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FSCR: A Quiet Stock With Little to Say Right Now

Federal Screw Works is a micro-cap automotive parts name trading on the OTC Pink market at $8.16 — down about 1.3% on the week and nearly 12% over the past month. The honest starting point for this note is a data…

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FAST Stares Down a Premium Valuation After Q1 Stumble

Fastenal Company heads into the final trading day of April with a stretched valuation, a soft Q1 earnings reaction, and short sellers nudging their positions higher — a muted but notable setup for a stock that commands…

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Trader NoteFMBL

FMBL: A Quiet Bank With One Story Worth Watching

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach heads into its May earnings date with a fresh Q1 print already on the table, a short-score that just dropped sharply, and a borrow market that has loosened dramatically over the…

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FMCB Rallies to Record Highs as Insiders Cash Out

Farmers & Merchants Bancorp heads into the final day of April with a striking contrast: the stock has climbed to its highest level in at least three months while a cluster of insiders trimmed positions on the way…

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FARM Heads Into Earnings With Shorts in Retreat

Farmer Bros. Co. reports quarterly results on May 1 with one of the more unusual short-interest patterns of recent weeks: a stock where bears have been quietly retreating into what could be a pivotal print. The most…

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Fairfax Heads Into Q1 Results With Shorts in Retreat

FFH reports Q1 2026 results today, after the close, with the stock having pulled back 5% on the week — yet the short-selling community has been moving in the opposite direction, steadily covering rather than…

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FICO shorts rebuild even as earnings lift the stock

Fair Isaac Corporation rallied 7.6% on the week to close at $1,043.57, lifted by a Q2 earnings beat that pushed the stock up nearly 3% the day after results. What makes the setup interesting is that short sellers used…

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FTI Consulting heads into Q1 earnings with shorts in retreat

FTI Consulting reports Q1 2026 results this morning, and the setup is notably cleaner than recent history suggested it might be. Short sellers moved decisively out of the stock in the run-up to the print. Short…

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OPY into earnings: shorts pile in as the stock defies them

Oppenheimer Holdings heads into its Q1 2026 results — due this morning — with one of the most striking divergences in its recent history: short sellers have nearly doubled their bets against the stock over the past…

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Trader NoteFTI

FTI Foodtech: Thin Data, Thin Market

FTI — FTI Foodtech International Inc. — is a micro-cap trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, and right now the story is defined more by what's absent than what's moving. The price data is stale by more than eight…

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NEE Shorts Retreat After Strong Q1 Beat

NextEra Energy heads into the final trading day of April with an unusual combination on the table: short sellers are in retreat after a well-received earnings print, while the Street is quietly lifting targets and the…

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FNB Short Interest Doubles in Six Weeks Ahead of May Earnings

F.N.B. Corporation heads into its May 6 Q1 results with short sellers at their most aggressive in months — and the Street, for now, refusing to follow them. The scale of the short build is the defining feature of this…

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FMC heads into earnings with shorts retreating fast

FMC Corporation reports Q1 2026 results today with an unusual setup: a 4% drop on the day before earnings, yet a short base that has collapsed over the past week. The short-side story has shifted sharply. Short…

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FFDF: A Quiet Week for a Thinly Traded Community Bank

FFD Financial Corporation closed the week at $44.75, edging up 1.1% — a calm performance that reflects the stock's character as a lightly traded OTC community bank rather than any particular market event. The most…

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FFWC Enters Q1 Print With Borrow Costs Falling Fast

FFW Corporation heads into its Q1 2026 results — already released on April 29 — with the most notable data point being a dramatic collapse in borrowing costs, not any surge in short selling. The cost-to-borrow story is…

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EXPD options signal caution ahead of May earnings

Expeditors International heads into its May 5 Q1 earnings report with options traders the most defensively positioned they have been in months, even as the stock quietly outperforms a struggling peer group. The…

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Talisker shorts rebuild as drill program expands

TSK heads into the final week of April with an unusual split: short positions have more than doubled over the past month while the borrow market has grown considerably cheaper and looser, an unusual combination that…

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