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Trader NotePHVS

Founders Cash Out as PHVS Beats and Raises

Pharvaris heads into the week after Q1 earnings with a complex mix: a clean beat, a fresh equity raise, meaningful insider selling, and short sellers retreating sharply. The clearest catalyst was Q1 results delivered…

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Trader NoteINBS

INBS shorts rebuild as the stock surges 31%

INBS heads into mid-May with a sharp divergence between price momentum and short-side positioning — the stock is up 31% on the week, but short sellers have simultaneously doubled down. The most striking data point is…

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Trader NoteRVPH

RVPH Heads to OTCQB After Nasdaq Delisting

RVPH enters its most consequential week of the year not because of earnings — though those came too — but because the stock is being delisted from Nasdaq, with shares moving to the OTCQB market on May 14. The delisting…

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Trader NoteQS

QS Shorts Hold Firm as the Stock Surges 16%

QuantumScape has spent the week posting one of its sharpest rallies in months, up 16% in five days to $8.42, with news that the solid-state battery maker is targeting AI and defense licensing opportunities adding fuel…

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Trader NoteOLMA

OLMA: Short Sellers Build as Earnings Miss Looms Over ASCO

OLMA heads into a defining two-week stretch carrying its heaviest short interest in months, a freshly beaten Q1 print, and a key oncology conference on the horizon — all while the stock trades down 13% over the past…

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Trader NoteEZGO

EZGO Shorts Explode 5,000%+ as Stock Collapses to Pennies

EZGO Technologies has undergone one of the most violent positioning collapses seen in a micro-cap this year — short interest has risen more than 5,000% in a single week as the stock falls 98% month-to-date. The short…

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Trader NoteIRD

IRD shorts build fast ahead of May earnings

IRD heads into its May 20 earnings with short interest at its highest level in months and an unusual cluster of insider sells already logged — a charged setup for a $370M gene therapy micro-cap. Short interest has…

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Trader NoteEOSE

EOSE Squeezes Higher on Earnings Beat, But Shorts Hold Firm

Eos Energy Enterprises is navigating one of the sharpest short squeezes in the clean-energy storage space — yet with 30% of the float still borrowed, the tension between the bulls who just received a major catalyst and…

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Trader NoteNYXH

NYXH Beats on Revenue, but Borrow Costs Spike

Nyxoah just delivered its strongest revenue quarter yet — then watched the stock slip anyway. Q1 2026 results came in ahead of expectations on every key line. Revenue hit €6.37 million, up roughly sixfold year-on-year…

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Trader NoteHYLN

HYLN Surges on Q1 Beat as Shorts Hold Firm

HYLN just dropped a Q1 earnings beat and rallied 16% on the week — yet short sellers have barely flinched, leaving the stock in an unusual tug of war between improving fundamentals and a stubbornly elevated short…

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Trader NoteJZXN

JZXN Borrow Dries Up as Short Score Spikes

JZXN — Jiuzi Holdings — is a $1.6 million market-cap Chinese EV retail stock that just became one of the most expensive names to borrow in the market. The dominant story this week is a violent repricing in the lending…

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Trader NotePRAX

PRAX: Shorts Trim as Truist Lifts Target Post-Earnings

Praxis Precision Medicine heads into mid-May with a sharpening divergence between a cautious short base and a bullish analyst consensus that just got a fresh upward nudge. Short interest is meaningfully elevated but…

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Trader NoteFOUR

FOUR's Shorts Ease — But the Borrow Market Stays Primed

Shift4 Payments enters the week in an intriguing position: short interest is still among the heaviest in the payments universe, borrowing costs have collapsed, and the options market just registered its most defensive…

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