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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…
Bearish options flow is dominating the chip sector this week. NVDA and MU sit at the centre of the action as rate-rise worries batter Nasdaq for a second straight day. NVDA carries the most active options calendar in…
Chip stocks are under pressure again today. NVDA leads the Nasdaq lower as rising bond yields spook investors. The index is falling for the second straight session. Short interest in NVDA remains light at just 1.3% of…
The week kicks off with heavy hitters reporting today, Tuesday June 24. Micron Technology drops its Q3 2026 results after the close. The chip giant carries a $1.37 trillion market cap. Short interest sits at just 3.4%…
Wolfe Research made a bold sector rotation call today. Analyst Spencer Hanus upgraded TGT to Buy while simultaneously downgrading HD to Hold. The move signals a shift in preference toward discount retail over home…
Morgan Stanley's Erik Woodring lifted his price target on IBM to $267 from $225. That is an 18.7% jump. Woodring kept his Hold rating. IBM trades at a ~$237bn market cap and carries short interest of just 3.4% of free…
ZSQR heads into its June 26 earnings print with one of the tightest borrow markets in the Nasdaq biotech universe — and a stock that has nearly doubled in a month. The lending picture is the standout here. Availability…
Five insiders at AMAT filed sales totalling over $87 million last week. CEO Gary Dickerson alone filed more than $39 million in sales across multiple transactions. He reported selling shares at prices between $590 and…
ICLR reports today with the most striking pre-earnings signal unchanged from yesterday: options traders are positioned more bullishly than at almost any point in the past year. The put/call ratio has tightened further…
Qiagen heads into its June 24 earnings release with a fresh analyst upgrade from a bellwether firm landing the day before the print — making the debate between bulls and bears unusually live. Morgan Stanley moved to…
Worthington Enterprises heads into its Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings report with options traders sending one of their most bullish signals of the past year. Call demand has overwhelmed puts heading into the print. The…
WGO heads into its June 25 earnings report with options traders making an unusually aggressive bullish bet — even as analysts trim targets and short sellers hold a meaningful position in the stock. The options signal…
Short sellers hit hard this week. Two names saw dramatic increases in bearish bets — and both sit firmly in the AI and semiconductor space. Wolfspeed leads the charge. SI as a % of free float hit 104.7%, up from 88.9%…
Casey's General Stores reports its latest results today with a notable insider sale hanging over the print — the CEO sold $22.7 million in stock just nine days ago. Chairman and CEO Darren Rebelez sold 26,059 shares on…
TD SYNNEX reports fiscal Q2 results on June 25 with Morgan Stanley delivering the sharpest pre-print analyst move in months — and the stock sitting above the consensus mean target for the second week running. On…
US chipmakers led the market lower Tuesday. NVDA fell as the Nasdaq dropped for a second consecutive session. Rising US bond yields are the driver. SpaceX lost more than $400 billion in market value as its debut rally…
Options markets are on edge this week. Chip stocks are sliding. NVDA leads the Nasdaq lower on rate fears. Short interest sits at just 1.25% of free float, but options expiries stack up daily through June 30. MU…
Today is packed with results. MU reports Q3 2026 figures after the close — the chipmaker's numbers will set the tone for AI memory demand sentiment. JEF also posts Q2 results today. Watch for investment banking revenue…
Morgan Stanley's Vincent Andrews made the boldest move this week. He raised his price target on DuPont de Nemours from $52 to $156 — a 200% increase in a single revision. The stock carries a $19.5B market cap. Short…
