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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
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Agnico-Eagle Mines is a gold mining company with mining operations in Canada, Mexico and Finland. Co. earns a proportion of its revenues from the production and sale of gold in both dore bar and concentrate form. The remainder of revenue and cash flow is generated by the production and sale of byproduct metals. The revenue from byproduct metals is mainly generated by production at the LaRonde mine in Canada (silver, zinc, copper and lead) and the Pinos Altos mine in Mexico (silver).

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Altra Industrial Motion is a designer, producer and marketer of a range of electromechanical power transmission motion control products. The company's technologies are used in various motion related applications. The company's segments include: Power Transmission Technologies, which provides various coupling products, clutches, brakes, electromagnetic clutches and brakes, and gears; and Automation and Specialty, which provides rotary precision motion solutions, miniature motors and motion control products, systems that enable and support the transition of rotary motion to linear motion, and heavy-duty diesel engine brake systems and valve actuation mechanisms.

Banco Macro SA Sponsored ADR Class B

BLACKROCK INC.

BlackRock is an investment management firm. The company provides a range of investment and technology services to institutional and retail clients worldwide. Products are provided directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares? exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, collective investment trusts and other pooled investment vehicles. The company also provides technology services, including the investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin?, Aladdin Wealth, eFront, Cachematrix and FutureAdvisor, as well as advisory services and solutions to a base of institutional and wealth management clients.

BofI Holding Inc.

Bofl Holding is a holding company for BofI Federal Bank (Bank), a financial services company that provides consumer and business banking products. The company distributes its deposit products through a range of retail distributions channels, and its deposits consist of demand, savings and time deposits accounts. The company distributes its loan products through its retail, correspondent and wholesale channels, and the loans the company retains are primarily first mortgages secured by single family real property and by multifamily real property as well as commercial and industrial loans to businesses. As of June 30 2017, the company had total assets of $8.50 billion and total deposits of $6.90 billion.

BWX Technologies Inc.

BWX Technologies is a manufacturer of nuclear components, a developer of nuclear technologies and a service provider. The company operates three segments: Nuclear Operations Group, which engineers, designs and manufactures precision naval nuclear components, reactors and nuclear fuel for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Nuclear Services Group, which provides services including nuclear materials processing and management and operating services; and Nuclear Power Group, which designs and manufactures commercial nuclear steam generators, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, reactor components and other auxiliary equipment.

CSG Systems International Inc.

CSG Systems International is a revenue management and digital monetization, customer experience, and payment solutions provider. The company's primary product solutions include: Revenue Management and Digital Monetization, which provides global service providers with a revenue management framework in either a cloud-based or stand-alone environment; Customer Communications Management, which manages and improves the customer experience, from onboarding to upgrades, payments to field service management; Payments, which provides options to manage and process payments from their customers; and Managed Services, which operates software products (primarily its software solutions) on behalf of its clients.

Eagle Materials Inc.

Eagle Materials, through its subsidiaries, is a supplier of heavy construction materials, light building materials, and materials used for oil and natural gas extraction in the U.S. The company's products are commodities that are used in commercial and residential construction; public construction projects; projects to build, expand, and repair roads and highways; and in oil and natural gas extraction. The company's business is organized into three sectors: Heavy Materials, which includes the cement and concrete and aggregates segments; Light Materials, which includes the Gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard segments; and Oil and Gas Proppants, which are used in oil and gas extraction.

Franco-Nevada Corporation

Franco-Nevada is a gold-focused royalty and stream company with additional interests in silver, platinum group metals, oil and gas and other resource assets located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Africa. Co.'s portfolio includes 340 mineral and oil and gas assets covering properties at various stages from production to early stage exploration.

Lear Corporation

Lear is a supplier to the automotive industry. The company supplies seating, electrical distribution systems and electronic modules, as well as related sub-systems, components and software, to automotive manufacturers. The company has two segments: Seating, which consists of the design, development, engineering, just-in-time assembly and delivery of seat systems, and the design, development, engineering and manufacture of seat components; and E-Systems, which consists of the design, development, engineering and manufacture of electrical distribution systems, and electronic control modules, electrification products, connectivity products and software solutions for the cloud, vehicles and mobile devices.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc.

MarketAxess Holdings operates an electronic trading platform that enables fixed-income market participants to trade corporate bonds and other types of fixed-income instruments using its patented technology. Through its Open Trading? protocols, the company executes trades in certain bond between and among institutional investor and broker-dealer clients. The company also provides trading-related products and services, including: Composite+ pricing and other market data products to assist clients with trading decisions; auto-execution and other execution services for clients requiring specialized workflow solutions; connectivity solutions that facilitate straight-through processing; and technology services.

Meridian Bancorp Inc

Meridian Bancorp is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiary, East Boston Savings Bank, the company provides a variety of deposit and loan products to individuals and businesses located in its primary market, which consists of Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex and Essex Counties, MA. The company accepts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate one- to four-family real estate, multi-family and commercial real estate, construction, commercial and industrial, and consumer loans, which it primarily holds for investment. The company's lending business also involves the purchase and sale of loan participation interests.

MGP Ingredients Inc.

MGP Ingredients is a producer and supplier of distilled spirits and specialty wheat protein and starch food ingredients. The company has two reportable segments: distillery products and ingredient solutions. The distillery products segment processes corn and other grains (including rye, barley, wheat, barley malt, and milo) into food grade alcohol and distillery co-products, such as distillers feed (called dried distillers grain in the industry), fuel grade alcohol, and corn oil. The company also provides warehouse services. The ingredient solutions segment consists primarily of specialty wheat starches, specialty wheat proteins, commodity wheat starches, and commodity wheat proteins.

NetEase Inc. Sponsored ADR

TopBuild Corp.

TopBuild is an installer and distributor of insulation and other building products to the construction industry. The company's products and services are primarily for residential new construction, commercial construction, and residential repair/remodel activity. The company operates in two segments: installation, which installs various insulation applications that include fiberglass batts and rolls, blown-in loose fill fiberglass, blown-in loose fill cellulose, and polyurethane spray foam; and distribution, which distributes insulation and other building products including rain gutters, fireplaces, closet shelving, and roofing materials through its Service Partners business.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.

U.S. Silica Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a performance materials company and a producer of commercial silica used in industrial applications and in the oil and gas industry. The company is also engaged in the production of products derived from diatomaceous earth, perlite, engineered clays, and non-activated clays. The company's segments include: Oil and Gas Proppants, which serves the oil and gas recovery market by providing and delivering fracturing sand; and Industrial and Specialty Products, which provides products and materials for building and construction products, fillers and extenders, filtration, glassmaking, absorbents, foundry, and sports and recreation.

William Lyon Homes Class A

Lyon (William) Homes is a regional homebuilder. The company is primarily engaged in the design, construction, marketing and sale of single-family detached and attached homes in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Texas. The company's primary markets include Orange County, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Austin and San Antonio. The company builds and sells across a range of product lines at a variety of price points with sales to entry-level, first-time move-up and second-time move-up homebuyers, as well as a luxury brand and an active adult target segment.

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Dave Nicoski

Ross LaDuke

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