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  • Ross LaDuke
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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
8x8 Inc.

8x8 is a cloud provider of enterprise Software-as-a-Service communications solutions, that enable businesses of all sizes to communicate across voice, video meetings, chat and contact centers. From one proprietary cloud technology platform, customers have access to unified communications, team collaboration, video conferencing, contact center, data and analytics and other services. The 8x8 technology platform provides customers with primary technology integrations within their existing infrastructure. The company provides a variety of stand alone services and offerings including 8x8 Virtual Office; 8x8 Contact Center; 8x8 Meetings; 8x8 Team Messaging; and Script8? (Scripting Engine).

American States Water Company

American States Water is a holding company. The company is the parent company of Golden State Water Company (GSWC) and American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS). The company segments are: water, electric and contracted services. Within the segments, the company has two principal business units: water and electric service utility operations conducted through GSWC, and contracted services conducted through ASUS and its subsidiaries. GSWC is engaged in the purchase, production, distribution and sale of water as well as distributes electricity in California. ASUS, through its subsidiaries has contracted with United States government to provide water and/or wastewater services at various military installations.

Arvinas Holding

Arvinas is a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies to degrade disease-causing proteins. The company is developing its lead product candidates, ARV-110 and ARV-471, into Phase 1 clinical trials. The company has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial for ARV-110 in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The company is developing ARV-471, a PROTAC targeted protein degrader targeting the estrogen receptor protein, or ER, for the treatment of women with locally advanced or metastatic ER positive / HER2 negative breast cancer.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. ADS

China Telecom Corp. Ltd.

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Equity Residential

Equity Residential is a real estate investment trust. The company focuses on the acquisition, development and management of rental apartment properties. The company is the general partner of, and owns an ownership interest in ERP Operating Limited Partnership (ERPOP). All of the company's property ownership, development and related business operations are conducted through ERPOP and those entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by ERPOP (collectively, Operating Partnership). The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of the assets of the company The company, directly or indirectly through investments in title holding entities, owns all or a portion of its properties located in several states and the District of Columbia.

Hershey Company

Hershey is engaged in the production of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery. The company's segments are: North America, which is responsible for the company's chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery market position, and its grocery and snacks market positions, in the United States and Canada; and International and Other, in which the company has operations and manufactures product in China, Mexico, Brazil, India and Malaysia, and also distributes and sells confectionery products in export markets of Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Africa and other regions. The company's product offerings include chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products, gum and mint refreshment products, snack and pantry items.

Icahn Enterprises L.P.

Icahn Enterprises is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in the following operating businesses: Investment, which is comprised of various private investment funds in which the company has general partner interests and through which the company invests its proprietary capital; Energy, which engages in the petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing industries through its interests in CVR Refining, LP and CVR Partners, LP; Automotive, which invests in and operates businesses involved in automotive repair and maintenance services; and Food Packaging, which produces cellulosic, fibrous and plastic casings used to prepare and package processed meat products.

Medtronic Plc

Momo Inc Sponsored ADR Class A

Novartis AG ADS

NovoCure Ltd.

Park National Corporation

Park National is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiary, the company provides the following principal services: the acceptance of deposits for demand, savings and time accounts and the servicing of those accounts; commercial, industrial, consumer and real estate lending, including installment loans, credit cards, home equity lines of credit and commercial leasing; a national portfolio of loans to non-bank consumer finance companies; trust and wealth management services; aircraft financing; cash management; safe deposit operations; electronic funds transfers; Internet and mobile banking solutions with bill pay service; and a variety of additional banking-related services.

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrims Pride is primarily engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh, frozen chicken products to retailers, distributors and foodservice operators. The company's primary product types are fresh chicken products, prepared chicken products and export chicken products. The company's fresh chicken products consist of refrigerated (nonfrozen) whole or cut-up chicken, either pre-marinated or non-marinated and prepackaged case-ready chicken. The company's case-ready chicken includes various combinations of freshly refrigerated, whole chickens and chicken parts in trays, bags or other consumer packs labeled and priced ready for the retail grocer's fresh meat counter.

Radius Health Inc.

Radius Health is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing endocrine therapeutics in the areas of osteoporosis and oncology. The company's commercial product, TYMLOSTM (abaloparatide) injection is designed for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture, or patients who have failed or are intolerant to other available osteoporosis therapy. The company is developing an abaloparatide transdermal patch for potential use in the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The company is also developing its Elacestrant, a selective estrogen receptor degrader, for potential use in the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Simply Good Foods Co

Simply Good Foods is a developer, marketer and seller of nutritional foods and snacking products. The company's product portfolio consists primarily of nutrition bars, ready-to-drink shakes, snacks and confectionery products marketed under the Atkins?, SimplyProtein?, and Atkins Endulge? brand names. The Atkins brand approach focuses on a healthy eating approach with reduced levels of refined carbohydrates and sugars and encourages the consumption of lean protein, fiber, fruits, vegetables and healthy fats. Through third-party partnerships, the company provides complementary Atkins branded frozen meals.

Universal Corp

Universal is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, the company is engaged in supplying leaf tobacco. The company has the following segments: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, which are involved in flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers; Dark Air-Cured, which supplies dark air-cured tobacco to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products; Oriental, which supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers; and Special Services, which provides laboratory services, including physical and chemical product testing, electronic nicotine delivery system and e-liquid testing, and smoke testing for customers.

Vocera Communications Inc.

Vocera Communications is a provider of communication and workflow solutions focusing on mobile workers in healthcare, hospitality, energy, and other mobile work environments. The company's products, technology and services include: Vocera Communication System and Workflow System, which is comprised of a software platform that connects communication devices; Vocera Care Experience, which provides caregivers communication solutions that span the entire care continuum - before admission, during treatment and after discharge; and Services, which include Professional services, Software Maintenance and Technical support, Experience Innovation Network, and Vocera University.

Xperi Holding Corporation

Xperi, through its operating subsidiaries, creates, develops and licenses audio, imaging, semiconductor packaging and interconnect technologies. The company's segments are: Product Licensing, which is comprised of its audio and imaging businesses that the company licenses through the brands DTS, HD Radio and FotoNation, whereby these licenses include the delivery of software and/or hardware-based solutions to its customers or to their suppliers; and Semiconductor and IP Licensing, which includes the company's subsidiaries, Tessera, Inc. and Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. and Invensas Corporation that license semiconductor packaging and interconnect technologies and associated intellectual property.

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Ross LaDuke

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