Trader Note — 2287 total
Scilex Holding Company enters May after one of its most violent weekly moves in recent memory — a 58% rally driven by a headline deal, yet one where the short and borrow data tell a story of quiet disengagement rather…
WORK Medical Technology Group LTD enters May with a sharp jump in short positioning that stands in contrast to its recent price gains. The stock closed at $1.29 on May 1, up 6.6% on the day and 7.5% on the week. Yet…
Senti Biosciences heads into its May 6 earnings call with short sellers piling in at a pace not seen in months — and a fresh $40 million financing deal raising its own questions about dilution. The short interest story…
DeFi Development Corp. enters the final stretch before its May 13 earnings report in an unusual position: short sellers are quietly retreating, the stock is recovering, and yet the borrow market remains one of the most…
La Rosa Holdings Corp. enters May with a toxic combination of headline risk, a Nasdaq compliance warning, and borrowing costs running near 300% — a setup that explains the stock's 68% collapse over the past month. The…
HeartCore Enterprises heads into the first week of May with shorts in full retreat and a fresh Nasdaq compliance win drawing renewed attention to a stock that spent much of the first quarter fighting for its…
Bluejay Diagnostics enters May having shed the short position built up during one of the most compressed stretches the stock has seen in over a year. The defining move of the past six weeks was a dramatic unwinding of…
CLBT has recovered 5% this week to $13.35, but the stock is still down 26% year-to-date — and with Q1 earnings now just 12 days away on May 14, the options market is flashing a more cautious read than the week's price…
Indaptus Therapeutics heads into its May 11 Q1 earnings with the stock in freefall, short interest at a multi-month high, and a director having just unloaded more than $10 million in shares. The week's price action is…
Xos, Inc. heads into its May 13 earnings report with the CEO, COO, and CFO all selling shares — even as the stock quietly grinds higher. The insider activity is the clearest signal this week. The CEO and founder Dakota…
REE Automotive enters May with a corporate story that changed materially in the final days of April. The company launched a strategic alternatives review — including a potential sale — on May 1, even as its full-year…
Celularity Inc. heads into early May with its stock down sharply and a rare burst of options activity arriving against a backdrop where short sellers have largely stepped back. The price tells the most immediate story.…
SmartKem, Inc. heads into the week of May 2 with one of the sharpest short-interest spikes of any stock on Nasdaq — a 20-fold surge in just five sessions, set against a backdrop of dilution risk and a Nasdaq compliance…
Origin Materials ended its run as a public company on May 1, announcing a full wind-down — selling its PET cap technology, slashing its workforce by 59%, and filing for Nasdaq delisting pending shareholder…
PLAYSTUDIOS heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings call with short sellers quietly adding pressure and the stock down 11% over the past month to $0.417. Short interest has been drifting higher for weeks. It now runs at…
SKIN heads into its May 7 earnings date with short sellers still building and analysts cutting targets — a combination that frames the upcoming print as a genuine test of the bull case. Short interest has been climbing…
AST SpaceMobile enters its May 11 earnings call with a telling gap between the bull story and how key shareholders are actually positioned. The stock has fallen 14% over the past month to $70.89 — and the sellers…
DigitalOcean Holdings heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings call with a notable divergence: shorts covering fast, analysts rushing to raise targets, and options markets more bullish than they have been in months. The most…
DoorDash reports Q1 results on May 6 with a stock that has recovered sharply, an analyst community split on targets but not on direction, and options traders now the most bullish they've been all year. The clearest…
DFSC heads into the week ending May 2 having gained 24% in seven days — one of the sharper short-term moves on the TSXV — while an expensive and tightening borrow market signals that not everyone is a believer. The…
