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RZLV Shorts Retreat, But Borrow Stays Painful

Rezolve AI shorts are cutting positions. Short interest has fallen 11.2% in a week to 13.9% of free float. That is the first meaningful unwind in weeks of relentless build. Yet the borrow market tells a different…

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Mizuho Borrow Market Flashes Red as Puts Rise

Three distinct signals are converging on MFG this week. Short interest has jumped, the borrow market has hit acute tightness, and options traders are adding puts into a 23% one-month rally. The headline story is the…

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ARTY's borrow market swings wildly as AI ETF surges 10%

Why this matters: ARTY, the iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, has rallied 10.4% in a week. That move is pulling in fresh short sellers — and the borrow market is struggling to keep up. Three distinct data points are…

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3M Options Traders Push Back Against the Bears

3M Company has spent the past week absorbing a fresh Underperform call and a quiet rebuild in short positions. Options traders are now pushing back hard. Why this matters: Short sellers have been adding exposure since…

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PYPL Bulls Dominate Options as Shorts Build Quietly

Options traders are aggressively buying calls on PYPL. The put-call ratio has dropped to 0.357 — a 52-week low, sitting 1.86 standard deviations below the 20-day mean. That's the most bullish options positioning PayPal…

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MGK Options Buyers Step Up as Short Sellers Pile In

Options flow on MGK tells a different story to the lending market. While short positions jumped 384% in a week, call buyers are flooding in — pushing the put-call ratio to a two-year statistical extreme. MGK's put-call…

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FRMI Options Turn Bullish as Shorts Rebuild

Fermi Inc. is sending mixed signals. The stock has rallied 40% in a week. Yet short interest is quietly rebuilding. Options traders are firmly in the bull camp — and the gap between where the stock trades and where…

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CENT Options Bulls vs. Rising Short Bets

Why this matters: Options traders at CENT are leaning bullish at a two-year extreme. Short sellers are simultaneously building positions at the fastest monthly pace since records in this snapshot. The two camps are…

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OLN Bears Pile In as Options Hit 52-Week Extreme

Three distinct signals on OLN aligned on Tuesday. Short interest, options positioning, and borrow cost all moved in the same direction inside one week. The story is bearish conviction building across multiple market…

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BLOK Borrow Market Tightens as Short Interest Triples

Three signals converged on BLOK within 24 hours. Short interest, cost to borrow, and options positioning all moved in the same direction — and the pace of change is the story. Short interest in the Amplify Blockchain…

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OXLC Borrow Market Tightens Sharply

The lending market for OXLC has tightened dramatically in the past week. Three converging signals — rising short interest, surging cost to borrow, and shrinking availability — are pointing in the same direction at…

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SGOL Options Sentiment Turns Bullish as Borrow Cost Doubles

Three distinct signals are shifting simultaneously on SGOL, the abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF. Options traders are cutting downside hedges. Short sellers are retreating. Yet the cost to borrow shares has more than…

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FEPI Options Bears Pile In as Borrow Tightens

Options traders are paying up for downside protection on FEPI. The put-call ratio hit 2.89 on June 16 — nearly a full standard deviation above its 20-day mean of 1.98. That shift coincided with a sharp jump in borrow…

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ROKU: Analysts Downgrade, Traders Buy Calls Anyway

Why this matters: Seven analysts cut ROKU to neutral or lower on June 16. The stock fell 2.1% that day. Options traders responded by piling into calls — the put/call ratio dropped to its lowest level in six weeks. Six…

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CBRE Options Bulls Clash With Rising Short Bets

Options traders are aggressively buying calls on CBRE even as short sellers build their largest position in months. The divergence is sharp — and the data behind both sides is moving fast. CBRE's put-call ratio hit…

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MOO Options Traders Go Bullish as Shorts Retreat

Options positioning on MOO, the VanEck Agribusiness ETF, has swung to an extreme. The put-call ratio hit 0.1612 on June 15 — nearly four standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.0506. Traders are piling into…

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LEU Borrow Costs Jump 84% as Shorts Cover Into Thin Supply

LEU short sellers are caught in a difficult position. They are covering — but the borrow market is barely letting them out cheaply. Short interest fell 11.6% over the past week to 22.5% of free float. That is still an…

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AMH Bear Positioning Sharpens as Options Hedging Spikes

Three data streams on American Homes 4 Rent have moved in the same direction in three days. Short interest has surged. The put/call ratio has spiked to a three-week high. Cost to borrow has jumped 53% in a week. The…

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