PDD Holdings heads into earnings with options markets flashing clear bullish signals. Call positioning is outpacing puts by a wide margin. The stock is down 20.5% year-to-date, making the optimism striking. Peers Alibaba and JD.com are drawing attention from the same crowd. A strong PDD print could lift the entire China e-commerce complex.
Werewolf Therapeutics surged 90% after hours. The biotech move is the sharpest overnight price swing of the session. No other name comes close on raw percentage gain today.
Elon Musk said SpaceX could reach 10,000 Starship launches per year by 2030. He called that figure "still tiny" compared to air travel. The comments kept in the news cycle, where it has remained most of the week.
Bears continue to pile into Reddit, with SI % of Free Float now at 18.1%. Bill Gates filed $263 million in purchases of Republic Services this week. That's a rare signal of conviction in the waste management sector. On the other side, CoreWeave backer Magnetar unloaded $479 million of CRWV shares shortly after its listing.
Ross Stores picked up two target upgrades today. Merck absorbed a fresh downgrade to Sell. The divergence reflects a broader defensive rotation. Consumers trading down suits off-price retail. Pharma faces patent headwinds with no clear near-term fix.
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