Downside Opportunity
Months Time Horizon
Market Cap Minimum
Average Daily Volume
Screens stop at ratios. You need forensic work past the screen — earnings quality, accounting red flags, and what the filings actually say.e.
A thesis without a dated catalyst is a view, not a trade. We require an identifiable event path inside a 6–15 month window.
The Short capital needs 50%+ downside. Anything thinner rarely pays for the borrow, the path risk, or the seat.
Not fire-and-forget. Direct analyst access and coverage updates while the position is live — not a one-and-done pitch.

Forensic Accounting
Filing-level work on earnings quality, accounting red flags, and the adjustments that change the downside case.

Rigorous Fundamentals
Clear thesis on the business: model economics, competitive position, and where deterioration shows up first.

Catalyst Identification
Specific events and themes expected to force a reprice lower inside a dated 6–15 month window.

Full Financial Models
Detailed models behind the downside — numbers you can stress-test, not qualitative slides alone.

Ongoing Anaylyst Access
Direct access and coverage updates through the life of the idea. We stay on the name after the first read.
Hit Rate
Median Short
Ideas Published
Kurt Feshbach brings 36 years of experience shorting stocks and founded the world's largest short-only hedge fund by AUM, Feshbach Brothers.
37% Annualized performance through investigative apporach
Featured in "The Art of Short Selling" by Kathryn F. Staley
Get a research sample. Scrub the filings. See if the bar holds - 50%+ downside, dated catalyst, forensic depth, full model.