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Trader NoteHVRR.Y

Hannover Re OTC Slips 8% as Borrow Availability Hits Zero

HVRR.Y, the OTC-listed American depositary receipt for Hannover Rück SE, heads into its May 11 earnings date with borrow availability fully exhausted and short interest up sharply over the past week. The lending market…

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Trader NoteHAFC

Hanmi Financial: Shorts Retreat After Strong Q1

HAFC enters the final session of April with its short sellers on the back foot, having just delivered a Q1 earnings beat that pushed the stock up more than 15% over the past month — while simultaneously draining the…

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Trader NoteHWC

HWC Options Flash Bullish as Shorts Ease After Earnings

Hancock Whitney Corporation heads into the post-earnings week with an unusual combination: short interest fading from its April highs while options traders turn distinctly bullish — two signals pulling in the same…

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Trader NoteHPS.A

Hammond Power heads into earnings after a 53% sprint

HPS.A reaches its Q1 earnings release today with short sellers rushing to catch a stock that has already run far ahead of them. The price action tells an extraordinary story. HPS.A closed Wednesday at CAD 279.16, a…

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Trader NoteHAIN

HAIN shorts grind higher ahead of May earnings

HAIN enters its May 8 earnings report with short sellers the most committed they have been all year — and Tuesday's 14% single-day collapse underlines why. Short interest has become the defining feature of this setup.…

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Trader NoteHAE

HAE Heads Into May Print With Bears Retreating

Haemonetics Corporation enters its May 7 earnings call in an unusual spot: short sellers have been cutting exposure for six weeks, options traders are positioned bullishly, and yet the stock trades at a near-50%…

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Trader NoteSIEN

SIEN's Borrow Market Snaps Tight After Wild April Swings

Sienna Resources Inc. arrives at the end of April with a stock price down 16% on the month and a lending market that has lurched from near-full utilisation back to almost entirely open — a combination that captures…

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Trader NoteHSBC

HSBC heads into May earnings after shorts retreat

HSBC enters its May 5 quarterly results with a sharply cleaner short book, a month-long rally behind it, and options traders only modestly more cautious than usual — a setup that looks less charged than the stock's…

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Trader NoteSIM

Grupo Simec Slides 10% as Shorts Quietly Retreat

Grupo Simec heads into its May 5 earnings release having shed nearly 10% in a week — yet the short-selling community is moving in the opposite direction from what the price action might suggest. The clearest story in…

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Trader NoteGIB.A

CGI Earnings Stumble Sends Stock to Multi-Year Lows

CGI Inc. is having its worst week in years — a double-digit selloff triggered by quarterly results that told a nuanced but ultimately discouraging story. The stock shed 14.2% on the week to close at CAD 89.78,…

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Trader NoteEOM

EOM Borrow Pool Near Exhausted as Earnings Loom

Eco Oro Minerals heads into its May 7 earnings event with the lending market extraordinarily tight and short interest tripling from its late-March level — a striking setup for a stock trading at fractions of a…

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Trader NoteGCBC

GCBC insiders keep buying as borrow costs quietly climb

Greene County Bancorp enters the final stretch of April with a conspicuous thread running through its recent activity: insiders keep putting their own money in, even as the stock trades nearly flat against its…

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Trader NoteGBX

GBX shorts rebuild as options swing bullish

GBX heads into late April with a notable divergence: short sellers have been adding positions steadily throughout the month, yet the options market looks the most bullishly skewed it has been all year. Short interest…

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Trader NoteGWO

GWO Heads Into Q1 Earnings with Shorts at Arm's Length

Great-West Lifeco approaches its May 6 earnings release on the back of a strong month — and a notable story unfolding in the ownership register that says more about the stock's direction than the bears do. The stock…

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