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Trader NoteANPA

ANPA: Extreme Borrow Costs Flag a Deeply Contested Float

ANPA — Rich Sparkle Holdings Limited — enters the week with one of the most hostile borrow markets on the Nasdaq: a 368% cost to borrow, short availability at just 16%, and a 25% single-day price jump on May 8. The…

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Trader NoteSUNC

Citi lifts SUNC target as earnings approach

SUNC heads into its May 18 earnings call with the most bullish analyst action in months just landing — and a stock that has quietly put in a 34% YTD rally to $66.05. The freshest news on the Street is unambiguously…

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Trader NoteGLXY

GLXY shorts hold firm as the stock roars 62% in a month

Galaxy Digital enters the week after its best one-month run in recent memory with short sellers stubbornly refusing to cover — a setup that pits a surging crypto bull market against one of the more meaningful short…

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Trader NoteSAIL

SailPoint: Options Hedge Up, Shorts Unwinding

SailPoint heads into its June 4 earnings date at an unusual inflection point — options traders have grown sharply more defensive over the past two weeks, even as the short interest that dominated the stock through…

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Trader NoteFFTT

MSGY Borrow Cost Bites Despite Easing Shorts

Masonglory Limited heads into the back half of May with a striking contradiction at its core: short interest has fallen sharply over the past month, yet borrowing the stock remains extraordinarily expensive. The…

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Trader NoteFMFC

FMFC: Costly Borrow, Ample Supply — A Micro-Cap Paradox

FMFC, the Nasdaq-listed Kandal M Venture Limited, is trading with a striking disconnect between its borrow cost and actual short positioning — the kind of setup that makes a $6 million micro-cap worth a closer…

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Trader NoteOFAL

OFAL Short Score Jumps as Shorts Double Down

OFA Group has had a turbulent week — the stock fell nearly 7% over five sessions to $0.71, even as its short score surged to the highest level in recent data, signalling a sharp shift in bearish sentiment against the…

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Trader NoteSOBO

SOBO Shorts Pile In Around Q1 Earnings Miss

South Bow Corporation heads into the post-earnings week with short sellers having made their most aggressive move in months — just as the company delivered a quarterly result that gave them reason to stay. Short…

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Trader NoteHPAI

HPAI Shorts Rebuild as Stock Loses a Third in a Week

HPAI enters the weekend having shed 33% over five sessions — a collapse that draws attention not to crowded shorts but to a lending market that is quietly loosening after months of extreme tightness. The most striking…

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Trader NoteXHLD

XHLD borrow cost jumps as shorts retreat

XHLD heads into the week with an unusual split: short sellers have been cutting positions aggressively for over a month, yet the cost of borrowing shares has surged back toward its recent range. The core tension is in…

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Trader NoteSDST

SDST Shorts Retreat as Equity Raise Looms

Stardust Power heads into its May 14 earnings event with a freshly announced dilution and short sellers quietly unwinding — a combination that frames the week's tension cleanly. The most immediate catalyst is the $5…

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Trader NoteDJT

DJT shorts rebuild as options traders grow more bullish

DJT heads into the final stretch of the week having shed nearly 5% over five sessions to close at $8.93 — but the more interesting tension is not in the price, it's in the structural divergence between a short base…

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Trader NoteGCTS

GCTS shorts hold firm as stock rallies into earnings

GCT Semiconductor heads into its May 12 earnings report with a classic tension: the stock is up 33% in a month, shorts haven't flinched, and the last time the company reported, the stock fell more than 10%. Short…

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Trader NoteSELX.F

SELX Crashes 39% as Borrow Market Tightens Hard

SELX, the Nasdaq-listed Semilux International, has shed nearly 40% in a single week — dropping to $0.24 — while its borrow market tightens to levels that make new short positions increasingly expensive to…

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