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Trader NoteSTX

Analysts Race Ahead of STX's July Print

Seagate Technology Holdings heads into its July 23 earnings report with the Street turning decisively more bullish — even as the stock pulled back 7% on the week and options traders made the sharpest pivot away from…

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Trader NotePATH

UiPath Bears Hold Firm as Stock Rebounds

PATH heads into July with a stubborn short position, a recovering stock price, and a Street that keeps trimming targets — a setup where the bulls and bears are talking past each other. The short interest story is the…

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Trader NoteCOIN

COIN shorts rebuild as options skew stays elevated

Coinbase Global enters July with a bruising week behind it and a setup that has grown more complicated since the June 24 note: short interest has reversed its prior decline, options remain deeply defensive, and the…

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Trader NoteCPNG

Coupang shorts double as options signal unusual optimism

CPNG heads into the final week of June with a striking internal contradiction: short positions have doubled over the past month while options traders are more bullish than at any point in the past year. The short…

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Trader NoteSOC

SOC Borrow Market Snaps Shut as Stock Collapses 56% in a Day

Sable Offshore Corp. just had one of the most violent weeks in its short listed history — and the lending market has moved from orderly to fully seized in the span of 48 hours. The collapse in borrow availability tells…

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Trader NoteSANA

SANA shorts rebuild as options hit a bullish extreme

Sana Biotechnology enters the second half of 2026 with a tightening contradiction: short sellers are quietly adding exposure while options traders have turned more bullish than at almost any point in the past year. The…

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Trader NoteHIMS

HIMS shorts add pressure as analysts race to catch up

Hims & Hers Health enters July with an unusual tension at its core: the stock has rallied 33% in a month while short sellers continue adding to what is already one of the largest short positions in healthcare…

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Trader NoteAFRM

Affirm Catches a Bid — But the Street Is Split

AFRM has surged 13.5% over the past week to $81.55, making it one of the stronger performers in the payments space — yet the analyst community chose this precise moment to diverge sharply on where the stock goes…

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Trader NoteZIM

ZIM Swims Against the Tide as Options Flip Bullish

ZIM heads into the first week of July having done something most shipping peers couldn't manage: it closed higher on the week while the sector broadly sold off. The options market is telling the most interesting story…

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Trader NotePRG

PRG Rallies Hard Into Earnings — But Shorts Are Rebuilding

PROG Holdings heads into its July 29 earnings date having gained 18% in a single week, yet short interest has climbed alongside the price — a combination that sets up an unusually charged pre-earnings window. The short…

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Trader NoteOPEN

Opendoor Shorts Pile In as Borrow Market Tightens Fast

OPEN heads into July with short sellers building aggressively and the borrow market moving sharply tighter — a combination that sets up an unusually charged technical backdrop ahead of August earnings. The short…

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Trader NoteTARS

TARS Options Traders Turn Bullish as Shorts Edge Lower

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals enters July with a notable divergence: options traders have swung sharply toward calls just as short sellers trim positions modestly — a combination that places the stock in an unusually…

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Trader NoteSMMT

SMMT Insiders Buy $52M as Shorts Quietly Retreat

Summit Therapeutics enters July with a striking insider conviction signal: the company's own executives and chairman put more than $52 million of their own money into the stock in early June, even as the share price…

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Trader NotePLTR

PLTR Bears Still Building, But the Stock Has Stopped Falling

Palantir Technologies ends the week at $116.67 — essentially flat on the week and down 25% over the past month — yet short sellers are still adding, creating an unusual tension between a stabilising price and a growing…

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Trader NoteXPEV

XPEV Bulls Gain Ground But Borrow Market Stays Tight

XPeng closes the week with a rare piece of good news on the tape — a 3.8% weekly gain to $13.24 — but the structural tensions flagged in last week's note have not meaningfully resolved: the borrow market remains…

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Trader NoteLI

Li Auto's Borrow Market Hits Near-Zero as Stock Slides 21%

LI enters July with a striking divergence: the lending pool for its ADR has essentially run dry even as the stock itself has collapsed more than 21% over the past month to $11.74. The most arresting data point this…

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Trader NoteSTLAM

Stellantis Shorts Build as Stock Hits New Lows

STLAM has extended its breakdown from the previous week, closing Tuesday at €4.98 — down a further 5.6% on the week and now off 27.5% over the past month, a deterioration that has accelerated well beyond the broader…

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