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Trader NoteAEM

Agnico Eagle reverses hard as gold sector sells off

Agnico Eagle Mines has given back much of its recent rally in a matter of days — down 12% on the week to $173.40, erasing the gains that prompted last week's note on short sellers retreating. The reversal is…

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Trader NoteAMD

AMD Gaps Down From Peak — Analyst Targets Surge Past $500

AMD is caught between a wave of rapidly rising analyst price targets and a stock that keeps sliding away from them. The week's central tension is a widening gap between where the Street thinks AMD should trade and…

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Trader NoteMXL

MXL insiders sell into the rally as shorts flee

MaxLinear enters this week with one of the more striking short-covering stories in the semiconductor space — a stock that has more than tripled in a month, with short sellers retreating rapidly and options traders…

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Trader NoteAKAM

Akamai gives back gains as options caution builds

Akamai Technologies has spent the week unwinding a slice of its extraordinary post-earnings rally, dropping 6.3% on Tuesday alone to close at $141.34 — and options traders are now more defensive than they have been in…

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Trader NoteMWC

MWC Insiders Sell as Q1 Profit Soars

Manila Water Company enters the back half of May with a peculiar tension: a strong earnings beat behind it and a quiet drumbeat of insider selling in its wake. Q1 2026 net income jumped 24% year-on-year, the clearest…

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Trader NoteCAPR

CAPR Bears Press Hard Into Quarterly Setback

Capricor Therapeutics enters the post-earnings stretch under genuine pressure: short sellers have rebuilt positions aggressively after the May 12 quarterly print, insiders sold into strength, and borrow availability…

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Trader NoteDRVN

DRVN Beats Q4 Estimates but the Guidance Lands a Punch

Driven Brands entered this week's Q4 2025 earnings release with short sellers still holding elevated positions and the Street in damage-control mode — and the print, while technically a beat on the top and bottom…

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Trader NoteTRAX

TRAX Fades Fast After Six-Firm Coverage Blitz

First Tracks Biotherapeutics enters the week of May 11 with a stark contradiction at its centre: six Wall Street firms initiated coverage in the past month with unanimous bullish ratings, yet the stock has shed 31%…

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Trader NoteSHAZ

SHAZ Shorts Double as Lock-Up Clock Ticks Down

SharonAI Holdings Inc. enters the back half of May carrying the clearest bearish positioning it has seen since listing — with short sellers doubling their exposure in a single week and a lock-up expiry four days…

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Trader NoteBIXI

Starboard Steps In as BIXI Draws Hedge Fund Interest

BIXI — Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd. — is a small Nasdaq-listed SPAC priced near its trust value. This week's story is less about short positioning and more about who has been quietly building…

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Trader NoteASBP

ASBP: Near-Zero Availability Ahead of Monday Earnings

Aspire Biopharma Holdings goes into its Monday earnings release with the borrow market completely exhausted — every share available to lend has already been borrowed, and the cost of doing so has hit its highest level…

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Trader NoteCYAB

CYAB Shorts Retreat as Borrow Costs Normalise

Cyabra enters the back half of May having just survived one of the more chaotic borrowing episodes in its short history — and the sharp unwind is the story of the week. The dramatic tension here is timing. Short…

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Trader NoteATHR

ATHR shorts rebuild ahead of earnings

Aether Holdings heads into its May 18 earnings event with short sellers rebuilding positions at pace — even as the borrow market remains well-stocked and the stock carries a 50% one-month gain. Short interest has risen…

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Trader NoteBGL

BGL Falls 14% After Court Blocks Deal Amendments

Blue Gold Limited heads into the weekend under legal and market pressure after a Cayman Islands court ruling effectively halted its proposed business combination. The catalyst arrived on May 15. The Grand Court of the…

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Trader NoteRAIN

RAIN shorts retreat as Q1 results land

Rain Enhancement Technologies had a week defined by a sharp reversal in short positioning — arriving precisely as the company delivered its first-quarter numbers. Short interest collapsed in the week to May 14. The…

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Trader NoteBZAI

BZAI: Revenue miss swamps guidance hold after Q1 earnings

Blaize Holdings enters the post-earnings period carrying a 30% weekly loss, a revenue shortfall that dwarfs a guidance reaffirmation, and insiders who have been selling on the way down. The Q1 print on May 14 was the…

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