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ADSK shorts retreat ahead of May earnings

Autodesk heads into its May 26 earnings report with shorts cutting positions sharply and options sentiment flipping notably less defensive — a setup that stands in contrast to the stock's rough month. The most striking…

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Trader NoteANZG.Y

ANZ Group Heads Into H1 Results With Shorts Retreating

ANZG.Y heads into its first-half 2026 earnings call on May 1 with an interesting split: short sellers have sharply pulled back positions over the week, even as borrow costs remain sticky and the acquisition newsflow…

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Pantera Silver shorts retreat as borrow cost halves

Pantera Silver Corp. enters the final days of April with its most notable development sitting squarely in the lending market: short interest has collapsed over the past month, and the cost of borrowing shares has…

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GSP shorts double as private placement closes

Gensource Potash Corporation heads into tomorrow's earnings release carrying a dramatic shift in its short-side positioning — short interest has exploded higher over the past month while a fresh private placement has…

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AUBN Beats Q1 Estimates, But Stock Still Slips

Auburn National Bancorporation heads into the week after a stronger-than-expected Q1 print — yet the stock has drifted lower, leaving a gap between fundamental improvement and price action that is worth examining. The…

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Atmos Heads Into Q2 Results With Shorts Unwinding

Atmos Energy Corporation heads into its May 6 earnings release with short sellers retreating, options traders growing mildly more defensive, and the Street broadly neutral on a stock trading just below its consensus…

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Sylla Gold: Insiders Accumulate as Borrow Cost Dips

SYG trades at a price that would fit comfortably on a stamp — CAD $0.075 — but the insider accumulation record here is the real story this week. The most recent signal from within the company came in February, when…

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AAME: Tightly Held, Loosely Shorted

Atlantic American Corporation has drifted quietly higher this week — up 3.4% to $2.55 — and that calm surface reflects a stock where the real story is ownership concentration, not short-seller positioning. The free…

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ATCO Heads Into Q1 Results With Shorts in Retreat

ACO.X enters its Q1 2026 earnings release — confirmed for May 6 — with the most striking development of the past month happening on the short side: a sharp and sudden exit by bears. Short interest dropped nearly 29% in…

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ATRO: Options Sound the Alarm Before Q1 Earnings

Astronics Corporation enters its May 5 Q1 earnings call with the most defensive options positioning it has seen all year — a sharp contrast to short sellers quietly paring their bets. The options market delivered a…

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AstroNova jumps 46% on strategic review, shorts scramble

AstroNova enters the last days of April as a different stock from the one that reported a quarter ago — a 46% monthly rally and a board-level strategic review have reset the narrative and drawn fresh short-selling…

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ASTE Outperforms Peers Into May Earnings

Astec Industries heads into next week's earnings call with the stock telling a very different story from its industrial peers — and options traders have just flipped from extreme defensiveness to outright…

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ASB Analysts Raise Targets After Strong Q1

Associated Banc-Corp enters the back half of April with a notable divergence: a strong recovery in price, cautious-but-improving analyst sentiment, and short sellers quietly trimming positions after a brief build-up…

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AROW Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Arrow Financial Corporation reports Q1 results tomorrow with a striking internal contradiction: short sellers have been cutting exposure all week, yet the cost to borrow has roughly doubled over the same period. Short…

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