The "Recycled News" Short Trap

Shernice軒嬣 2000
04-21 21:34

"Recycled" headlines are being weaponized by short sellers to drive the price down, despite the facts being largely known.

$Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$  

Status: Bearish (Artificial Pressure)

​1. The Short Seller's Playbook

​It’s clear that someone is trying to push the share price lower by circulating "stale" news. The headlines about Amazon’s push into GLP-1 and Eli Lilly’s Foundayo aren’t fundamentally new, but they are being timed to hit the tape while the stock is vulnerable.

​The Goal: Trigger stop-losses and panic selling among retail investors who may have missed the original news cycle in 2025.

​The Weapon: Amazon's $149/month price point for branded oral pills. While Hims already knew this was coming, seeing it operationalized is a "scare tactic" used to justify a short position.  


 10 April old news. 

​2. Current Short Interest Dynamics

​Data as of mid-April shows that HIMS has become one of the most heavily shorted mid-cap stocks on the market:  

​Short Interest: Currently sitting at a staggering 32.5% to 34% of the float.  

​The "Short Volume Ratio": Recent daily trading data shows that over 57% to 64% of the daily volume is short-selling.  

​Interpretation: This isn't just organic selling; this is a concentrated effort to keep the stock under $30 ahead of the May earnings report.

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Comments

  • Shernice軒嬣 2000
    04-21 21:53
    Shernice軒嬣 2000
    @Ah_Meng Someone definitely recycled old news and the media pushed it out without properly verifying.
    Meanwhile, I bought the dip.
    • Shernice軒嬣 2000ReplyAh_Meng
      Over the past few years, Hims has dropped on Amazon news at least 10 times and every single time, it bounced back fast.
    • Shernice軒嬣 2000ReplyAh_Meng
      The market is big enough for multiple players to thrive.Hims  is expanding internationally — with Eu (via ZAVA acquisition in UK, Germany, Fr, Ireland, Spain), official entry into Canada and further moves planned in Au, Jp etc, significantly growing its addressable mkt.
    • Shernice軒嬣 2000ReplyAh_Meng
      We didn’t see Costco or Walmart collapse, they grew alongside Amazon. Each carved out its own niche [Smile] [Smile]
    • Ah_Meng
      Girl, I have been meaning to ask you, what advantage HIMS has that can’t be duplicated with more financial firepower? That is if the company has a moat (Warren Buffett 🗣️) that you are so confident about?
      Yes, Amazon definitely will attend telemedicine. It’s no brainer for them, maybe Apple too.
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