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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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Trader NoteVNT

VNT Shorts Trim Into Earnings As Peers Run Higher

VNT heads into the final week of June with short sellers pulling back sharply, even as the stock lags a peer group that has moved decisively higher. The short interest story has turned notably more constructive for…

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Trader NoteVRT

VRT Reclaims Lost Ground as Shorts Quietly Exit

Vertiv Holdings Co has staged a full recovery from its June 23 collapse, with the stock gaining 9% on Tuesday alone to close at $334.82 — and the most telling detail is that shorts spent the week covering, not…

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Trader NoteSDGR

SDGR Drops 6.6% on the Day but Shorts Aren't Building

Schrödinger enters July with a split personality: the stock rallied 8% on the week before giving back 6.6% in a single session on June 30, leaving it at $16.25 — a one-day drop that arrived with no accompanying surge…

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Trader NoteRVMD

RVMD Analysts Lift Targets as Options Traders Turn Bullish

Revolution Medicines enters July with an unusually clear alignment between analyst conviction and options sentiment — both shifting decisively in the bulls' favour even as insiders quietly lock in gains. The most…

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Trader NoteDDOG

DDOG Clears $260 as Analysts Chase the Rally

Datadog heads into the first week of July having done something notable: it rallied 18% in a single week to close at $260.36, lapping nearly the entire analyst target consensus in a matter of days. The catalyst is the…

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Trader NoteTXG

TXG Shorts Rebuild as CEO Sells Into the Rally

10x Genomics closed June with its stock up 20% on the week and 35% on the month — yet the short base expanded sharply into that rally, the CEO sold stock three times in eight days, and options turned their most bullish…

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Trader NoteAVEM

AVEM Short Sellers Double Down Into EM Rally

AVEM, the Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, is trading with an unusual internal contradiction: the fund gained nearly 1.9% on the week while short interest quietly doubled from its mid-June lows. The short-side…

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Trader NoteBBIO

BBIO Options Flash a Warning Even as the Stock Rallies

BridgeBio Pharma heads into the final stretch of Q2 with its strongest monthly gain in recent memory — but one corner of the market is turning sharply defensive just as the tape improves. The stock closed at $74.48 on…

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Trader NoteFSLY

FSLY Shorts Hold Firm Despite a 10% Week

Fastly delivered a strong 10% gain over the past week, closing at $18.36. Yet short interest remains stubbornly high at 13.6% of free float — and that tension is the story heading into August earnings. Short interest…

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Trader NoteUBER

UBER Options Spike Persists Even as Stock Recovers

Uber Technologies closes the week with its options market still deeply defensive — but now set against a stock that has bounced and a short base that keeps shrinking. The put/call ratio is the standout this week. It…

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Trader NoteRRBI

RRBI Shorts Double in a Month, Chairman Keeps Buying

Red River Bancshares enters the final stretch before its July 28 earnings with a striking internal contradiction: short sellers have been rebuilding positions at an accelerating pace while the company's own chairman…

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Trader NoteTMDX

TMDX Bears Hold Firm Ahead of July Earnings

TransMedics Group enters the final stretch before its July 31 earnings report with short sellers in control, the stock down 10% on the week, and a Street consensus that still sees the shares at roughly double the…

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Trader NoteFOXA

FOXA Shorts Retreat as Options Turn Bullish

Fox Corporation enters July with a sharp split between what shorts did last month and what options traders are signalling right now. Short interest at FOXA is genuinely elevated — 14.3% of the free float, a level that…

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