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Trader NoteBB

BlackBerry Surges 43% on Earnings Beat — Shorts Stay Quiet

BB has just delivered its biggest weekly gain in recent memory, tacking on 43% to close the week at CAD 17.91 — and the most striking feature of the move is how little the short-selling community appears to have been…

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Trader NotePRGS

PRGS Beats, Analysts Trim Targets, Shorts Hold Firm

Progress Software just delivered a Q2 earnings beat that sent the stock up 16% on the week — yet the post-print picture is messier than the rally implies. The most telling story is in how the Street responded. Analyst…

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Trader NotePNW

PNW shorts rebuild as Barclays lifts target

Pinnacle West Capital heads into the second half of 2026 with a curious split: the stock is up 7% over the past month and trading near its highest levels in years, yet short sellers have been quietly rebuilding…

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Trader NotePNFP

PNFP Rallies Into Earnings With Street Lifting Targets

Pinnacle Financial Partners heads into its July 15 Q1 earnings print with analyst sentiment accelerating, the stock up 5% on the week, and options traders positioned more bullishly than at any point in recent…

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Trader NotePFE

Pfizer Shorts Retreat but Stock Keeps Falling

PFE enters July with a notable reversal in the short-selling story — bears have pulled back sharply over the past week, yet the stock has continued sliding, closing at $24.08 after an 8% drop over the past month. The…

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Trader NotePGC

Analysts Lift PGC Targets as Shorts Quietly Rebuild

PGC heads into its July 27 earnings date with analyst conviction rising, short interest creeping higher, and insiders sending a notably mixed message. The Street has grown steadily more bullish on Peapack-Gladstone…

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Trader NotePPG

PPG analysts raise targets ahead of July earnings

PPG Industries heads into its July 28 Q1 results with analysts growing more constructive — even as short sellers quietly rebuild positions and the stock trades just below the Street's mean target. The most striking…

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Trader NoteOMCL

OMCL: Shorts Build as Options Flash Maximum Caution

Omnicell heads into Q2 earnings season with a striking divergence: the stock gained 8% on the week, yet short sellers and options traders are the most defensive they have been all year. The options signal is the…

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Trader NoteOLN

BofA's Downgrade Lands on Already-Wounded OLN

Olin Corporation enters the final stretch before its July 30 earnings report with the Street finally catching up to what short sellers have been pricing in for weeks. The most important development since the last note…

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Trader NoteNVDA

NVDA Stabilises at $200 as Geopolitical Discount Lingers

NVIDIA has clawed back some ground after two weeks of export-driven selling, but the stock's 2.6% bounce on June 30 to $200.09 still leaves it 5% lower on the month — and the key question now is whether that recovery…

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Trader NoteNOC

NOC Underperforms Peers as Analysts Keep Cutting Targets

Northrop Grumman heads into its July 21 earnings report carrying a month of underperformance, a steady stream of analyst target cuts, and a short position that has quietly grown — setting up a stock where the Street…

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Trader NoteNRIM

KBW Initiates NRIM as Options Sentiment Shifts Bullish

NRIM heads into Q2 earnings season — due July 22 — with a fresh analyst initiation, a meaningful shift in options sentiment, and short sellers quietly rebuilding positions against a stock up 12% over the past…

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Trader NoteNDM

NDM Sells Off as Insiders Head for the Exit

Northern Dynasty Minerals enters July with a stock down 16% in a month and a consistent pattern of insider selling that has now stretched across six weeks — the clearest signal in an otherwise thin data environment for…

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Trader NoteNKE

Nike Analysts Cut Targets After Guidance Reset

NKE enters the post-earnings period in a state of reset — the June 30 Q4 print delivered a guidance cut to flat-to-low-single-digit FY2027 growth, and the Street spent the morning of July 1 repricing accordingly. The…

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