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Trader NoteABEV3

Ambev jumps 15% on Q1 earnings day — shorts retreat

ABEV3 erupted higher on May 5, gaining 15.3% in a single session after reporting Q1 2026 results — its biggest one-day move in recent memory — and the question now is whether the rally has left positioning and…

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Trader NoteVCYT

VCYT Shorts Plateau After Post-Earnings Build

Veracyte enters the post-earnings stretch with short sellers sitting on a meaningful but stabilising position — a setup where the headline numbers are less interesting than the direction of travel. Short interest has…

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Trader NoteCRTO

Criteo beats Q1 estimates but guidance disappoints

CRTO reported Q1 2026 results this morning, delivering an earnings beat that failed to lift the stock above its recent range — and the tension between a clean headline print and a guarded revenue outlook defines the…

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Trader NoteFATE

FATE surges 82% on FDA manufacturing nod ahead of earnings

Fate Therapeutics enters its May 14 earnings call riding an extraordinary week — the stock doubled on a regulatory catalyst while short sellers quietly trimmed positions and call buyers dominated the options…

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Trader NoteCDW

CDW Rallies on Revenue Beat, But Shorts Keep Piling In

CDW enters the post-earnings stretch carrying two contradictory signals: revenue that surprised to the upside and a short book that has grown 22% in a month. Q1 results, reported this morning, set the tone for the…

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Trader NoteVOYA

Voya shorts retreat as the stock reclaims lost ground

VOYA has staged a sharp recovery — up 24% over the past month to $83.11 — and short sellers have been moving the other way just as fast. Short interest in Voya Financial has collapsed from a near-term peak, shedding…

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Trader NoteGCTK

GCTK: Short sellers dominate a falling ticker

GlucoTrack, Inc. heads into the week with one of the most extreme short-interest profiles in the small-cap health care universe — a stock priced at $0.73 and falling, with bears commanding a position that dwarfs the…

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Trader NoteBFAM

JP Morgan Trims BFAM Target After Q1 Print

Bright Horizons Family Solutions enters June earnings prep in an unusual position: the Street's biggest bulls are cutting price targets even as the company holds its ground, leaving a widening gap between analyst…

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TVTX Catches Its Breath After a 47% Tear

Travere Therapeutics arrives at the close of this week carrying two competing stories: a Q1 earnings beat that pulled the entire sell-side to raise its targets, and a cluster of insider sales from the same management…

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Trader NoteMPLX

MPLX Yields Hold Firm After Q1 Beat

MPLX reported Q1 earnings on May 5 and delivered the kind of quiet beat that defines its investment case — a 1.7% one-day gain and a further drift higher through the week. The stock closed Wednesday at $55.66, up about…

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HY Beats EPS but Revenue Gap Spooks No One

Hyster-Yale delivered a rare positive surprise this week — one that the market treated as a turning point rather than a consolation prize. The forklift maker posted Q1 2026 adjusted EPS of -$1.64, clearing the -$1.80…

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Trader NotePARR

Goldman's Upgrade Catches Up with PARR's 10% Week

Par Pacific Holdings enters the week of May 6 in an unusual spot: the stock has finally caught up to where Goldman Sachs thought it should be, while insiders had already been quietly heading for the exits. The week's…

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Trader NoteQLYS

Qualys beats Q1 but the Street stays cautious

QLYS just printed a beat-and-raise quarter — yet analysts are cutting targets, short sellers have rebuilt a 13% position, and the stock is still trading 30% below where it started the year. The numbers on Tuesday…

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BLMN beats Street — but JP Morgan's Underweight looms large

Bloomin' Brands reported its strongest quarterly beat in recent memory this morning, yet the stock has barely budged — a combination of a freshly minted JP Morgan downgrade and a short position that remains elevated…

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Trader NoteNOW

NOW shorts rebuild ahead of a bruising earnings track record

ServiceNow heads into its May 21 earnings report with short sellers having materially rebuilt positions over the past six weeks — against a backdrop of two consecutive post-earnings routs and a stock that has yet to…

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Trader NotePANW

PANW analysts lift targets ahead of May earnings

Palo Alto Networks heads into its May 20 earnings call with Street analysts raising targets at pace — the clearest single tension for the stock this week. The analyst move has been unusually swift and one-directional.…

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Analysts Pile Behind FANG After Q1 Beat

Diamondback Energy closed Tuesday at $206.18, down 3.5% on the day but up 3% on the week. That whipsaw captures the week's dynamic precisely: strong Q1 earnings followed by a sell-the-news session, against a backdrop…

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Trader NoteTGTX

TGTX beats on revenue, shorts stay anchored

TG Therapeutics reported Q1 2026 results today with a notable split: revenue of $204.9 million beat the $196.8 million consensus estimate, while adjusted EPS of $0.18 missed the $0.30 estimate by a wide margin. The…

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Trader NoteOIH

OIH: Shorts Retreat as Oil Services ETF Bounces Hard

OIH heads into the second week of May with a striking disconnect: the ETF has staged a 10% recovery over the past month while short sellers have rapidly unwound positions — yet the ORTEX short score holds near 67,…

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