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Trader NoteMLYS

MLYS Raises $150M to Buy Out Royalty, Stock Pays the Price

Mineralys Therapeutics stumbled into a pivotal week — pricing a dilutive equity offering at a steep discount to buy back royalty obligations on lorundrostat, right as the FDA clock ticks louder. On June 3, the company…

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Trader NoteLUNR

LUNR After Earnings: Bears Retreat, But Borrow Stays Tight

Intuitive Machines has just reported — and the post-earnings picture looks meaningfully different from the pre-print setup that dominated four straight notes. The June 4 earnings event arrived with the stock at $39.57,…

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Trader NoteOCS

Analysts Hold Ratings but Slash Targets After DIAMOND Miss

OCS has fallen another 46% since Friday's trial-failure note — and the Street's response this week tells the real story. The stock closed at $12.29 on Tuesday, down 59% on the week and 55% over the past month. That…

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Trader NoteAMPX

AMPX Surges 28% as Insiders Sell Into the Rally

AMPX is caught in a genuine tug-of-war: the stock just posted its biggest weekly gain in months, a new analyst fired the opening shot with a bullish initiation, and the people running the company quietly sold into…

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Trader NoteQBTS

QBTS Survives Earnings, Analysts Lift Targets

D-Wave Quantum has cleared the June 1 earnings hurdle with barely a scratch, and analysts responded the following morning by raising price targets — yet insiders who sold into the rally look increasingly prescient, and…

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Trader NotePSNY

Polestar's Borrow Market Hits the Wall Again

PSNY heads into June with its lending market nearly seized up — and a short position that has been rebuilding fast all week. Availability has collapsed to just 4.4% of outstanding short interest, meaning fewer than one…

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Trader NoteSMR

SMR shorts retreat as NuScale reclaims momentum

NuScale Power has clocked a 14% gain over the past week and is up 15% in a month — a sharp reversal for a stock that spent much of 2026 being aggressively sold short. The tension this week is real: short sellers at 21%…

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Trader NoteRGTI

RGTI insiders cash out as shorts ease and earnings loom

Rigetti Computing heads into its June 9 earnings call with a striking new wrinkle: the executives running the company have been selling aggressively into the rally, even as short sellers quietly trim their bets. The…

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Trader NoteDRTS

DRTS Sells Off Post-Earnings as Shorts Rebuild Fast

Alpha Tau Medical has delivered a week that splits neatly into two stories: an earnings print that moved the stock higher on the day, and a subsequent sell-off that has wiped nearly 14% off the price — with short…

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Trader NoteIREN

IREN Short Squeeze Continues as Bears Shed 23% in a Week

IREN has added another 11% this week — the squeeze that last week's note called "uncomfortable for shorts" has now become genuinely painful. The prior note, published May 27, caught the stock at $59.78 and flagged 66.2…

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Trader NoteNVTS

NVTS: Shorts Finally Easing as the Rally Fades

Navitas Semiconductor pulled back sharply this week, dropping 18.6% to $25.86 — and for the first time in weeks, short sellers are quietly reducing exposure into the weakness. The shift in short positioning is the most…

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Trader NoteNU

Nu Holdings: Analysts Cut Targets as Shorts Pile In

Nu Holdings arrives at the start of June in unmistakable trouble — the stock fell 8% in a single session this week, the Street has turned more cautious in a hurry, and short sellers have been quietly rebuilding…

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Trader NoteYSWY

Yesway drops 12% post-earnings as Street holds firm

YSWY entered earnings week trading at $27, and left it at $20 — a 26% haircut over the past month that has now widened the gap between where the stock trades and where the Street thinks it should be to roughly 50%. The…

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Trader NoteGFS

GFS pulls back from peak but bulls haven't blinked

GLOBALFOUNDRIES has retreated from its May highs — the stock closed at $84.60 on June 2, down roughly 6% on the week — yet the broader setup remains more orderly than the price action implies. The key tension this week…

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Trader NoteGTLB

GitLab: Shorts Hold Firm After Beat-and-Cut Print

GTLB has given the market a lot to digest — a clean Q1 beat, a guidance raise, a 14% headcount cut, and a 5.8% pullback on the day analysts were lifting targets. The most telling detail this week is what shorts have…

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