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Trader NoteEDBL

EDBL Cost to Borrow Eases but Earnings Loom at $0.35

Edible Garden AG Incorporated heads into its May 15 earnings release carrying a cost-to-borrow above 100%, a short score that has climbed all week, and a stock down 65% over the past month. The borrow market tells the…

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Trader NoteLVLU

Lulu's Miss Lands Hard as Shorts Had Already Fled

LVLU entered its Q1 2026 earnings release with one of the more striking disconnects in recent micro-cap history: short sellers had quietly fled ahead of the print, yet the report delivered exactly the kind of result…

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Trader NoteLIDR

AEye shorts double as earnings miss lands

LIDR heads into the aftermath of a Q1 miss with short sellers running at their most aggressive level in months — and fresh analyst initiations suggesting the Street still sees a recovery case. Short interest has more…

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Trader NoteCYN

CYN shorts unwind as earnings loom

Cyngn Inc. heads into Wednesday's Q1 results with short sellers retreating at speed — yet the borrow market remains tight enough to keep this a closely-watched micro-cap into the print. The short-side pullback is the…

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Trader NoteHOOD

HOOD: Analysts Trim Targets as Shorts Quietly Unwind

Robinhood Markets heads into June earnings with a divided analyst community, a stock still 14% off its April highs, and shorts gradually stepping back. The most striking feature of the past two weeks is the breadth of…

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Trader NoteRPID

RPID beats on revenue but EPS miss looms over Q1 print

Rapid Micro Biosystems just filed its Q1 2026 results with a split scorecard — revenue came in ahead of estimates at $8.0M against a $7.6M consensus, but the loss per share widened sharply to $0.31, missing the $0.23…

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Trader NoteMCW

MCW shorts retreat after a sharp April build

Mister Car Wash arrives at this week's close having shed nearly 13.5% of its short interest in the space of four days — and the question worth asking is whether that's genuine covering or just a settlement artefact…

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Trader NoteTBN

TBN rights raise hangs over a flat week

Tamboran Resources Corporation heads into mid-May carrying the overhang of a recent equity raise and a stock price that has gone precisely nowhere on the week. The most relevant development is structural rather than…

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Trader NoteBEAT

HeartBeam shorts retreat as insiders pile in

BEAT heads into the aftermath of its Q1 2026 earnings print with one of the most striking short-covering runs seen in this name — and a coordinated insider buying cluster that telegraphed the move weeks in…

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Trader NoteCHSN

CHSN's reverse split triggers a short-seller frenzy

Chanson International Holding enters this week as one of the most extraordinary short-squeeze setups on Nasdaq — a micro-cap bakery operator whose stock has collapsed 99% in a month while short sellers scramble to…

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Trader NoteDRMA

DRMA insiders bought the dip — now Q1 beats add fuel

DRMA enters the post-earnings session with a notable alignment: the CEO who spent $1 million buying shares in December is now watching the company he built beat Q1 estimates — and the short base that towered over the…

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Trader NoteINVZ

Goldman Steps Back as INVZ Heads Into Earnings

Innoviz Technologies enters its Q1 2026 earnings call — scheduled for tomorrow, May 14 — with a 14% weekly gain on the stock and a Goldman Sachs downgrade hanging over the name simultaneously. The borrow market tells a…

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Trader NoteOUST

Founder CTO Sells Into Strength as Shorts Rebuild

Ouster heads into the week after its Q1 earnings release with a notable tension: the founder is consistently selling, a key analyst just downgraded, and shorts are quietly rebuilding their position — all while the…

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Trader NoteUWMC

UWMC CEO Sells $34M as Shorts Rebuild

UWM Holdings heads into the second week of May with a striking insider-selling streak that runs directly against a recovering short position — the two together telling a cautious story about sentiment at the top of the…

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