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CLRB Borrow Market Seizes Up Ahead of Thursday Earnings

Cellectar Biosciences enters its May 8 earnings call in a radically different lending market than it sat in just 48 hours ago. The story this week is the lending market, and it moved with extraordinary speed. Short…

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Sequans sells Bitcoin, shorts flee

SQNS just reported Q1 earnings — and the story that emerged is stranger than the chip business it was supposed to be. Q1 revenue fell 24.8% to $6.1 million. The net loss hit $54.3 million, but most of that — $41…

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HCA Investors Price In a Rougher Road Ahead

HCA Healthcare enters the week after its Q1 earnings print with options markets running unusually defensive, short sellers rebuilding positions at a pace not seen in months, and a coordinated analyst target-price reset…

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META Weathers the Post-Earnings Storm

Meta Platforms had a rough week even as its fundamentals held firm. The stock fell nearly 10% over the five sessions to $604.96, driven by a post-earnings selloff and a wave of target cuts. Yet the short positioning…

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HRZN Posts Earnings as Borrow Costs Retreat

Horizon Technology Finance emerged from Q1 earnings week with the stock up 7.4% over five days — a sharp reversal for a name that had been drifting lower, still off about 1% on the month. The week's most notable…

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VOO's Options Flip: Bulls Step Back In

VOO heads into the first full week of May with its most striking data point not in the lending market — where short interest remains negligible — but in options, where positioning has undergone a dramatic one-session…

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Fabrinet beats, sells off — shorts unwind as analysts reprice

FN just delivered a textbook beat-and-dip. Q3 adjusted EPS of $3.72 topped the $3.56 consensus, and revenue of $1.21 billion cleared estimates by $33 million — yet the stock fell 6.5% the day after results and ended…

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SOXL's Monster Week Masks a Brewing Tug of War

SOXL has just posted one of the most violent two-week recoveries in its history, but the short side isn't backing down quietly. The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF gained 13% on Tuesday alone and is up 32% on…

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AVNW Craters 33% as Earnings Miss Triggers Law Firm Scrutiny

Aviat Networks just delivered one of its worst trading sessions in memory — a 33% collapse on May 5 after a Q3 2026 earnings print that missed EPS estimates by $0.36. The stock closed at $15.09, having shed roughly 30%…

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MaxLinear's Earnings Explosion Leaves Analysts Scrambling

MXL has just delivered one of the most violent post-earnings re-ratings in recent semiconductor memory — a 78% single-day move last week that has left the stock trading well above where even its most bullish analyst…

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Addus bears ease back, but Street targets keep sliding

ADUS heads into the week after its May 4 earnings print with short sellers pulling back and options traders showing little alarm — yet analyst target cuts keep arriving, keeping the stock well below where most of the…

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Ballard Power Rockets to 52-Week High on Earnings Beat

BLDP just delivered one of the most dramatic weeks in the hydrogen sector, surging 38% in five sessions after a better-than-expected earnings report sent the stock to a fresh 52-week high. The catalyst was an earnings…

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Crude Oil Bears Regroup as Borrow Costs Collapse

SCO, the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF, has had a turbulent fortnight — and the data tells the story of a crowded bet that is rapidly unwinding. The fund's price captures the arc perfectly. SCO closed at…

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PRIM rockets into earnings — then the results land

Primoris Services Corporation spent the past month rewriting expectations. The stock gained 37% over 30 days, closed at $202.92 on May 5, and jumped another 9.4% that session — only for Q1 2026 results, released after…

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Dine Brands Beats Q1 Estimates — Shorts Still Adding

DIN reported Q1 2026 results this morning, and for the first time in a while the news was unambiguously better than the Street had prepared for. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.07, beating the $1.01 consensus. Revenue of…

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GLD Shorts Rebuild as Borrow Tightens on Gold's Retreat

GLD enters this week with an interesting divergence: the price of gold has slipped, but short sellers are moving in the opposite direction — quietly rebuilding positions abandoned during April's gold rally. Short…

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