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ED Heads Into Q1 Earnings With Options More Cautious

Consolidated Edison reports Q1 results on May 7 with options traders edging more defensive and a cost-to-borrow spike drawing attention — modest signals for a utility, but worth tracking ahead of what could be a…

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BEAR CEO Keeps Buying as Shorts Evaporate

Big Bear Gold Corp. enters the back half of April with a story that runs against the grain of its weak price tape — the CEO is a persistent buyer while short sellers have been exiting en masse, leaving a very lightly…

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ABM insiders buy as short sellers retreat

Aben Gold Corp. heads into late April with a notable insider-versus-short dynamic: management has been consistent buyers since January, while short interest halved over the past week as the stock bounced 6.25% to CAD…

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CNRD: A Quiet OTC Name Where Shorts Have Nearly Disappeared

Conrad Industries enters the final day of April as one of the most lightly shorted names you'll find on any screen. Short interest has effectively evaporated. The ORTEX estimate puts shares short at roughly 57 — not…

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CQR CEO Keeps Buying as Short Sellers Move In

Conquest Resources heads into its May 1 announcement with an unusual tension: the founder-CEO has been accumulating shares at the same time short interest nearly tripled over the past week. The insider story is the…

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CNLT.L: Quiet Utility, One Live Regulatory Overhang

The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CNLT.L) has had a steady week — but the headline that matters most for this stock isn't in the price action. The stock closed at $33.00 on April 29, up 4.4% on the week and just…

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CONMED options alarm: put/call at 52-week high

CONMED is heading into a May earnings event with options traders at their most defensive in at least a year, while short sellers have quietly rebuilt positions after a brief retreat. The most striking read this week is…

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CONC: A Dormant OTC Ticker With Little to Watch

CONC is about as quiet as a stock gets — trading flat at $1.00 with no price movement over the past day, week, or month. The short interest picture is essentially empty. The most recent ORTEX estimate dates from May…

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CCUR Holdings: Thin Float, Thin Data

CCUR Holdings is a micro-cap with a market cap of roughly $6.8 million and almost nothing in the way of current market intelligence — the real story this week is how little is actually moving. The price data itself…

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CNGA Slips on Thin Volume — Little to Trade Against

CNGA — Conair Corporation's OTC-listed equity — dropped 10.8% on the week to close at $0.33, a move that looks dramatic on a percentage basis but reflects the fragility of a stock with a market cap barely above $2…

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Conagra Shorts Build as Analysts Slash Targets

CAG heads into late April with short sellers rebuilding positions, the analyst community in retreat, and board insiders stepping in to buy the dip — a rare three-way divergence on a stock trading near multi-year…

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CMTL Drops 14% as Earnings Hangover Lingers

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. heads into the final day of April nursing a sharp weekly loss, with the stock down 14% to $3.50 — and the market still digesting a brutal earnings reaction from mid-March. The earnings…

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CIX Heads Into Q1 Earnings With Shorts Retreating

CompX International enters its May 5 Q1 results with short sellers quietly unwinding — a gentle divergence from the stock's own flat-to-soft tone this week. The most telling signal in the positioning data is the…

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TruBridge Goes Private: IKS Health's $565M Rural Health Bet

TBRG is no longer a pure short-interest or earnings story. IKS Health agreed to acquire the Alabama-based healthcare IT company in a deal worth roughly $565 million, announced on April 28. That single event explains…

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CompuMed drifts lower as borrow costs quietly rebound

CMPD is a micro-cap health care technology company trading on the OTC Pink market. This week the stock closed at $6.22, down about 5% on the week despite a 6.3% bounce on Wednesday alone. With a market cap of roughly…

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BVN Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

BVN reports Q1 2026 results on April 30 with short sellers in retreat and options positioning elevated — a split setup heading into a print where the last quarterly reaction cost holders nearly 8%. The most notable…

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