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Trader NoteVLX

VLX: CEO Buys at a Two-Year High in Price

VLX, the TSXV-listed mining junior Velox Energy Materials Inc., heads into its May 1 fiscal year 2025 results with one clear signal worth watching: its Acting CEO bought nearly 3.8 million shares just five weeks…

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Trader NoteCXXI

C21 Investments Sinks 24% in a Week as Borrow Demand Spikes

CXXI heads into the final trading day of April under notable pressure — a 24% weekly loss on paper-thin volume, accompanied by a sudden and sharp build in short positioning that stands out against the stock's normally…

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Trader NoteCCEL

CCEL Shorts Double in a Week on Negligible Float

Cryo-Cell International heads into the final days of April with an unusual short-interest spike that looks more like noise than a structural shift — but it is worth understanding why. Short interest nearly doubled over…

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Trader NoteYUKA

YUKA shorts spike as stock loses a fifth of its value

Yuka Group, Inc. enters the final days of April under pressure — the stock is down 22.5% on the week and short interest jumped dramatically in a single session, even as the overall short position remains tiny relative…

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Trader NoteCWV.H

CWV's Short Score Jumps as Borrow Tightens

Crown Point Energy Inc. has staged a striking one-month recovery, but this week the lending market abruptly shifted gear. The most notable development is the speed of the short score move. The ORTEX short score climbed…

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Trader NoteCRES.Y

Cresud insiders buy into a short-interest reset

CRES.Y heads into its May 7 earnings call with a clear near-term signal: the company's Non-Executive Vice Chairman has been buying shares on the open market, picking up roughly 17,800 shares across three transactions…

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Trader NoteLINE

Short positions triple as LINE shares drop 18%

Linear Minerals Corp. heads into the close of April with a sharp disconnect between a surge in short positioning and a lending market that remains, for now, comfortably loose. Estimated short shares have tripled in the…

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Trader NoteCVLG

CVLG leaps 12% post-earnings as shorts stay quiet

Covenant Logistics Group enters the back half of April having just pulled off one of the sharpest post-earnings moves in the trucking sector — and the most striking part of the setup is how little short sellers seem to…

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Trader NoteCSGP

CSGP Shorts Exit as Earnings Disappoint

CoStar Group delivered its Q1 earnings on April 28 into a market already braced for bad news — and the stock's subsequent 5.8% single-day drop confirmed the pessimists had the right idea, even as a parallel…

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Trader NoteCOST

COST Approaches Earnings With Cautious Options Tilt

Costco Wholesale heads into its May 28 Q3 results with options traders running more defensive than usual — even as short sellers hold a modest and barely moving position. The most telling setup is in options. The…

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Trader NoteCRVL

CorVel's AI Launch Can't Hide the Insider Selldown

CRVL heads into its May 22 earnings with a genuinely mixed picture: a promising AI product debut, persistent insider selling, and options traders who have abruptly flipped from maximum caution to something closer to…

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Trader NoteCJR.B

Corus Entertainment: A Stock Priced for Extinction

CJR.B is a Canadian broadcaster trading at $0.035 — three-and-a-half cents — making the week's most interesting story not short interest or analyst positioning, but whether the market believes the company has a future…

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Trader NoteCXW

CXW Bulls Lead Into May Earnings

CoreCivic enters its May 6 earnings call with options traders tilted bullishly and short sellers steadily retreating — a setup that stands in quiet contrast to the stock's contested political backdrop. Options…

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Trader NoteCDP

CDP Earnings Beat Lands Flat After A Sharp Sell-Off

COPT Defense Properties heads into the post-earnings session this week caught between a clean operational beat and a 3.6% drop on Tuesday that wiped out the month's gains. Q1 results, reported after the close on April…

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