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[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

New episode of Risk & Return is live!

@CGasparino and S3's founder and managing partner @BobSloanS3 on the crypto winter, why the positioning data says $MSTR has further to fall, plus Wendy's $WEN, memory, and crowded healthcare longs.

Stream it now on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube.

Spotify: https://t.co/sCj59A8QAJ

YouTube:
https://t.co/2QyBHRLn6Z

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

Wendy's short interest has nearly doubled this year. 54M shares short, up 94% YTD, as Trian explores financing a take-private.

The Long-to-Short ratio has compressed to 1.1x. That puts WEN squarely in S3's battleground territory.

Shorts are betting the deal doesn't happen. If it does, 54M shares need to cover.

@CGasparino and S3's @SamuelRPierson broke it down on this week's Risk & Return

Story covered in S3 Research here: https://t.co/PXA7zdOb41 $WEN

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

We asked @grok for the 10 stocks X is talking about most, then ran them through @S3Partners data to see what the positioning actually looks like.

Some of the biggest names on the list are also among S3's battleground stocks with short interest and active long positioning telling very different stories.

The full breakdown on this week's Risk & Return with @BobSloanS3 and @CGasparino 👇

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

🚨 Pop Mart shorts entered Wednesday down $400M year-to-date. They left up $300M.

Yesterday's 23% drop generated ~$700M in mark-to-market P&L on a $3.1B notional position. The thesis was simple: franchise concentration at a premium multiple. FY2025 confirmed it: Labubu hit 40% of revenue while legacy franchise Molly missed badly. 📊

S3 data shows 113M shares short as of March 25, up 18% YTD. Cumulative short-side P&L since the August peak now approaches $1.1B.

Report: https://t.co/ZP0nnWmydo

#ShortInterest #PopMart #S3Partners #APAC #S3Data

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

🇨🇳 HK/China shorts: +$6.9B exposure in 2 weeks. Down -$6.8B in losses.

Still adding. Why?

• Xiaomi +$430M new shorts
• Tencent -$183M covering
What do they see?

🔗 Full breakdown: https://t.co/MkVWdUYM3a

#S3data #ChinaMarkets #ShortInterest

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

⚠️ Celcuity (CELC) soared 661% last year—and short interest climbed with it. Crowding is now elevated + squeeze risk remains high.

S3 data tracks how positioning may drive the next high-momentum move: https://t.co/xeEj3eSOri 🔬

#Biotech #ShortInterest #CrowdingRisk $CELC

[Sam Pierson @SamuelRPierson]

Most shorted stocks -1.8% today vs market -0.4%, has the fever broken?

Largest single day underperformance by “Most Shorted” since Aug 19 per @S3Partners

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

⚡️ Learn more about our newest exciting collaboration between S3 Partners and Bloomberg. S3 Short Interest data is now available on Bloomberg's Data License Per Security offering and on the Terminal via BQL.

With this release, institutional capital markets firms can gain insights and transparency in:

• Crowding

• Concentration

• Volatility

• Scoring

• Ranking

• Conviction

Firms can gain confidence with availability to S3's real-time data on over 62,000 global securities.

💡 Click through to the press release for more information: https://t.co/hCKvnUqixB

#S3data is essential.

#Bloomberg #bloombergtech #capitalmarkets #FintechInnovation #MarketSentiment #crowding #MarketVolatility #shortinterest

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

🚨 Western Digital (WDC) is up 173% since April—but short sellers haven’t flinched. S3’s analytics show squeeze risk rising, with options markets starting to price in volatility.

Report: https://t.co/eSaDqioK1R

📚 This is a textbook unrealized squeeze setup. Read how sentiment, crowding, and volatility data reveal pressure building beneath the surface.

#S3Data is Essential.

#SqueezeRisk #ShortInterest #MomentumTrades

[Charles Gasparino @CGasparino]

The great ⁦@nypost⁩ graphics department https://t.co/677FZa3cB8

[S3 Partners @S3Partners]

🧪 XBI short interest up 60% since April, despite price rebound. Traders using it to hedge biotech risk.

VKTX plunge highlights Battleground volatility.

Read more now: https://t.co/H7vxr18UY6 🔬

#Biotech $XBI $VKTX #ETFShortInterest #BattlegroundStocks #TechnicalAnalysis

[Matthew Unterman @MattUntermanS3]

$PLTR printed a Hammer pattern today right at the 50D SMA ($152) on very heavy volume: ~2.6× ADV (215M vs 83M) and closed back above it in a reversal attempt. The next couple days are crucial to see if the price can close above the hammer high for confirmation @S3Partners

[Michael King @MK_In_Fintech]

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[DeMARK Analytics @DeMarkAnalytics]

Within the 9-13® family of indicators, an imperfected Setup® occurs when the 8 or 9 bars fail to exceed the 6 or 7 bars. These Setups are typically fulfilled at some point in the future – they just don’t specify when that will take place.

In the case of Bitcoin, the high of the 7 bar occurred at $123,231.07, so that price becomes our minimum upside target. The pullback in recent weeks serves as an opportunity to prepare for Bitcoin's move to new all-time highs.

[Charles Gasparino @CGasparino]

🚨RISK AND RETURN NEW EPISODE 🚨

Is China Now More Trusted Than America?

In the newest episode of Risk and Return, S3 Partners' Bob Sloan and I sit down with former U.S. Editor for the Financial Times Gillian Tett (@gilliantett) to discuss America's standing in the world and whether China is now being viewed as a more stable trading partner.

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[Bank Policy Institute @bankpolicy]

Fintechs and aggregators have criticized banks for charging for data access, distracting from their real goal:
To preserve high-volume, often continuous data extraction (at no cost), frequently without the customer’s awareness, with the intent to store/resell the financial data.

[James Rogers @jamesjrogers]

Kohl’s stock skyrocketed today. @ihors3 of @S3Partners describes it as a classic battleground stock https://t.co/1z4QzvBriI via @MarketWatch #Kohls $KSS

[Charles Gasparino @CGasparino]

🚨RISK AND RETURN NEW EPISODE 🚨

American Hatred Toward Expertise, S3's Major Stock Picks

In the newest episode of Risk and Return, Charlie Gasparino and S3 Partners' Bob Sloan sit down with Height Capital Markets' Ben Salisbury to discuss cultural cycles. At this moment, Americans do not trust institutions and experts. We dig into why that is.

Plus, S3 Partners is making some major predictions about $RF, $SLB, $LMT, and $RTX.

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[Michael King @MK_In_Fintech]

@RealJimChanos @JohnLeupp I’ve known Leupp for almost 30 years, it’s flip flops first. Crocs were added to the rotation in the early 2000’s.

[Charles Gasparino @CGasparino]

What rising short interest on the Hang Seng could tell us about the Chinese communist party

@BobSloanS3 with the analysis on Risk and Return