A heavy earnings calendar kicks off today. IDT opens the week with Q4 results this morning. Vail Resorts and Jefferies Financial report after the close. Wednesday is the week's key date. Micron Technology drops Q4 2026 memory chip results then — a crucial read on AI hardware demand. Nike follows Thursday with Q1 2027 figures. Carnival Corporation reports Tuesday, giving markets a fresh look at consumer travel spending.
Options traders are positioning defensively into earnings. MU leads the negative bets table by a wide margin. The stock is up 279% year-to-date, and bears are hedging that run hard. and also draw heavy put activity. faces pressure from two sides. Analysts cut their consensus rating on the social media giant this week. Options traders piled into puts simultaneously — moving faster than short sellers, whose interest remains thin at just 1.4% of free float.
Short interest data shows stress building in several names. MiniMed Group saw SI jump from 38.5% to 68.3% of free float in a single week. Cost to borrow sits at 18.2%. Availability is just 2.3% — a squeeze setup. Wolfspeed holds at 80.4% short interest with zero availability.
The biggest insider move this week came from Hong Kong. Viva China Holdings, the vehicle of Li Ning founder Li Ning, spent over $160 million buying shares across six trades. Filings were reported September 7. Textile giant Shenzhou International also saw insider buying of nearly $25.6 million. Both names reflect growing conviction in China's consumer recovery.
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