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KD has bounced 6.6% on the week to $12.24, yet short interest remains near its highest level of the year and options traders continue to lean bullish, a tension that sharpens heading into November 4 earnings. Short…
Fluence Energy enters the week carrying a 26% short position, a fresh wave of analyst target cuts, and a stock that has lost nearly a third of its value in a single month. The short interest story is the clearest…
Crescent Energy enters the final three weeks before its November 3 earnings report with two contradictory signals: the dominant activist shareholder just raised its stake materially, while shorts trimmed modestly and…
GLOBALFOUNDRIES enters the final stretch before its November 3 earnings date with a subtle but clear shift in tone: the call-heavy options positioning that defined last week's note has softened, short interest has…
GXO Logistics heads into its November 3 earnings with a striking split: Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to Buy this week, yet short sellers have spent the past month quietly rebuilding positions. Short interest has…
Robinhood Markets heads into its October 27 Q3 earnings with short sellers adding to positions at the fastest monthly pace in recent memory, even as the analyst community keeps lifting price targets. The positioning…
Rivian heads into its October 27 earnings date with short sellers adding positions at the fastest pace in months, the stock down hard on the week, and no meaningful pressure in the lending market to force them…
IonQ has fallen nearly 20% this week to $34.73, even as shorts quietly added to positions and the borrow market tightened again, setting up a more charged backdrop heading into the November 4 print. The shift in…
SentinelOne enters the week with a sharp contradiction at its core. The stock fell nearly 7% on the week to $24.01, touching territory well below fresh analyst targets, while the Street is simultaneously lifting its…
SoFi Technologies has seen its short position accelerate again, breaking the plateau noted in last week's notes, with twelve days now left before the October 26 earnings print. The short side moved decisively this week…
TOP Financial Group heads into mid-October with two genuinely competing forces pulling at the same time: short interest is rebuilding sharply, and the stock sits as a strong candidate for December Russell 2000…
Enovix heads into the November earnings cycle with a rare convergence of mechanical selling pressure, near-total borrow exhaustion, and a short position that has barely budged despite a stock down 19% in a month. The…
AST SpaceMobile closes a brutal week with a fresh analyst downgrade, a stock down 25% in five sessions, and a borrow market that has tightened sharply even as bears fail to add meaningfully to an already-crowded…
DigitalOcean heads into its November 3 earnings with short sellers adding aggressively and the Street divided on whether its AI momentum can survive margin pressure. Short interest has been the defining story this…
ACV Auctions is no longer simply a digital wholesale car marketplace approaching a November earnings date. It is now a takeover target, and that changes almost everything about how the positioning data should be…
Compass enters the final stretch before its November 6 results with short sellers rebuilding positions aggressively, options traders suddenly protective, and the Street cutting targets even as the consensus rating…
Coinbase Global heads into mid-October with short interest quietly rebuilding, a busy week of analyst target revisions pulling in opposite directions, and the stock down 2.1% on the week despite a modest bounce on…
APA is holding its gains into November earnings with short sellers nudging positions back up, but the broader picture remains one of a contested stock in a sector-wide rally rather than a deteriorating bear case. The…
ImmunityBio enters the final stretch before its October 30 Russell rank date with the borrow market easing slightly, short sellers staying put, and a retail attention spike that adds a new dimension to an already…
AppLovin enters its November 4 earnings window in an unusual position: the Street is slashing price targets yet holding its ratings, shorts are covering at pace, and the stock is down 16% in a month but off much lower…
