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BNO Shorts Retreat as Brent Oil Rebounds

BNO — the United States Brent Oil Fund — has had a week of sharply diverging signals: the fund climbed nearly 9% while short sellers unwound positions at pace, yet borrow costs crept higher and options traders remained…

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FIBK shorts surge on earnings week as Street turns mixed

First Interstate BancSystem heads into the post-earnings stretch with short sellers rebuilding aggressively and the Street reading from two different scripts. The short interest story is the week's dominant signal. SI…

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YDKG Shorts Retreat Ahead of May Filing

Yueda Digital Holding heads into its next earnings event with short sellers meaningfully reducing positions and borrowing costs easing — a quieter lending backdrop than the stock has seen in months. The most notable…

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RIG shorts dig in ahead of Q1 earnings

Transocean enters Monday's Q1 results with short sellers in an unusually assertive posture — and the stock up nearly 12% on the week, setting up a pointed confrontation between the bears and the tape. Short interest…

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VEA shorts rebuild — but conditions stay loose

The most telling feature on VEA right now is not the level of short interest, but how quickly it moved — and then reversed — in a matter of weeks. Short interest in the Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF tripled from…

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VNDA Shorts Surge Ahead of May Earnings

Vanda Pharmaceuticals heads into its May 6 Q1 results carrying the heaviest short interest build of the past two months — and a history of double-digit post-earnings drops that will keep every positioning decision…

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USO: Iran Conflict Drives Borrow Demand as Shorts Pile Back In

USO enters May with a rare combination of rising short interest and a rising price — a tension shaped almost entirely by the escalating U.S.-Iran standoff that has gripped oil markets this week. The fund gained 7.9%…

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GME shorts retreat as Ryan Cohen's $21M bet pays off

GameStop heads into the first week of May with a rare alignment: the stock is rising, short sellers are exiting, and the CEO's January equity purchase has moved firmly into the money. The standout fact this week is the…

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Cable One Hits Earnings After a Brutal Week

CABO walks into its Q1 2026 results tonight having shed more than a fifth of its value in a single week — a collapse that makes the print feel less like a catalyst and more like a reckoning. The stock closed Wednesday…

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TDOC shorts retreat as Q1 earnings loom

Teladoc Health enters its May 21 earnings date with a notable shift under the hood: short sellers have been covering meaningfully over the past month, even as the stock trades near multi-year lows at $5.95. The short…

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Wingstop's Same-Store Miss Sends Analysts Scrambling

WING enters the post-earnings period carrying a 10% single-week decline and a wave of analyst target cuts — the Street is still bullish in aggregate, but the numbers underneath that consensus are moving fast. The…

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Glaukos Bulls Land as Q1 Blowout Triggers Target Upgrades

GKOS just delivered one of its cleanest quarters in recent memory — and the Street rewarded it immediately. Glaukos reported Q1 2026 results after the close on April 29. Adjusted EPS came in at $(0.18), sharply ahead…

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Shopify Braces for Earnings With Shorts Rebuilding Fast

Shopify heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings print carrying a 30% surge in short interest over five days — its most charged pre-earnings setup in months. The positioning story is the headline this week. Short interest…

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