Edited by Peter Hillerberg1 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Tesla and GM are the dominant stories heading into this week. Tesla reports Wednesday 21 October. GM follows Tuesday 20 October. Both carry strong alt data signals. ORTEX data shows German car registrations, which lead Tesla revenue by 43 days with a strong historical fit, running 269% above the same quarter last year. For GM, the same German dataset leads revenue by 15 days and is running 133% above prior-year levels. Neither reading is a forecast of the print, but the gap between bearish options positioning and that external demand signal is sharp. Tesla's RSI sits at 42 and the stock is down 21% year to date, driving elevated put buying even as the alt data points constructively.
Also reporting this week: Netflix and Intuitive Surgical on Tuesday, on Thursday.
Short sellers are crowding into several names. Chewy saw short interest jump 25 percentage points in a week to 91.3% of free float. Wolfspeed carries 83.8% SI with borrow availability at zero, making new short positions effectively impossible to open. On the analyst side, Applied Materials and Palo Alto Networks received upgrades. Energy services lagged, with SLB and Baker Hughes seeing target price cuts ahead of results.
In Europe, the MSCI World November review locks its ranking tomorrow. Fabrinet swung to a near coin-flip deletion overnight, with deletion odds jumping from 8% to 49%. A confirmed exit would force $826M of selling. Zalando sits 3.4% below its MSCI exit threshold, carrying a 54% deletion probability and $357M of potential forced selling. The Viatris acquisition of Pacira BioSciences puts $195M of Russell 2000 forced selling in play if the deal closes by year-end.
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