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INX insiders keep buying into Q1 results

Intouch Insight heads into its May 21 Q1 earnings webinar with a consistent insider-buying pattern running since last spring — and a short position that has jumped nearly eightfold in a week. The insider story is the…

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Trader NoteIMBB.Y

Imperial Brands: Short Sellers Exit Ahead of May Results

IMBB.Y heads into its May 12 half-year results with one of the cleaner short-positioning stories in the tobacco sector — bears have been pulling back sharply, and the borrow market has become almost entirely…

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Imperial Metals Drops 14% as CFO Sells Near the High

III enters May in a rough patch, with the stock down nearly 14% over the past week and the CFO having sold shares at a level the stock has since retreated sharply from. The insider angle is hard to ignore. CFO Darb…

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Trader NoteILMN

ILMN Heads Into Q1 Print Already Down 8%

Illumina reports Q1 2026 results today after the close, arriving at the print already beaten up — down 7.8% on the week and 5.2% on Wednesday alone, with two consecutive double-digit post-earnings drops in recent…

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ITT Heads Into Earnings With Shorts at a Six-Month High

ITT reports Q1 2026 results after the bell today, and the setup is unusually charged: short interest has surged 61% in a month, the put/call ratio just snapped from extreme defensiveness to its most bullish reading in…

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IEHC Insiders Sell Into a Strong Rally

IEH Corporation has climbed 15% over the past month — and the people who know it best have been selling all the way up. The ownership picture is the standout story this week. In March, insiders at this tiny OTC…

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Trader NoteICUI

ICUI Options Traders Sound the Alarm Ahead of May Earnings

ICU Medical heads into its May 7 Q1 results with options traders turning sharply more defensive — even as short sellers begin to ease off. The clearest signal this week is in the options market. The put/call ratio…

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Trader NoteBCC.H

Bantam Capital Drifts Lower With Little to Anchor It

BCC.H has shed nearly 19% over the past month, slipping to CAD 0.365 with no movement in either direction over the past week — a flat line that reflects thin trading rather than stability. The price action tells the…

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Trader NoteIDT

IDT Insiders Sell Into Strength as Shorts Quietly Build

IDT Corporation enters the final stretch of April with an unusual tension: a cluster of insider sales near the stock's current price sits alongside a steady, month-long rebuild in short positioning — even as the shares…

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Trader NoteIBWC

IBWC Quiet After a Slow Drift Higher

IBW Financial Corporation enters the back half of April with a modest but consistent uptrend and very little noise around it. The stock closed at $47.00 on April 28, up about 2.2% on the day and 4.1% on the week. The…

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Trader NoteHURC

HURC Outperforms Peers as Shorts Quietly Rebuild

Hurco Companies heads into the final session of April having done something most of its industrial machinery peers have not: gone up on the week. The stock gained nearly 1% over the past five days to close at $16.68,…

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HBAN analysts hold the line as shorts quietly rebuild

Huntington Bancshares heads into late April with a curious split: the Street remains firmly in the bull camp, yet short sellers have been adding positions all week — a quiet but persistent divergence worth…

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Trader NoteAWM

AWM: Borrow Costs Climb as Earnings Loom

AWM — Angel Wing Metals, the micro-cap precious metals explorer on the TSX Venture Exchange — heads into its May 6 event with cost-to-borrow creeping higher and the borrow pool running near fully tapped. The most…

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JBHT Shorts Rebuild After Earnings Pop

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading just off its post-earnings highs with shorts quietly rebuilding — while the Street, paradoxically, has spent the past two weeks raising targets. Short interest has climbed…

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Humana Rebounds 44% in a Month as Shorts Hold Their Ground

HUM enters the last day of April having just delivered its strongest monthly rally in years. The stock closed at $243.12 on April 29, up 44% over the past month and 12% on the week. The question now is whether that…

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Trader NoteNIM

Nicola Mining slides as Citadel files and earnings loom

NIM heads into its May 7 results with the stock under pressure and a notable new name on the shareholder register. Citadel Advisors filed a Schedule 13G on April 21, disclosing a fresh 2.69% stake — 6.16 million shares…

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HDSN heads into earnings with bears retreating

Hudson Technologies closes out April with a week-one look at what's coming: a May 6 earnings print that has historically punished shareholders, against a backdrop of quietly retreating short interest and borrowing…

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