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Vermilion Short Shots: Technically Vulnerable Stocks

Short Shots is a collection of technically vulnerable charts culled from the Negative Inflecting and Toppy columns within our Weekly Compass report or from various technical screening processes. The charts contained in this report have developed concerning technical patterns that suggest further price deterioration is likely. For these reasons Short Shots can also be a great source of ideas for investors interested in short-selling candidates.
Underlyings
Avient Corporation

PolyOne is a provider of polymer materials, services and solutions with operations in engineered materials, composites, color and additive systems and polymer distribution. The company is also a developer and manufacturer of additives, liquid colorants and fluoropolymers and silicone colorants. Co.'s segments include: Color, Additives and Inks, which is a provider of custom color and additive concentrates for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks, plastisols, and vinyl slush molding solutions; and Specialty Engineered Materials, which is a provider of specialty polymer formulations, services and solutions for designers, assemblers and processors of thermoplastic materials.

Banco Santander-Chile ADS

Cars.com Inc.

Cars.com is a digital marketplace and solutions provider for the automotive industry that connects car shoppers with sellers and original equipment manufacturers. The company's portfolio of brands includes Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, DealerRater, Auto.com, NewCars.com and PickupTrucks.com. The CARS marketplace consists of a website that features a database of new and used vehicle listings, reviews, news and research section. Dealer Inspire is engaged in automotive technology that provides websites, technology solutions and advertising services to dealers across the United States and Canada. DealerRater is a source of user-generated reviews of both automobile dealers and dealership salespeople.

China Mobile Ltd.

Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods is primarily engaged in the production of meat and food products and the marketing of those products throughout the United States and internationally. The company's segments are: Grocery Products, which consists of the processing, marketing, and sale of shelf-stable food products; Refrigerated Foods, which consists of the processing, marketing, and sale of branded and unbranded pork, beef, chicken, and turkey products; Jennie-O Turkey Store, which consists of the processing, marketing, and sale of branded and unbranded turkey products; and International and Other, which includes Hormel Foods International Corporation that manufactures, markets, and sells the company's products internationally.

Integer Holdings Corporation

Integer Holdings is a medical device outsource manufacturing company. The company provides medical technologies and develops batteries for applications in energy, military, and environmental markets. The company's brands include Greatbatch Medical?, Lake Region Medical? and Electrochem?. The company organizes its business into two reportable segments, Medical and Non-Medical, and derive its sales from four principle product lines. The Medical segment includes the Cardio & Vascular, Cardiac & Neuromodulation and Advanced Surgical, Orthopedics & Portable Medical product lines and the Non-Medical segment is comprised of the Electrochem product line.

KT Corp (ADR)

Livent

Livent manufactures lithium. The company's primary products, namely battery-grade lithium hydroxide, butyllithium and high purity lithium metal are inputs used in various applications. The company produces lithium compounds for use in applications that have specific performance requirements, including battery-grade lithium hydroxide for use in lithium-ion batteries. The company also supplies butyllithium, which is used as a synthesizer in the production of polymers and pharmaceutical products, as well as a range of specialty lithium compounds including high purity lithium metal, which is used in the production of lightweight materials for aerospace applications and non-rechargeable batteries.

Marcus Corporation

Marcus is engaged primarily in two business segments: movie theatres and hotels and resorts. The movie theatres segment operates multiscreen motion picture theatres in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia, a family entertainment center in Wisconsin and a retail center in Missouri. The hotels and resorts segment owns and operates full service hotels and resorts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma and Nebraska and manages full service hotels, resorts and other properties in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, California and Nebraska.

Mr. Cooper Group Inc.

Mr Cooper Group is a residential loan servicers. The company conducts its operations through three operating segments: Servicing, which consists of collecting loan payments, remitting principal and interest payments to investor, managing escrow funds for the payment of mortgage-related expenses, such as taxes and insurance; Originations, which provides refinance opportunities to existing servicing customers through direct-to-consumer platform and purchases loans from originators through its correspondent channel; and Xome?, which is a provider of technology and data-improved solutions to banks, non-banks, investment companies, and government sponsored entities.

Norbord Inc.

Norbord is a producer of wood-based panels with 17 plant locations in the U.S., Europe and Canada.

Pampa Energia SA Sponsored ADR

Pan American Silver Corp.

Pan American Silver is engaged in the production and sale of silver, gold and other base metals including copper, lead and zinc as well as other related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing, refining and reclamation. Co.'s primary product (silver) is produced in Peru, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia. Additionally, Co. has project development activities in Peru, Mexico and Argentina, and exploration activities throughout South America and Mexico.

Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer is a research-based biopharmaceutical company. The company is engaged in discovering, developing, manufacturing and distributing of healthcare products, including medicines and vaccines. The company manages its commercial operations through three businesses: Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group, which includes Oncology, Inflammation and Immunology, Rare Disease, Hospital, Vaccines and Internal Medicine business units, as well as a hospital business unit; Upjohn, which includes the company's solid oral dose brands such as Lyrica, Lipitor, Norvasc, Celebrex, Viagra, and certain generic medicines; and Consumer Healthcare, which is an over-the-counter medicines business.

Rogers Communications Inc. Class B

Rogers Communications is a holding company operating as a communications and media company. Co. has four segments: Wireless, which provides wireless telecommunications operations; Cable, which provides cable telecommunications, including internet, television, and telephony services; Business Solutions, which provides network connectivity through its fibre network and data centre assets to support voice, data, networking, hosting, and cloud-based services for businesses, governments, and other telecommunications providers; and Media, which consist of media properties, including television and radio broadcasting, shopping, publishing, sports media and entertainment, and digital media.

SK Telecom Co. ADS

Ternium S.A. Sponsored ADR

Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA Sponsored ADR Class B RegS

Travere Therapeutics Inc.

Retrophin is a biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and delivering therapies to people living with rare diseases. The company sells the following three products: Chenodal? (chenodeoxycholic acid), which is for the treatment of patients suffering from gallstones in whom surgery poses an unacceptable health risk due to disease or advanced age; Cholbam? (cholic acid), which is for the treatment of bile acid synthesis disorders due to single enzyme defects and is further indicated for adjunctive treatment of patients with peroxisomal disorders; and Thiola? (tiopronin), which is for the prevention of cystine (kidney) stone formation in patients with homozygous cystinuria.

Ultrapar Participacoes S/A ADS

United States Steel Corporation

United States Steel is a steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with production operations in the United States and Europe. The company is also engaged in railroad services and real estate operations. The company's segments are: North American Flat-Rolled, which produces slabs, strip mill plates, sheets and tin mill products; U. S. Steel Europe, which produces and sells slabs, strip mill plate, sheet, tin mill products and spiral welded pipe, as well as heating radiators and refractory ceramic materials; and Tubular Products, which produces and sells electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing (known as oil country tubular goods), and standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing.

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Ross LaDuke

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