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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.
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2U Inc.

2U is provider of education technology for nonprofit colleges and universities. The company builds, delivers, and supports digital and in-person educational offerings, including graduate degrees, undergraduate degrees, professional certificates, boot camps, and short courses, across the career curriculum continuum. In its Graduate Program Segment, the company provides the technology and services to nonprofit colleges and universities to enable the online delivery of degree programs. In its Alternative Credential Segment, the company provides online short courses and technical, skills-based boot camps through relationships with nonprofit colleges and universities.

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.

Amdocs Limited

Amyris

Amyris is an industrial biotechnology company that applies its technology platform to engineer, manufacture and sell products into the Health and Wellness, Clean Beauty, and Flavor and Fragrance markets. The company's technology platform enables it to engineer microbes and use them as catalysts to metabolize renewable, plant-sourced sugars into ingredients. The company is focused on the production of Biofene?, its brand of renewable farnesene, a long-chain, branched hydrocarbon molecule that it manufactures through fermentation using engineered microbes. The company's farnesene derivatives are sold in various products as nutrition, health, skincare, fragrances, solvents, and fragrance ingredients.

Assetmark Financial Holdings

AssetMark Financial is a holding company. Through its subsidiariec, the company is a provider of extensive wealth management and technology solutions that power independent financial advisers and their clients. The company's platform enables advisers to outsource high-cost and specialty services that would otherwise require significant investments of time and money - helping to level the playing field for independent financial advisers of all sizes. The company provides an end-to-end experience, spanning nearly all elements of an adviser's engagement with his or her client - from initial conversations to ongoing financial planning discussions, including performance reporting and billing.

Bandwidth Class A

Bandwidth is a cloud-based communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) provider. The company's solutions include a range of software Application Programming Interfaces for voice and text functionality and its owned and managed, purpose-built Internet Protocol voice network. The company's operating segments include: CPaaS, which provides Voice, Messaging, 911 and Phone Numbers solutions through the company's proprietary CPaaS software application programming interfaces; and other, which consists of services provided such as SIP trunking, data resale, and a hosted Voice-over Internet Protocol and from traffic generated by other carriers, Short Message Service registration and other miscellaneous product lines.

Butterfly Network Inc (A)

Castle Biosciences

Castle Biosciences is a commercial-stage dermatological cancer company focused on providing physicians and their patients with personalized, clinically actionable genomic information to make treatment decisions. The company's main product, DecisionDx-Melanoma, is a proprietary multi-gene expression profile (GEP) test that predicts the risk of metastasis or recurrence for patients diagnosed with invasive cutaneous melanoma, a deadly skin cancer. The company also markets DecisionDx-UM, which is a proprietary GEP test that predicts the risk of metastasis for patients with uveal melanoma, a rare eye cancer. The company is developing additional products in treating their patients' skin cancer, such as DecisionDx-SCC.

Cirrus Logic Inc.

Cirrus Logic focuses on low-power integrated circuits (ICs) for audio, voice and other signal-processing applications. The company's product lines include: Portable Products, including codecs, which are chips that integrate analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) into a single IC, smart codecs, which are codecs with digital signal processing integrated, amplifiers, micro-electromechanical systems microphones, haptic drivers, standalone digital signal processors, and its SoundClear? technology, which includes a portfolio of tools, software and algorithms; and Non-Portable and Other Products, which include ICs, codecs, ADCs, DACs, digital interfaces and amplifiers.

Covetrus

Covetrus is engaged in an animal health business. The company conducts its business through two reportable segments: supply chain, which includes the distribution of pharmaceuticals, nutrition products, consumable products, diagnostic tests, small and large equipment, laboratory products and surgical products, among others; and technology and value-added services, which consists of technology services, which include practice management software systems and computer hardware for animal health customers as well as software support, data driven applications, training and education, client communication services and value-added services.

CRISPR Therapeutics AG

CureVac NV

DISH Network Corporation Class A

DISH Network is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates two business segments: Pay-TV and Wireless. The company provides pay-TV services under: the DISH? brand, which consists of, among other things, Federal Communications Commission licenses authorizing the company to use direct broadcast satellite and Fixed Satellite Service spectrum, the company's owned and leased satellites, and certain other assets utilized in the company's operations; and the Sling? brand, which consists of, among other things, live-linear streaming over-the-top Internet-based domestic, international and Latino video programming services. In addition, the company invests to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses and related assets.

DraftKings Inc Class A

Honda Motor ADS

INVITAE CORP

Invitae is engaged in genetic testing services that support patient care throughout life's journey from inherited disease diagnosis, to family planning, to health screening with a network of patients, healthcare providers, biopharma and advocacy partners. The company's tests include genes associated with hereditary cancer, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disorders, pediatric disorders, metabolic disorders and other hereditary conditions. In addition, the company's services also include screening and testing in reproductive health, including preimplantation and carrier screening for inherited disorders, prenatal diagnosis, miscarriage analysis and pediatric developmental disorders.

Krystal Biotech Inc

Krystal Biotech is a gene therapy company which is engaged in the developing and commercializing treatments for patients suffering from dermatological diseases. The company has developed a gene therapy platform, which it refers to as the Skin TARgeted Delivery platform, that consists of engineered, patented, viral vector based on herpes simplex virus 1, and skin-optimized gene transfer technology, to develop off-the-shelf treatments for dermatological diseases. The company's primary candidate, KB103, a gene therapy product, is in preclinical development to treat dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a rare and severe genetic disease.

Leggett & Platt Incorporated

Leggett & Platt designs and produces engineered components and products in homes and automobiles. The company's segments are: Residential Products, which supplies components and machinery used by bedding manufacturers in the production and assembly of their finished products, as well as producing private-label finished mattresses for bedding brands and retailers; Industrial Products, which supplies high-carbon drawn steel wire; Furniture Products, which supplies components used by home and work furniture manufacturers; and Specialized Products, which designs, manufactures and sells products including automotive seating components, tubing and fabricated assemblies, and hydraulic cylinders.

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

Logitech International is a holding company. Co. designs, manufactures and markets products that enable people to connect through music, gaming, video, computing, and other digital platforms. Co.'s products include: mobile speakers, which comprises portable wireless Bluetooth speakers; Audio-PC & Wearables, which comprises PC speakers, headsets, in-ear headphones and wireless audio wearable; gaming, which provides a range of gaming gear for gamers; video collaboration; home, which includes its home entertainment controllers and products dedicated to controlling emerging categories pointing devices; keyboards & combos; tablet & other accessories; and PC webcams.

Mitek Systems Inc.

Mitek Systems provides mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions. The company is a software development company focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company has one operating segment: the development, sale, and service of its proprietary software solutions related to mobile image capture and identity verification. The company's digital technology solutions include: a software development kit for mobile automatic capture; and a software platform which utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to classify and extract data and authenticate identity documents including passports, identity cards, and driver's licenses using a camera-equipped device.

Mohawk Industries Inc.

Mohawk Industries is a global flooring manufacturer for residential and commercial spaces around the world. The company has three segments: Global Ceramic, which designs, manufactures, sources, distributes and markets a line of ceramic, porcelain and natural stone tile products used for floor and wall applications; Flooring North America, which designs, manufactures, sources and distributes broadloom carpet, carpet tile, rugs and mats, carpet pad, laminate, medium-density fiberboard, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and sheet vinyl; and Flooring Rest of the World, which designs, manufactures, sources and distributes laminate, LVT and sheet vinyl, wood flooring, broadloom carpet and carpet tile collections.

NETGEAR Inc.

Netgear provides networking and Internet connected products to consumers and businesses. The company operates in the following two segments: The Connected Home, which is focused on consumers and consists of 4G/5G mobile, Wi-Fi internet networking solutions and smart devices such as Orbi Voice smart speakers and Meural digital canvas; and Small and Medium Business, which is focused on small and medium-sized businesses and consists of business networking, storage, wireless local area network and security solutions. The company is organized into the following geographic territories: Americas; Europe, Middle-East and Africa and Asia Pacific.

O-I Glass Inc

Owens-Illinois is a manufacturer of glass containers. The company has three reportable segments based on its geographic locations: Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits and wine. The company also produces glass packaging for a variety of food items, soft drinks, teas, juices and pharmaceuticals. The company manufactures glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes and colors. The company also provides engineering support for its glass manufacturing operations through facilities located in the United States, Australia, France, Poland and Peru.

Penn National Gaming Inc.

Penn National Gaming is an owner and manager of gaming and racing facilities and video gaming terminal operations with a focus on slot machine entertainment. In addition, the company operates an interactive gaming division through its subsidiary, Penn Interactive Ventures, LLC. The company's segment's properties include Ameristar East Chicago, Hollywood Casino Bangor, 1st Jackpot Casino, Ameristar Vicksburg, Boomtown Biloxi, Boomtown Bossier City, Ameristar Black Hawk, Cactus Petes and Horseshu, Ameristar Council Bluffs, Argosy Casino Alton, Argosy Casino Riverside, Freehold Raceway, Retama Park Racetrack, Sam Houston Race Park and Valley Race Park, and Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, among others.

Rio Tinto PLC ADS (Mexico)

Roku Inc. Class A

Roku is engaged in the provision of TV streaming platform for users, content publishers and advertisers. The company collects a variety of information on the Roku platform, including user registration data as well as anonymized information like audience engagement, frequency and content-related use of features, and interactions with advertisements. With its co-branded smart TVs (Roku TVs), the company gives users the ability to opt-in to use automatic content recognition and other technology to collect information about what users watch via antenna and devices connected to Roku TVs, and the company collects data about the use of the Roku TV's home screen and antenna programming guide.

Schrodinger

Schrodinger is transforming the way therapeutics and materials are discovered. The company sells its software solutions to biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories. The company also applies its computational platform to a broad pipeline of drug discovery programs in collaboration with biopharmaceutical companies. The company operations through two segments: Software and Drug Discovery.

Sculptor Capital Management Inc (A)

Sculptor Capital Management is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a global institutional alternative asset manager. The company provides asset management services through its funds, which pursue a range of global investment opportunities, and by developing new investment products. The company also provides customized solutions within and across its product platforms to help its fund investors meet their investment objectives. The company's funds invest across various asset classes and geographies. The company manages multi-strategy funds, dedicated credit funds, including opportunistic credit funds and Institutional Credit Strategies products, real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles.

Skyworks Solutions Inc.

Skyworks Solutions is a provider of analog semiconductors that connect people, places, and things, spanning a number of applications within the aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet and wearable markets. The company's product portfolio consists of various solutions, including: amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, circulators/isolators, wireless analog system on chip, direct current (DC)/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrid, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, and modulators.

Staar Surgical Co.

STAAR Surgical designs, develops, manufactures, and sells implantable lenses for the eye and delivery systems used to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company is a manufacturer of lenses used worldwide in corrective or refractive surgery. The company's principal products are implantable Collamer lenses (ICLs) used in refractive surgery and intraocular lenses (IOLs) used in cataract surgery. ICLs, consisting of the company's ICL family of products, including the Toric implantable Collamer lenses and EVO+ Visian ICL, are intraocular lenses used to correct refractive conditions. IOLs are prosthetic intraocular lenses used to restore vision that has been affected by cataracts.

TPI Composites Inc.

TPI Composites is a holding company that conducts all of its business operations through its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The company is engaged as an independent manufacturer of composite wind blades for the wind energy market. The company is a supplier to its original equipment manufacturers customers in the manufacture of wind blades and related molding and assembly systems. The company uses its composite technology to supply composite products to the transportation market. The company's tooling solutions include wind blade patterns, molding and assembly systems, including modular tooling techniques. The company's geographic segments are: the United States, Asia, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

TripAdvisor Inc.

TripAdvisor is an online travel company. The company operates a travel platform that connects the travelers with travel partners through content, price comparison tools, and online reservation and related services for destinations, accommodations, travel activities and experiences, and restaurants. The company manages its business in the following segments: Hotels, Media and Platform, which provides services such as click-based advertising on Tripadvisor-branded websites, subscription-based and display-based advertising, and other services; Experiences and Dining, which provides information and services for consumers to research and book activities, attractions, and restaurants in travel destinations.

Universal Display Corporation

Universal Display is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials for use in displays and lighting applications. The company manufactures and sells its proprietary OLED materials to customers for evaluation and use in commercial OLED products. The company also enters into agreements with manufacturers of OLED display and lighting products under which the company grants them licenses to practice under the company's patents and to use the company's proprietary know-how. At the same time, the company works with these and other companies that are evaluating the company's OLED technologies and materials for possible use in commercial OLED display and lighting products.

Vericel

Vericel is a provider in cell therapies and specialty biologics for the sports medicine and severe burn care markets. The company markets two cell therapy products in the U.S: MACI, which is an autologous cellularized scaffold product indicated for the repair of symptomatic, single or multiple full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee with or without bone involvement in adults; and Epicel, which is a permanent skin replacement Humanitarian Use Device for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with deep-dermal or full-thickness burns comprising greater than or equal to 30% of total body surface area. The company holds a license to commercialize NexoBrid for the debridement of severe thermal burns.

XPO Logistics Inc.

XPO Logistics is a global provider of supply chain solutions to various companies. The company has two reporting segments: Transportation and Logistics. The company's Transportation segment facilitates the movement of raw materials, parts and finished goods. The company's transportation services include truck brokerage, expedite, intermodal, drayage, last mile, less-than-truckload, full truckload, global forwarding and managed transportation. The company's Logistics segment services include warehousing, distribution and inventory management, omnichannel and e-commerce fulfillment, reverse logistics, cold chain solutions, packaging and labeling, factory support, aftermarket support and order personalization services.

Zai Lab Ltd. Sponsored ADR

Zoom Video Communications Inc. Class A

Zoom Video Communications provides a video-first communications platform that delivers happiness and fundamentally changes how people interact. The company connects people through frictionless video, voice, chat and content sharing and enable face-to-face video experiences for thousands of people in a single meeting across disparate devices and locations. The company's cloud-native platform delivers reliable, high-quality video that is easy to use, manage and deploy, provides an attractive return on investment, is scalable and easily integrates with physical spaces and applications.

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