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TE Borrow Market Hits Record Tightness as Earnings Land

T1 Energy reported this morning with its lending market at the most extreme readings in its history. Three separate signals converged this week — short interest, borrow availability, and cost to borrow — all pointing…

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TASK Borrow Market Seizes Up Ahead of Earnings

TASK reports earnings tonight. Short sellers have spent the past two weeks building aggressive positions — and now the borrow market is nearly locked shut. Short interest has surged 40% in a single week to 10.5% of…

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Analysts Split on Snap After Post-Earnings Rally

SNAP surged 14.9% on August 4 and 21.4% on the week. Ten analyst firms updated their targets the same day. None upgraded the stock. The analyst response after earnings was uniform in direction — and cautious in tone.…

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SRAD: Analysts Cut Hard, But Options Traders Buy the Dip

Ten analyst firms slashed targets on SRAD in 48 hours. Options traders promptly ignored them. That split is the defining tension in Sportradar right now. The wall of target cuts tells one story. A put-call ratio at its…

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INGM Options Signal Diverges From Loose Borrow Market

Options traders turned more bearish on INGM this week. That's happening just as short sellers quietly step back and the borrow market floods with supply. The put-call ratio hit 0.0245 on August 3. That's 2.7 standard…

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VERX Bears Retreat as Borrow Costs Hit Record Low

Three signals are now moving in the same direction on VERX. Short sellers are covering, borrow costs have collapsed, and yet options traders just printed the most defensive read in months. The data points don't fully…

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TLRY Borrow Pool Near Empty as Call Buyers Pile In

TLRY is flashing a rare split signal. The lending market is near its tightest point on record — yet options traders are flooding into calls, not puts. Availability has fallen to just 3.5% — meaning roughly one share…

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ANET Earnings Day: Analysts and Options Align Bullish

Arista Networks reports after the close today. The data going in tells one clear story: bulls are in control. Six firms raised price targets on ANET in July alone. Needham lifted its target to $200 on July 22. Wells…

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CRDO: Options Traders Turn Cautious as Shorts Build

Options positioning and short interest are moving in the same direction on CRDO. The put-call ratio hit 0.92 on July 31 — 2.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean. Short interest climbed 15.3% in a single week.…

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BIP Options Bulls Hold Firm After Earnings

Post-earnings, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shows a rare alignment: analysts raising targets, options markets staying decisively call-heavy, and a borrow market so loose it barely registers. Two firms lifted…

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Agilent Call Buyers Step In Ahead of August Earnings

Options traders are leaning bullish on Agilent Technologies as the stock builds toward its August 20 earnings date. Three distinct signals are now pointing in the same direction. Why this matters: The put-call ratio…

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Evercore Upgrade Caps Eaton's Post-Earnings Rally

Eaton Corporation reported Q2 on July 31 and jumped 7.3% in a single session. Now Evercore ISI has upgraded the stock — and the options market is still digesting the move. Evercore ISI's David Raso upgraded ETN to…

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