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APLE shorts retreat as Cantor lifts target

Apple Hospitality REIT heads into mid-May with short sellers beating a rapid retreat and options traders tilting decisively toward calls — a setup that mirrors the stock's 11% recovery over the past month. The short…

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SNWV Shorts Rebuild Steadily as Opaleye Trims

SANUWAVE Health heads into the week after a quietly significant shift: short sellers added positions at their fastest pace in months, even as the company's largest 10% shareholder was steadily selling stock into the…

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CLDX shorts retreat as analysts turn bullish on barzolvolimab

Celldex Therapeutics enters the post-earnings stretch with a striking split: short sellers are unwinding at pace while the analyst community shifts decisively more constructive, yet the stock is still down 5.5% on the…

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BRTX slides as trial data fails to lift the stock

BioRestorative Therapies ends the week down 22% at $0.1975, caught in an uncomfortable gap: the company is publishing meaningful clinical results, yet the stock keeps selling off. The science news is real. On May 7,…

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EIS Shorts Retreat as Israel ETF Recovers

Short sellers in EIS have been quietly backing away — even as the iShares MSCI Israel ETF's month-long rally draws fresh attention to the Middle East's shifting risk landscape. The most striking dynamic in the…

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Newmont's Growing Stake Sets the Tone for XPL

Solitario Resources Corp. heads into mid-May with its most interesting story unfolding in the ownership register, not the short-interest data. Newmont Corporation — the world's largest gold miner — added 1,587,300…

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GLD Shorts Retreat as Options Turn Bullish

GLD heads into the week with a striking divergence: short sellers have been cutting exposure at the fastest pace in months, yet call-side optimism in options has reached an unusually high pitch — a combination that…

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Analysts Cut Targets as OPRX Earnings Weigh

OptimizeRx faces one of its sharpest analyst repricing cycles in months, with three separate target cuts landing on May 13 — the same day Q1 results were digested. The Street moved quickly after the print. Stifel…

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LWLG Insiders Sell Into a 50% Monthly Rally

Lightwave Logic heads into its Q1 2026 earnings call — scheduled for May 13 after market — carrying one of its sharpest one-month price moves in recent memory, yet with the very people closest to the company locking in…

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BWEN doubles in a week heading into earnings

Broadwind, Inc. enters Thursday's earnings call having doubled in price over the past month — a move so sharp it demands explanation before almost anything else. The stock closed at $4.41 on Tuesday, up 63.9% on the…

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Franco-Nevada Trails Gold's Rally as Institutions Keep Buying

FNV heads into the post-earnings period with a striking split: gold peers are running hot while the royalty giant has captured only a fraction of the sector's weekly gains. The stock rose 6% on the week to CAD 325.64,…

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APEI Shorts Hold Firm as Stock Drops Into Earnings

American Public Education enters its May 22 earnings call having shed nearly 9% over the past week, yet short sellers are showing no sign of retreat — a setup that frames the upcoming print as a test of conviction on…

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SPYG Rides the Relief Rally — Shorts Edge Up on the Bounce

SPYG, the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF, has clawed back most of its spring losses — but short interest ticked quietly higher through the recovery. The price story this week is straightforward. SPYG gained 3.3% in…

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QQQ Bears Retreat as Options Traders Hold Their Hedge

QQQ has clawed back sharply from its April lows. The Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF gained nearly 4% on the week, closing Tuesday at $707.24 — up more than 15% over the past month. Yet options traders are not celebrating as…

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HROW Crashes 24% on Earnings Miss — Bears Were Ready

HROW entered its Q1 print as one of the most shorted small-cap pharma names on Nasdaq. The stock's 24% collapse confirms that heavy positioning wasn't misplaced. Harrow reported Q1 results after the close on May 11.…

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Healthpeak Shoots to 52-Week High on Earnings Beat

DOC just delivered its best week in years — a Q1 earnings beat and guidance upgrade sent the stock to a 52-week high, and Wall Street is still catching up. The story began on May 5 when Healthpeak Properties reported…

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