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Datasea Borrow Stress Builds Into Mid-May Earnings

DTSS enters the final weeks before its 14 May earnings print with utilisation climbing back toward the highest levels of the past year and cost to borrow jumping 51% in a week. The stock closed Friday at $1.03, down…

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Bgin Blockchain Climbs 35% in a Month as Borrow Costs Spike

BGIN has rallied more than a third over the past month, closing at $3.19 on Friday despite a sharp 13.6% pullback on the day. The blockchain hardware stock faces a tightening borrow market and modest but persistent…

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PN Plunges 83% in a Month as Shorts Retreat

PN has cratered. The stock closed at $2.38 on April 24, down 83% over the past month and 18% in the last week alone. Skycorp Solar Group's collapse has been steep enough that short sellers are now taking profit rather…

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Short Sellers Double Down as JFB Construction Tumbles

JFB Construction Holdings closed the week at $5.85, up 6% over five sessions but still nursing a brutal 40% monthly decline. Short sellers have used the bounce to pile in. Shares short jumped 33% week-over-week to…

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Trader NoteHIT

Health In Tech Faces Insider Selling Before Monday Print

HIT enters its earnings call Monday evening with a mixed technical setup. Short interest has jumped 76% over the past month to 347,000 shares — less than 1% of the float, but the sharpest build in recent memory. The…

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TruGolf Faces Mounting Pressure After Earnings Miss

TruGolf Holdings closed the week at $2.20, down 62% over the past month and trading 19% lower on Friday alone. The sharp decline follows an April 15 earnings report that triggered a 25% one-day drop. Another earnings…

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Able View Doubles Short Interest in a Week Before Earnings

ABLV heads into Wednesday's earnings print with short interest sharply elevated and borrow conditions tightening after a volatile few days. Short sellers added positions aggressively last week, then began trimming just…

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Compass Slides 16% Despite 15% Short Interest

Compass Therapeutics dropped sharply this week while short sellers trimmed positions slightly. Cost to borrow fell to a 30-day low. Options flow turned more cautious. Insider CEO sales continue a multi-quarter…

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JEPI Borrowing Costs Jump as Options Traders Flip Bullish

The JPMorgan income ETF closed at $57.32, down 0.8% this week, as short sellers added positions and borrowing costs spiked 9.3% to a three-week high. A dramatic shift in options sentiment — PCR fell 1.5 standard…

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GOSS Short Sellers Retreat Amid Biotech Turbulence

Gossamer Bio shares tumbled 19% this week to $0.36, tracking analysts' bearish pivot after disappointing trial data. Short interest fell 3% week-over-week to 15.4% of float, while borrowing costs eased and utilisation…

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Ondas Short Interest Eases as Utilisation Pulls Back

ONDS saw short interest decline for a third week, falling 2.8% to 41.6% of float, while cost to borrow dropped 49% in a month and utilisation retreated from recent extremes — though shares remain heavily borrowed at…

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Quantum ETF Climbs 20% as Short Sellers Retreat

The Defiance Quantum ETF posted a 20% monthly gain as short interest collapsed 54% and options traders shifted bearish. Cost to borrow eased below 1%. QTUM closed at $132.79 on April 24, up 2.3% on the day. The ETF…

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OPTU Sheds 10% as Insiders Exit

Optimum Communications slid 9.6% this week to $1.51. Short interest fell 14% over the month while insiders dumped $2.2M in stock during the past 90 days. Cost to borrow dropped 38% from March highs. OPTU closed at…

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Nine Energy CTB Plunges 67%

Cost to borrow collapsed from 15.37% to 5.00% over seven sessions. Short interest flatlined at 35,514 shares while utilisation eased to 0.5% from a 52-week high of 0.91% hit mid-April. Shares rose 7.2% this week to…

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DKI Shares Surge 14% as Short Interest Collapses

Darkiris Inc. shares jumped 14% this week to $0.46 as short interest plunged 62%, dropping to 260,000 shares from over 690,000 a week earlier. Cost to borrow remains elevated at 120% despite the covering wave. The…

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Heidmar Maritime Drifts Lower Amid Quiet Week

Heidmar Maritime Holdings fell 1.9% this week to $0.82, extending a month-long slide despite a 6% drop in short shares. Cost to borrow climbed 11% week-over-week to 4.5%, while utilisation surged to 23.7% from single…

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OFA Group Rockets 82% in a Month Amid Volatile Short Interest

OFAL surged 32.5% this week to $0.71, extending its one-month gain to 82% despite erratic short-selling activity and negligible institutional coverage. The micro-cap consultancy has seen short interest swing from 406K…

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