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Trader NoteEKG

EKG: Earnings Loom as Shorts Quietly Build

EKG — CardioComm Solutions — heads into its May 1 results with short interest at a multi-month high and insider transaction data too stale to be meaningful. The most notable development this week is the sharp rise in…

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Trader NoteCAH

CAH Heads Into Earnings With Street Freshly Onside

Cardinal Health reports Q3 fiscal 2026 results this morning — and for once, the pre-print setup tilts notably in the bulls' favour. The most telling move arrived Tuesday, when William Blair initiated coverage with an…

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Trader NoteCEPL

CGEH shorts build as the stock's 53% monthly run cools

Capstone Green Energy Holdings enters the final day of April with a notable tension: the stock has gained 53% over the past month, yet short sellers have been quietly building positions into that rally. Short interest…

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Trader NoteCFFN

CFFN Options Traders Turn Defensive as Earnings Loom

Capitol Federal Financial heads into its May 5 earnings call with options positioning at its most cautious since late summer — a notable shift for a stock that has quietly climbed 14% over the past month. The options…

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Trader NoteBXMT

JP Morgan Upgrade Meets a Sharp Short Exit

BXMT heads into the back half of the week with two things happening simultaneously: short sellers bailing out at a pace rarely seen in the stock, and the Street's most closely watched analyst turning outright…

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Trader NoteCSWC

CSWC Borrow Fully Tapped With Shorts Building

Capital Southwest Corporation heads into its May 11 earnings with the borrow market completely exhausted and short interest building at its fastest monthly pace in at least a year. The lending picture is as tight as it…

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Trader NoteSNDA

Sonida Shorts Double as Conversant Digs In

SNDA heads into its May 11 earnings call with a sharp split: the stock up nearly 10% on the week, short interest more than doubled in a month, and the company's largest shareholder adding aggressively. The dominant…

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Trader NoteCPTP

CPTP: Borrow Costs Collapse as Short Score Retreats

Capital Properties, Inc. enters May with a quietly shifting lending picture — cost to borrow has crashed, shorts have technically doubled but remain trivially small, and an earnings print arrives tomorrow. The most…

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Trader NoteCOF

COF: Street stays bullish despite post-earnings slide

Capital One Financial enters the final days of April carrying two conflicting signals — a Street that just raised its collective price target after a strong earnings print, and a stock that sold off anyway. The week's…

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Trader NoteCYF

Canyon Creek: A Micro-Cap Moment to Watch

CYF heads into its May 6 Q3 earnings report with an uncomfortable recent track record — and a stock price that has absorbed another sharp drop this week. The price action is the clearest place to start. Shares closed…

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Trader NoteCD

Cantex shorts ease sharply as founder holds firm

CD, the TSXV-listed junior explorer, heads into the final trading week of April with short interest more than three-quarters lower than it was a month ago — the clearest structural shift on this stock in weeks. Short…

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Trader NoteCAJP.Y

Canon Counts the Cost of Q1 Earnings Shock

CAJP.Y headed into the final days of April nursing a bruising reaction to its Q1 results — and the short side has moved fast in response. The clearest story this week is the post-earnings rebuild in short positions.…

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Trader NoteCLZ

Insiders Buy Into CLZ as Stock Slips to C$0.045

Canasil Resources Inc. heads into the final days of April with two things standing out: insider buying earlier this year and a stock that has drifted down 10% over the past month to C$0.045. The most compelling story…

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Trader NoteCCM

Canagold slides 13% as borrow costs spike fourfold

Canagold Resources enters May with its steepest weekly decline in months, falling 13.2% to CAD 0.495. That drop is happening as short-term borrow costs have jumped sharply — a combination that deserves attention even…

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Trader NoteCU

CU Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Retreating

Canadian Utilities enters its April 30 Q1 results as something of a market anomaly: a stable regulated utility whose short sellers have been steadily walking away, even as the cost to borrow the stock has lurched…

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Trader NoteCTC.A

Canadian Tire: Shorts Step Back Ahead of May Earnings

CTC.A heads into its May 14 Q1 results with short sellers quietly reducing their bets — even as borrow costs showed a sharp mid-week spike that grabbed attention before settling back down. The most notable positioning…

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Trader NoteCP

CPKC Beats Q1 Estimates, Raises Dividend 17.5%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited heads into the back half of April with fresh earnings, a sharply higher dividend, and a stock that rallied 5.2% on the week — a strong result in a sector where most rails were up…

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