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Trader NoteJOBY

Joby's 21% Week Masks a Divided Street

JOBY heads into the week of May 13 having ripped 21% higher in five sessions — yet the stock pulled back 2.3% on Tuesday with insiders actively selling and the Street trimming targets. The tension between strong price…

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Trader NoteUNCY

UNCY Faces Street Skepticism Despite OLC Countdown

Unicycive Therapeutics heads into the week after a Q1 earnings miss with analysts trimming targets but the stock, paradoxically, holding its ground. The most important development on UNCY right now is the widening gap…

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Trader NoteWHWK

WHWK: $87.5M PIPE Reshapes the Story

Whitehawk Therapeutics just changed its funding picture entirely — a freshly announced $87.5M private placement, filed this morning, is the event that reframes everything else in the current setup. The PIPE is the…

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Trader NoteJBI

UBS Cuts JBI to $6 After Earnings Miss

Janus International Group enters the post-earnings stretch in a tough spot. Q1 2026 results missed EPS estimates by $0.09, and UBS responded by cutting its price target to $6 — the latest in a string of analyst…

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Trader NoteSOFI

CEO Buys as Street Cuts Targets on SoFi

SoFi Technologies enters the week with a notable split: the CEO is buying his own shares while analysts are cutting their price targets after a bruising earnings reaction. CEO Anthony Noto made two open-market…

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Trader NoteFEMY

FEMY faces earnings test as short pressure eases

Femasys Inc. enters its May 15 earnings event having endured another rough week — down 6.7% on Tuesday alone and 5.6% over the past five days, bringing the stock to $0.38. The tension heading into the release is…

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Trader NoteDOCS

DOCS shorts rebuild ahead of earnings test

Doximity heads into its Thursday evening earnings call carrying a heavier short burden than at any point in the past two months — and with options traders tilting decisively more bullish than usual. Short interest has…

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Trader NoteNYAX

Nayax Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Re-Building

NYAX arrives at its May 20 earnings date with a quietly interesting setup — short interest tripled in two days last week, executives have been selling steadily all spring, and the stock just posted its best monthly…

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Trader NoteHYDR

HYDR Short Score Collapses After a Chaotic Fortnight

HYDR — the Global X Hydrogen ETF — heads into mid-May with an unusual story: a short score that has collapsed from near-extreme levels in a matter of days, even as borrowing costs stay elevated and options traders have…

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Trader NoteSMWB

SMWB shorts exit as options turn bullish after earnings

Similarweb enters the week after its Q1 earnings in an unusual position: short sellers have just staged a dramatic exit while options traders are the most bullish they've been all year. The most striking development is…

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Trader NoteJXN

JXN Shorts Rebuild as Options Hit Yearly High

Jackson Financial enters the post-earnings stretch with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and options traders expressing the most defensive skew of the past year. Short interest has climbed sharply over the…

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Trader NotePSFE

BTIG Lifts PSFE to $12 After Q1 Beat

PSFE just cleared a meaningful hurdle. Q1 2026 earnings, reported this morning, beat on both lines — adjusted EPS came in at $0.41 versus the $0.39 estimate, and revenue of $442.7M topped forecasts of $424.7M by a…

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Trader NoteIAU

IAU shorts retreat as Q1 beat fuels turnaround hopes

IAU heads into the post-earnings period with one of the sharpest short-covering moves of the past six weeks — and a Q1 result that came in ahead of expectations. Short sellers have been unwinding aggressively. Short…

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Trader NoteAVAH

AVAH Heads Into Q1 Print With a Fraud Moratorium Overhang

AVAH reports Q1 2026 results tomorrow morning against a backdrop that has just grown more complicated: CMS announced a six-month moratorium on new hospice and home health agency registrations, citing an active fraud…

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Trader NoteGLBE

GLBE Beats Q1 But Founders Keep Selling

Global-E Online just delivered a clean Q1 beat and raised full-year guidance — but the numbers barely moved the stock, and the founders have spent the past three weeks selling into every rally. The results, reported…

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Trader NoteCOIN

COIN shorts rebuild as analysts trim targets

Coinbase Global enters the back half of May with a curious split: the stock is up 5% on the week and 24% over the past month, yet short sellers have spent the same period quietly adding to their positions. Short…

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Trader NoteMBBC

MBBC Shorts Unwind Ahead of Next Week's Results

Marathon Bancorp heads into its May 19 earnings call with short sellers backing away hard and the stock quietly building one of its best multi-week runs of the year. The short-side retreat is the clearest story in the…

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Trader NoteVOR

VOR Shorts Pile In Ahead of Back-to-Back Earnings

VOR heads into a compressed earnings cycle with short sellers accelerating positions, a freshly reported Q1 beat, and another update due in less than a week. Short interest has been the defining story of the past…

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