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MNDR Shorts Hit 152% of Float in Historic Blowout

Short interest in MNDR has gone from near-zero to overwhelming in a matter of days. The borrow market is tightening fast. Three ORTEX signals fired simultaneously — all critical. On April 27, MNDR carried just 3,946…

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AUDC Options Signal Extreme Bullishness — Then Earnings Hit

AudioCodes stock dropped 16% on May 6. The options market had seen it coming — just not in that direction. The put/call ratio told a clear bullish story heading into earnings. It collapsed from a 20-day mean of 5.40 to…

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CLRB Borrow Market Seizes Up Overnight

Cellectar Biosciences went from a quiet short base to a lending market crisis in a single session. Short interest jumped 1,380% in one day to 6.5% of float. Cost to borrow rocketed to 150.4%. Availability has collapsed…

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FRMI Borrow Market Dries Up as Insiders Head for the Exit

FRMI shares in Fermi Inc. are down 7.7% this month. The lending pool tells an even starker story. Every available share in the borrow market is now lent out. Availability has dropped to 0% — the tightest it has been in…

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CUK Options Traders Turn Bullish as Borrow Costs Spike

Options positioning on CUK shifted sharply this week. The put/call ratio dropped to 1.78 on May 5 — 3.9 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 2.27. That's the most bullish options reading in months, and it…

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Barclays shorts retreat 70% — options market grows cautious

BCS short sellers have dramatically unwound positions over the past month. Short interest has collapsed from roughly 5.9 million shares in late March to 1.78 million by May 5 — a 70% drop. Yet as that exit played out,…

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BBAI Borrow Market Hits Maximum Squeeze

BigBear.ai has run out of shares to borrow. Availability has dropped to zero — every share in the lending pool is currently lent out. That matches the 52-week peak and creates the tightest borrow conditions the stock…

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USO Borrow Market Hits Maximum Tightness

Three converging signals are firing on USO simultaneously. The lending pool is exhausted, borrow costs have doubled in a month, and options traders are piling into puts — all as crude oil prices bounce. Availability on…

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IVV Options Sentiment Flips Bullish as Shorts Build

The IVV put/call ratio just hit 0.73 — 3.2 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.12. That's the most extreme bullish options positioning in months for the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF. The shift stands out because…

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OKLO Founders Cash Out as Borrow Market Tightens

OKLO founders sold over $18 million of stock on May 1. That same day, short interest sat at 19.3% of free float. Now the borrow market is tightening fast. CEO Jacob DeWitte and COO Caroline Cochran both sold on May 1 —…

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Wall Street Rushes to Back Janus Living Ahead of Debut Print

Janus Living heads into its first earnings release as a public company with one of the more unusual setups in the REIT space: a near-unanimous analyst buy chorus, a stock that has already run well past most targets,…

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CARL Bulls Hold Buy Ratings as Targets Slip Ahead of Earnings

Carlsmed enters its May 7 earnings report with the Street firmly bullish in rating but quietly walking back targets — a gap that now defines the most interesting tension into the print. Covering analysts at Goldman…

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Titan America CFO Buy Signals Optimism Ahead of Q1 Print

Titan America SA heads into its Q1 2026 earnings today with an unusual degree of conviction from its own management — the CFO bought stock on the open market just weeks before the print. The CFO purchased 20,000 shares…

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Everus Construction Runs Hot Into Q1 Print

Everus Construction Group arrives at today's Q1 2026 results riding one of the sharpest rallies in its sector — up 36% over the past month and 23% in the last week alone, closing at $168.32 on Tuesday. Options…

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OnKure's Q1 Miss Sets the Stage for a Tough Earnings Call

OKUR heads into its May 6 earnings event with fresh evidence that the company is burning cash faster than the Street expected. The most charged signal today is the EPS miss already on the wire. Q1 EPS came in at…

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CTNM Shorts Run Up as Sellers Hit the Stock Into Q1 Print

Contineum Therapeutics heads into its May 7 Q1 2026 results with short sellers holding a meaningful position — but options traders telling a noticeably different story. Short interest is a genuine factor here. At 13.5%…

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Klaviyo Bulls Take Charge as Calls Overwhelm Puts

KVYO heads into its Q1 2026 earnings print riding a 17% weekly rally — but the sharper story is what the options market is saying about the direction of that momentum. Options positioning is as bullish as it has been…

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ARM's 40% Rally Faces Its First Earnings Test

Arm Holdings arrives at tonight's Q4 print riding a 40% gain over the past month — and the short side is conspicuously absent from the trade. Short interest is running at 11.5% of the free float, modestly lower on the…

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