Semiconductors are at the heart of this week's action. Micron Technology is the marquee earnings event, reporting Q3 results after Wednesday's close. Investors want clarity on AI-driven memory demand. Options activity is heavy. The ORTEX total score sits at 91.0, with momentum at 90.6 — bulls are leaning in hard.
FedEx reports Thursday after the close. Traders see it as a global trade signal. Near-dated options are busy around the June 26 expiry. Carnival Corporation opens the week Tuesday with Q2 results, and short interest is a low 2.5% of free float — few bears are pressing.
The insider story is hard to ignore. Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed $80.6M in stock sales this week. CTO Omkaram Nalamasu filed another $11.3M the same day. Four senior AMAT executives sold within 48 hours. The stock has rallied sharply alongside the broader chip sector. Insiders appear to be locking in gains.
Over at , five insiders filed $41.8M in combined sales. Chairman William Griffin alone sold $32.2M worth of shares.
Short sellers are piling into AI. SharonAI saw SI jump 41.7 percentage points in one week, hitting 54.5% of free float. Cerebras Systems attracted fresh pressure too, climbing to 32.4% SI. Wolfspeed remains the most extreme case — SI at 103% of free float, zero shares to borrow, and bankruptcy proceedings underway.
Crypto miners are running the other way. CleanSpark shorts covered, with SI falling to 31.9%.
Accenture faced meaningful target cuts. Consensus dropped to $197.65 from $208.16. Thirteen Holds and 15 Sells signal real caution on IT services demand. Eli Lilly and Take-Two Interactive both received modest target upgrades.
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