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Viking Therapeutics enters the post-earnings stretch with its heaviest short position in months still intact — even as the stock slipped further following a wider-than-expected Q1 loss. Short sellers have not blinked.…
Wayfair headed into its Q1 earnings print — released this morning — with an unusually charged setup: options markets screaming for downside protection, founders selling stock in size, and short sellers quietly…
Acadian Asset Management enters the post-earnings session with a decisive beat on its books — and a market that was already positioning for good news before the print hit. This morning's Q1 release showed adjusted EPS…
Trupanion reports Q1 2026 results today after the close, and the most striking pre-print signal isn't from short sellers — it's from options traders making an abrupt U-turn. The options market has whiplashed into…
Ardelyx reports Q1 2026 results tonight — and the week's setup is more charged than the flat price action suggests. Short sellers have been quietly adding throughout April, and options traders have shifted notably more…
Syndax Pharmaceuticals reports Q1 2026 results after market close today, entering the print with its stock down 6.6% on the week and 12% over the past month — back to prices last seen before a brief rally this spring.…
OR Royalties heads into its May 6 earnings report after a punishing week — down nearly 10% — with a portfolio update that lands on the same day as a royalty-sector sell-off. The stock closed at CAD 49.97 on Wednesday,…
Five9 reports its Q1 2026 results after the close today, and the stock walks into the print with a sharply different complexion than it carried a month ago. Short sellers have been cutting exposure for weeks. SI % FF…
TDAY enters the post-earnings session on April 30 with short sellers in retreat — but the options market telling a more cautious tale. Short interest has fallen meaningfully over the past two weeks. The SI % of free…
Element Solutions Inc closed Tuesday up nearly 10% to $42.56 — the stock's best single session in months — after Q1 earnings topped both estimates and revenue expectations. The result capped a week that saw ESI gain…
uniQure heads into its May 5 Q1 print carrying a double dose of catalysts — a fresh UK regulatory milestone announced this morning and a stock that fell 7% on Wednesday, extending losses into what has been a pivotal…
Intercontinental Exchange walks into its Q1 2026 results day in the best shape shorts could have feared: estimates beaten cleanly, short interest falling at its fastest weekly pace in months, and the analyst community…
ABTS heads into its May 7 earnings report in an unusual position: short sellers have been rapidly unwinding positions even as the stock falls sharply — a divergence that makes the lending market worth watching…
CNH Industrial reported its Q1 2026 results this morning — and the setup heading into the print had already told a story worth unpacking. The clearest pre-earnings signal came from options. The put/call ratio jumped to…
Fate Therapeutics enters its May 14 earnings date with an uncomfortable combination: short interest ticking higher over the past week, borrow availability loosening, and a stock down nearly 10% in seven days to $1.24.…
AGIO booked one of its biggest single-day gains in recent months on April 29, while short sellers have been adding quietly in the background — a divergence that sets up an interesting read into next week's…
GlucoTrack, Inc. enters the final day of April with one of the most extreme short setups in the small-cap health care space — a 27% weekly rally, a short interest near 32% of the free float, and a cost to borrow…
ABBV delivered what management called an "excellent start to 2026" on April 29, with immunology and neuroscience strength driving a beat that lifted shares 3.1% on the day. Yet even as the stock reclaimed $203.89 and…
PBF Energy enters its Q1 2026 earnings day with shorts unwinding sharply and options sentiment flipping to its most bullish reading of the past year — a rare alignment that stands in direct contrast to a Street that…
OFS Capital Corporation reports Q1 2026 results after the bell today — and the stock arrives at that print having already gained 27% over the past month, making it a genuine rarity in the current macro environment. The…
