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Trader NoteSVRN

OceanPal's Wild Week: -33% as Short Sellers Rebuild Quickly

SVRN shed a third of its value in a single week — and this is a stock that was already down 52% over the past month. The week's sharpest story is the speed of short rebuilding after what was a dramatic unwind. Back in…

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Trader NoteIXHL

IXHL borrow market tightens into next week's earnings

Incannex Healthcare Inc. heads into its May 22 results with the lending market near maximum tightness — and options traders positioned firmly on the defensive. The borrow story is the week's most striking feature.…

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Trader NoteMRAI

MRAI's Short Sellers Exit Ahead of Q1 Print

Marpai enters its May 21 earnings call in a dramatically different position than it held just a month ago — short sellers have largely fled, a fresh Q1 report just hit the tape, and the lending market has all but…

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Trader NoteGPGI

GPGI: Shorts Pile Back In After Earnings Collapse

GPGI heads into next month's earnings event as one of the most contested setups in its peer group — a sharp post-earnings sell-off, a short interest surge, and a cluster of insiders buying into the slide are all…

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Trader NoteVIP

GREE Rallies Into Earnings — Shorts Holding Firm

Greenidge Generation Holdings posted a 21% gain over the past week to close at $1.47, its best run in months. The stock reported Q1 results after the close on May 15, beating year-ago comparisons — but with short…

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Trader NoteKTTA

KTTA shorts retreat as borrow costs ease

Pasithea Therapeutics Corp. heads into mid-May with its most notable story in the lending market: short sellers have been quietly backing away, and the cost to borrow is following them down. Short interest has fallen…

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Trader NoteRNAZ

RNAZ shorts rebuild as dilution overhang weighs

TransCode Therapeutics heads into the back half of May carrying a 26% one-month price loss, a freshly filed shelf registration, and short interest that has just ticked back up after a multi-week retreat. The most…

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Trader NoteNRXP

NRXP: Shorts Double as Earnings Loom

NRx Pharmaceuticals heads into its May 18 earnings call with short sellers aggressively rebuilding positions and the stock simultaneously pushing higher — a tension that makes this week's setup unusually charged. Short…

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Trader NoteIDAI

IDAI Misses Estimates, Shorts Rebuild Into Next Print

T Stamp Inc. heads into its May 22 earnings call with short interest on the rise and the stock bruised by a Q1 miss — a combination that puts the next release under sharp scrutiny. The fundamental picture explains much…

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Trader NoteMDIA

MDIA shorts evaporate as price pushes toward $1

MediaCo Holding Inc. has been the scene of a dramatic short-seller retreat over the past month — and with shares nudging back toward the $1 mark, that unwind is the week's defining story. Short interest has collapsed.…

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Trader NoteTWAV

TWAV earnings surprise fails to arrest the stock's slide

TWAV headed into its earnings print this week carrying a 22% loss over the past five days — a bruising setup for a micro-cap software name already trading at $1.46. The results themselves were a genuine positive…

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Trader NoteATER

ATER: Squeeze Unwinds Into Earnings — What Just Happened

Aterian enters the post-earnings window with the remnants of a violent short squeeze still visible in its data — and a director who backed the stock with $3.5 million just weeks before results. The defining move of the…

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Trader NoteSONM

DNA X Heads Into Earnings With a Wild Short Book

SONM enters its Q4 2025 earnings call on Monday, May 18 carrying the most turbulent short-interest week of its recent history — and an unanswered question about whether it can file its quarterly report on time. The…

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Trader NoteMITQ

MITQ shorts unwind sharply after a turbulent April

Moving iMage Technologies heads into mid-May with short sellers in full retreat — but the stock is still drifting lower. The most striking feature of the past six weeks is the speed at which short positions were built…

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Trader NoteWORX

WORX Collapses 68% in a Month as Shorts Exit

WORX has entered a freefall few micro-cap names survive intact — down 68% over the past month and another 19% on Thursday alone — yet the striking part is that short sellers are not the ones driving it. The most…

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Trader NoteTOST

Toast bears rebuild after earnings miss

TOST enters the back half of May in a notably fragile spot — short sellers are rebuilding aggressively after a sharply negative earnings print, analysts have trimmed their targets in unison, and the stock has shed 15%…

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Trader NoteONDS

ONDS: Earnings Pop Meets Tightening Borrow

Ondas Inc. had a volatile week — a 20% earnings-day jump on May 14 followed by a 5.3% pullback the next session, leaving the stock up 17% on the week at $10.62 and still sitting deep inside a heavily contested short…

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