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SQFT Short Interest Unwinds Before Earnings Day

SQFT heads into its May 20 earnings release with a fractured short-selling picture: a dramatic unwinding of bearish positions over the past week collides with a stock that has lost 21% of its value in the same…

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Trader NoteGDC

GDC Shorts Spike 8,000% as Going-Private Bid Looms

GDC enters the week of its next earnings with one of the most violent short-interest buildups in the small-cap universe — and a pending $10.75-per-share acquisition offer hanging over a stock trading at $0.15. The…

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Trader NoteKALA

KALA Bio: 74% Wipeout, Reverse Split, and a Slim Beat

KALA BIO enters the week after one of the most violent drawdowns in the small-cap biotech universe — down 74% over the past month, down 26% in the last five days alone, and trading at $2.93 after a 1-for-50 reverse…

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Trader NoteLW

LW: Activists, Insiders, and a Recovering Fry

Lamb Weston heads into mid-May with two activist investors pushing for change and its own CFO buying stock on the open market — a convergence of conviction that has quietly driven a 5% gain on the week. The insider…

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Trader NoteSD

SandRidge One-Time Dividend Draws Call-Buying Crowd

SandRidge Energy enters the back half of May with a sharply bullish options skew, a freshly announced special dividend, and short sellers quietly rebuilding positions after a quiet month — an unusual mix for a…

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Trader NoteBOXL

BOXL shorts triple ahead of earnings beat

Boxlight Corporation enters the week of its Q1 earnings print with one of the sharpest short-interest builds of recent months — yet the report itself came in ahead of expectations. Short interest tripled over the past…

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AQMS shorts ease after earnings drop

Aqua Metals just had a brutal earnings week — and the stock is still digesting it. The company reported Q1 2026 results on May 14, and the market was unimpressed. The stock fell 17.8% on the day, extending losses to…

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Trader NoteAUID

authID Drops After Q1 Results as Shorts Rebuild

AUID shares fell 11% on Friday to $1.17, erasing a month's worth of gains in a single session and landing the stock 9% lower on the week — just one day after the company reported its Q1 2026 results. The earnings print…

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Trader NoteSLXN

SLXN collapses 45% as shorts double and earnings loom

Silexion Therapeutics has shed nearly half its market value in a single week, while short sellers are building positions at the fastest pace in months — and a fresh earnings event arrives in just days. The week's most…

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Trader NoteHSDT

HSDT: Bulls Lean In After Q1 Beat, Despite EPS Miss

HSDT exits its Q1 earnings print with a split verdict — and options traders already tilting to the upside ahead of a second event this coming Monday. Revenue came in at $3.62 million, handily beating the $3.40 million…

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Trader NoteANET

ANET Bulls Hold Targets, But CEO Sells Near the Top

Arista Networks heads into its May 29 earnings report with analyst conviction firmly intact — yet an eye-catching CEO share sale and a softening stock price raise the question of whether insiders and institutions are…

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Trader NoteSNYR

SNYR Resets After Miss — Dilution Risk Looms

SNYR enters the back half of May with a bruising quarter behind it and a fresh equity offering on the table. Q1 results, reported on May 14, came in sharply below expectations. Revenue of $5.5 million missed the Street…

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Trader NoteANY

ANY's borrow market tightens as the stock doubles in a month

Sphere 3D Corp. has surged 55% over the past month to $2.29, but the lending market tells a more cautious parallel story — borrow availability has tightened sharply and cost to borrow, while easing from April highs,…

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Trader NoteFSK

FSK: Shorts Rebuild as Analysts Keep Cutting Targets

FS KKR Capital Corp. enters the week with a persistent tension between a recovering stock price and a mounting short position — the clearest sign yet that bears and bulls are actively disagreeing. Short interest has…

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Trader NoteCLIR

CLIR earnings miss hits after refinery order lift

ClearSign Technologies arrived at this week with a rare piece of genuine commercial traction — then gave most of it back in a single session. On May 14, the company announced a purchase order for the next phase of a…

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Trader NoteTRIP

Tripadvisor shorts dig in as the stock breaks $10

TRIP has become one of the most heavily shorted mid-cap internet names in the US, and a brutal week has done nothing to reduce that pressure. The short interest picture is stark. Roughly 27% of Tripadvisor's free float…

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Trader NoteXMAX

XWIN Borrow Tightens to Year-High Ahead of Earnings

XWIN heads into its May 21 earnings report with the lending market nearly locked up — availability at just 6.2% of short interest, and the borrow pool closer to its year-high than at any point in recent weeks. The most…

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Trader NoteAEHL

AEHL's borrow market hits the wall as short sellers pile in

Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited has produced one of the most violent stock moves of the year, and the borrow market tells you exactly why the trade is so charged right now. The stock has tripled in a month — up…

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Trader NoteTQQQ

TQQQ shorts beat a rapid retreat as the ETF rockets higher

Short sellers in TQQQ are unwinding fast — and the week's data shows one of the most sustained covering runs in months, even as the broader Nasdaq gave back some of its recent gains. The most striking development this…

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