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FXR Short Interest Collapses After April Spike

FXR — the First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX ETF — heads into mid-May with its most striking data point being a dramatic unwind of short positioning that built aggressively through mid-April. The short…

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SMCI shorts retreat as post-earnings rally rewrites the setup

SMCI enters the week after earnings in a position that would have seemed improbable a month ago: the stock is up 18% on the week and 30% over the past month, the short base is shrinking at pace, and the options market…

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Xpeng Bid for VW Factory Reframes the Restructuring Story

Volkswagen AG heads into the week with a headline that cuts across the grain of its own cost-cutting narrative: Chinese EV maker Xpeng is reportedly exploring a deal to acquire a Volkswagen factory in Europe. The…

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WU Shorts Keep Building While the Street Sits on the Fence

Western Union enters mid-May with short sellers at their most aggressive in months — even as the stock sits at a level where the math barely makes sense. Short interest has climbed sharply. The SI % of free float…

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CMG shorts rebuild while the Street argues over valuation

Chipotle Mexican Grill heads into the week after its April earnings with a striking divergence: shorts have rebuilt sharply even as analysts largely affirmed their bullish stance post-results. Short interest is the…

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THG: Analysts lift targets after strong Q1, shorts retreat

The Hanover Insurance Group heads into the week after its Q1 earnings with a clear narrative: a solid beat has prompted a wave of analyst target upgrades, while short sellers have quietly trimmed their positions in…

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AT&T Heads Into Earnings With Stock Down and the Street Cautious

AT&T walks into its Q1 2026 earnings print tomorrow — Wednesday, May 14 — having shed 5% over the past month to $25.23, down nearly 3% on the week even after a modest bounce on Tuesday. The backdrop is one of quiet…

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INO shorts dig in as options traders pile into calls

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has surged 24% in a week to $1.41, but its short sellers are not backing down — and the gap between those two signals makes this week's setup genuinely uncomfortable. Short interest has climbed…

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PBH Shorts Build as Insiders Sell Ahead of Earnings

PBH heads into tomorrow's Q4 earnings with a sharply contradictory setup: insiders dumped shares at the top of the week, short sellers piled in at a one-month record pace, yet options traders are leaning bullish. The…

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Silver Rally Meets Insider Selling at New Pacific Metals

NUAG has put up one of the more eye-catching moves in the silver space this week — but insider selling through the run-up raises a question worth sitting with. The stock climbed 13% over the past five sessions to CAD…

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DYAI: Short sellers retreat as Q1 earnings land on target

Dyadic International closed out the week on the back foot — the stock down 6.1% on the week to $0.7228 — but the more interesting development is in the lending market, where short sellers have been cutting exposure at…

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Compass Point Upgrade Lands on OPHC's Earnings Eve

OptimumBank Holdings heads into its Q1 2026 earnings tomorrow with the most bullish analyst setup it has seen in months — and the short side looking increasingly thin. The standout this week is the timing of the…

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MCHX Miss Meets an Archenia Lifeline

Marchex heads into the post-earnings session with a Q1 miss on both revenue and earnings, but a $10 million strategic funding deal with Archenia adds a complicating wrinkle to what would otherwise be a clean bearish…

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ARWR: Shorts Rebuild as Analysts Turn Bullish

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals heads into mid-May with a striking divergence: the Street is growing more constructive, yet short sellers are rebuilding positions at their fastest weekly pace in over a month. Short interest…

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