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Short interest shifted sharply this week. WaterBridge Infrastructure saw the biggest move. Its SI % of free float jumped from 30% to 83% in just seven days — a 53 percentage point surge. Wolfspeed remains the most…
The biggest macro story today is the Strait of Hormuz. Nearly 1,200 cargo ships carrying $125 billion in goods are stranded. Insurer Allianz called it an "unprecedented" blockade. Energy markets are feeling it. XOM…
Macro shocks dominated options desks on Tuesday. The Strait of Hormuz blockade — stranding nearly 1,200 ships carrying $125 billion in goods — sent traders scrambling for energy hedges. XOM options show 17 active…
USD, the ProShares Ultra Semiconductors ETF, fell 12.3% on June 23. The lending market is now sending urgent signals. Availability has collapsed to just 9.2%. That means fewer than one share remains available to borrow…
Today brings a cluster of earnings releases. Micron Technology reports Q3 2026 results after the close — the biggest name of the day. The memory chipmaker carries a $1.37 trillion market cap. Short interest sits at…
Analyst desks were busy on June 24. The most eye-catching move hit DD. The consensus target price for DuPont de Nemours surged to $170.60 from $56.81. The jump reflects post-spinoff re-rating after DuPont separated its…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Two names stand out as clear targets for bearish conviction. WaterBridge Infrastructure saw the sharpest spike. Its short interest jumped 53 percentage points in just seven…
The borrow market for QTUM has deteriorated sharply since this morning's earlier report. Availability has dropped to 13.1% — the tightest reading in nearly a year — as the cost to borrow doubled in a single week. When…
Yesterday's note flagged a quietly tightening borrow market on FCUV. The data has moved again — and in the same direction. The cost to borrow on this Fidelity U.S. value ETF hit 3.03% on June 23. That is a record high…
Three distinct signals are converging on BHP this week. Short sellers pushed shares on loan higher. Options traders moved aggressively in the opposite direction. And a borrow market that was completely locked for weeks…
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on RAL to $85 this morning — a 25% jump from its prior $68 — while maintaining an Overweight rating. The stock trades at $69.22. That gap between the new target and current price…
Why this matters: Short interest in KORU — the Direxion 3X leveraged South Korea bull ETF — has collapsed by more than half in seven days. Options traders are shifting bullish at the same time. The borrow market is…
Why this matters: Short interest in the Defiance Quantum ETF QTUM nearly doubled in a single week. That repositioning has drained the lending pool fast — and options traders are taking notice. Three distinct signals…
Options traders are the most bullish they've been all year on CIBR. The put/call ratio hit 0.22 on June 23 — the lowest in 52 weeks. The 20-day average sits at 0.31. That's a z-score of -2.76, a statistically extreme…
Semiconductor and AI names dominate options activity on June 24 as chip stocks slide and key earnings loom. NVDA sits at the center of attention today. The Nasdaq fell for a second straight session with NVDA under…
Today's session revolves around semiconductors. MU reports Q3 2026 earnings after the bell. Options traders have stacked near-dated expiries on the stock. Bearish puts are heavy across the chip sector as rate fears…
Markets face a packed schedule this week. Several high-profile names report results before the close of June. Today (Tuesday, June 24) brings the most action. MU — Micron Technology — reports Q3 2026 results after the…
Wolfe Research made a sharp call in retail today. Analyst Spencer Hanus upgraded TGT from Hold to Buy. Simultaneously, he cut HD from Buy to Hold. The switch suggests Wolfe sees Target's value case as more compelling.…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed saw its short interest hit 104.7% of free float — up nearly 16 points in seven days. Availability has collapsed to zero. Borrowing more shares is nearly impossible.…
The chip sector is taking hits from multiple angles today. NVDA has seen its ORTEX momentum score drop sharply, sliding from 62.8 on June 15 to 55.0 today. Bearish options flow is piling into the name, with traders…
