u/TheDesperateTrader

$223M of $BTCT changed hands today, up 61.4% to $1.35. Number 2 on the Day Trade board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 119M shares traded and most alerted 6 alerts, across 2 of our boards at once.

About 13% of the shares available to trade are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.33 to $1.44, it is 6.2% under that high and yesterday's close was $0.837.

Anyone got a different read on it?

Flagged Aug 21, 2026, 12:01 AM ET at $1.35.

$MSS has a 635K float and it is down 18.2% to $1.52. Number 3 on the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 200 shares traded and 1-min pop +1.4%, across 2 of our boards at once.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.45 to $1.56 and it is 2.5% under that high.

Anyone have any theories on this one?

Flagged Aug 21, 2026, 12:01 AM ET at $1.52.

$MRNA: Why Moderna Stock Skyrocketed Today (The Motley Fool)

The headline reads constructive.

Here is what the numbers show: $133.32, which is 177% above its 200-day average of $48.13 and that average is still rising, +177.1% over three months, +129.6% over the last month and holding above its 9 and 50-day lines. It is on 6 of our boards at once.

Levels on the chart: the 50-day at $65.62 (103.2% below price) and the 200-day at $48.13 (177.0% below price). Price is $133.32.

What's everyone seeing here?

Flagged Aug 21, 2026, 12:00 AM ET at $129.65.

$WETO first hit our unusual-volume scanner at 04:04 AM ET at $22.35 ($62M traded on the day), before it ran to a high of $36.02, +61% and is holding around $26.50 now. The chart with the alert markers is above.

Two questions for the room:

1. Who nailed this one? Did you catch it, and how did you play it?
2. If you were in, when did you enter and why? And if you passed, what kept you out?

Genuinely curious how you traded a move like this. See it on the chart: https://thedesperatetrader.com/chart/WETO

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$656K of $SDEV changed hands, up 29.0% to $1.29. On the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 669K shares traded, most alerted 3, 5-min mover +1.5% and 1-min pop +3.1%, across 4 of our boards at once.

About 1% of the shares available to trade are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.24 to $1.36 and it is 5.1% under that high.

Anyone got a different read on it?

Flagged Aug 20, 2026, 7:48 PM ET at $1.29.

$BEEM: Beam Global Reports Second Quarter 2026 Operating Results (SEC EDGAR)

Here is what the numbers show: 745K shares traded, most alerted 3 and 5-min mover +2.8%, across 2 of our boards at once.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.46 to $1.53 and it is right at the high.

What's everyone seeing here?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 8:03 PM ET at $1.53.

$YJ first hit our unusual-volume scanner at 05:58 AM ET at $2.10 ($350M traded on the day), before it ran to a high of $6.50, +210% and is holding around $3.79 now. The chart with the alert markers is above.

Two questions for the room:

1. Who nailed this one? Did you catch it, and how did you play it?
2. If you were in, when did you enter and why? And if you passed, what kept you out?

Genuinely curious how you traded a move like this. See it on the chart: https://thedesperatetrader.com/chart/YJ

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$PWCM has a 935K float and it is up 28.8% to $1.75. Number 5 on the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 1M shares traded, most alerted 3 and money flowing in $89k, across 3 of our boards at once.

About 11% of all shares outstanding are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.75 to $1.87 and it is 6.3% under that high.

Anyone else in this one already?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 7:24 PM ET at $1.75.

$BTCS: BTCS Inc.: Q2 FY2026 results, three months to Jun 30, 2026 (SEC EDGAR)

Here is what the numbers show: 1M shares traded, most alerted 2, minute rvol 3.3×, 1-min pop +1.4%, micro-uptrend 4m and money flowing in $49k, across 5 of our boards at once.

Anyone read this headline differently?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 7:21 PM ET at $1.48.

$CRCL has tripped our scanner 3 times today and it is up 13.1% to $81.15. On the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 4M shares traded, 5-min mover +0.9% and micro-uptrend 6m, across 3 of our boards at once.

About 10% of the shares available to trade are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $78.11 to $81.15 and it is right at the high.

It keeps tripping our scanner, anyone know why?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 6:09 PM ET at $81.15.

$MRNA first hit our unusual-volume scanner at 06:45 AM ET at $63.58 ($6.8B traded on the day), before it ran to a high of $175.80, +177% and is holding around $171.19 now. The chart with the alert markers is above.

Two questions for the room:

1. Who nailed this one? Did you catch it, and how did you play it?
2. If you were in, when did you enter and why? And if you passed, what kept you out?

Genuinely curious how you traded a move like this. See it on the chart: https://thedesperatetrader.com/chart/MRNA

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$LGHL has a 923K float and it is up 46.9% to $0.820. Number 2 on the Scalp board.

Only thing out is procedural (Lion Group Holding Ltd filed a Foreign issuer report (6-K)), nothing that explains the move. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 917K shares traded, 5-min mover +25.8% and 1-min pop +21.4%, across 3 of our boards at once.

About 3% of all shares outstanding are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $0.575 to $0.820 and it is right at the high.

Low float, big volume. Anyone else on this one?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 3:45 PM ET at $0.820.

$BTTC has traded 462K shares today and it is up 3.7% to $0.622. Number 4 on the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 5-min mover +4.3% and 1-min pop +1.2%, across 2 of our boards at once.

About 0% of the shares available to trade are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $0.585 to $0.622 and it is right at the high.

Heavy tape today. Anyone else in this one?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 3:00 PM ET at $0.622.

$TRUG is being bought. TruGolf Holdings, Inc.: to Acquire Polymath Research Inc., Bringing Tokenization Innovator to the Public Markets on Nasdaq (SEC EDGAR).

That is the move, and it is worth being blunt about what it means. Once a company has an agreed price, it stops trading like a momentum name and starts trading like the deal, which is why it is sitting at $0.970. Anything above the offer is the market betting on a competing bid, not on the chart.

Our scanners lit it up on 3 of our boards at once (814K shares traded, 5-min mover +3.1%, 1-min pop +4.2% and low float 1.1m) and that activity is real. But confluence measures attention, and on a name with an agreed price the attention has a ceiling.

The upside is capped here - anything above the offer is the market betting on a competing bid.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $0.950 to $1.02 and it is 4.9% under that high.

Deal's on the table, anyone think another bidder shows up?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 1:39 PM ET at $0.970.

$MTNB has traded 486K shares today and it is up 1.0% to $0.206. Number 2 on the Scalp board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 5-min mover +2.8% and 1-min pop +2.5%, across 2 of our boards at once.

About 6% of the shares available to trade are sold short. That means traders borrowed them and sold, betting the price falls, and the only way to close that bet is to buy the stock back. So when a heavily shorted name climbs on volume like this, some of them get forced to buy, which pushes it up further. That feedback loop is what people mean by a squeeze.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $0.185 to $0.207 and it is 0.5% under that high.

Anyone else in this one already?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at $0.206.

$ZSTK: ZeroStack Corp.: - Filed by newsfilecorp.com (SEC EDGAR)

Here is what the numbers show: 1M shares traded, 5-min mover +59.9%, minute rvol 11.9× and 1-min pop +6.5%, across 3 of our boards at once.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $1.80 to $11.52 and it is 10.9% under that high.

Anyone got a different read on it?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 12:06 PM ET at $10.26.

$33.7B of $SPY changed hands today, up 0.4% to $770.60. On the Day Trade board.

Not seeing any news on it yet. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 5M shares traded and reddit buzz #1 of 5 (14.2k), across 2 of our boards at once.

That is real size rather than a handful of small orders for one session. It does not tell you which way it goes next, but it does mean someone with capital was active here, not just retail chatter.

Anyone have any theories on this one?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 11:48 AM ET at $770.60.

$CISS has a 1.5M float and it is up 20.5% to $3.30. Number 2 on the Scalp board.

Only thing out is procedural (C3is Inc. filed a Foreign issuer report (6-K)), nothing that explains the move. If you know something, add it in the comments.

What we are seeing: 1M shares traded, 5-min mover +7.7% and 1-min pop +2.9%, across 3 of our boards at once.

There are only 1.5M shares available to trade. When a small pool of shares meets buying like this, each order moves the price more than it would in a bigger name, which is why low-float stocks travel so fast in both directions.

Levels on the chart: today's range is $2.59 to $4.40 and it is 25.0% under that high.

Anyone have any theories on this one?

Flagged Aug 19, 2026, 10:30 AM ET at $3.30.