on the week and 9% over the past month — yet with a weakening technical picture beneath the surface that gives the setup an interesting edge. The…

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ALKS Heads Into July 27 Earnings With a Divided Street

Alkermes trades at $52.72 heading into its July 27 print, with short sellers retreating and analysts sharply split — the most interesting tension this week is not positioning but the widening gap between bullish…

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Trader NoteSQQQ

SQQQ Borrow Tightens Further as Call Skew Deepens

SQQQ enters the weekend with two forces pulling in opposite directions: the borrow market has become one of the tightest it has been all year, yet options traders are leaning bullish on the ETF — itself a bet on Nasdaq…

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SMR Shorts Build Into Earnings — Borrow Pool Stays Deep

SMR heads into its August earnings with a sharp but isolated short-interest build this week, set against a stock that just posted its best weekly gain in months. The tension is straightforward. SMR rallied 14.5% over…

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Trader NoteTLT

TLT Bears Hold Ground After the Rebuild

TLT is no longer retreating — the short rebuild flagged in this week's earlier note has consolidated, and the question now is whether bears add further or pause after snapping back 9.4% in a single week. The…

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HQ Borrow Costs Spike as Shorts Double in a Month

Horizon Quantum Holdings heads into next month's earnings with a borrow market under acute stress and short interest that has ballooned five-fold since mid-June. The lending story is the most striking feature of this…

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Trader NoteYSS

YSS Bears Grip an Empty Lending Pool

York Space Systems has lost nearly half its value in a month, and the borrowing market is sending a clear signal: short sellers aren't done. The lending picture is about as tight as it gets. Availability has rarely…

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Trader NoteOGN

OGN Shorts Retreat Ahead of Wednesday Earnings

Organon & Co. heads into its July 23 quarterly report with short sellers stepping back and options traders leaning more bullish than they have been in months — a notable setup for a stock that has spent much of the…

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Trader NoteCLOV

CLOV Shorts Retreat as Earnings Loom

Clover Health Investments heads into its August 5 earnings report with short sellers actively retreating and the stock trading near analyst fair value — a tighter setup than it appears at first glance. The short…

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C3.ai Bears Hold Despite Options Swing Bullish

C3.ai enters the week to September earnings with one of the sharpest divergences in its recent history — short interest remains near historically elevated levels while options traders have abruptly flipped to their…

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Trader NoteDBX

DBX Shorts Hold Firm as Stock Climbs Toward Earnings

Dropbox heads into its August 6 earnings print with one of the more intriguing setups in application software: a 12% monthly rally running directly into a short position that stubbornly refuses to unwind. The short…

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HWM Analysts Chase the Stock Higher Into August Earnings

Howmet Aerospace heads into its August 6 earnings report with analysts raising targets faster than the stock itself is moving — a setup where the Street appears to be playing catch-up rather than leading. The analyst…

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Trader NoteMGK

MGK Pulls Back, but Shorts and Lenders Stay Relaxed

MGK, the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF, is down 2.5% on the week and 1.5% on Friday alone — a soft patch after a strong mid-year run, but the lending and positioning data tell a quiet story rather than a stressed…

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ET Rides a Rally as TD Cowen Lifts Its Target

Energy Transfer LP heads into its August 4 earnings date with the stock at a 12-month high and an analyst community that spent the past week adding conviction — the most interesting question now is whether the…

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