Confluence — 968 total
The Procure Space ETF UFO has seen a dramatic shift in its lending market over the past week. Short interest has climbed to 40.4% of free float — and availability has collapsed with it. Short interest sat near 5% of…
Why this matters: Every share of VFS available to lend is now out on loan. The borrow pool hit maximum tightness on July 30. Cost to borrow has jumped 66% in a week. Availability for VinFast Auto has collapsed. As of…
LVWR just became one of the hardest stocks to borrow in the market. The lending pool is completely exhausted. Short sellers are now paying 588% annually to maintain positions. Availability has collapsed to 0%. Every…
The story that defined XLP a week ago has reversed sharply. Short interest has collapsed 39% in one week to 9.84% of free float. That's a dramatic unwind from the 16.2% reading flagged in last week's note. The speed of…
Three distinct signals are converging on TRS today. Earnings drop this afternoon. Options traders, short sellers, and the lending market are all moving in the same direction. The put-call ratio hit 0.075 yesterday.…
Options traders are making the loudest call on Two Harbors Investment Corp. heading into August 4 earnings. The put-call ratio hit 5.66 on July 29 — a 52-week high, sitting 2.3 standard deviations above its 20-day mean…
Three distinct signals are converging on CVLG — Covenant Logistics Group — the night before its Q2 earnings print. The options market is the standout story. The lending data tells a contradictory tale. The put/call…
XLY is sending mixed signals. Short sellers have cut their positions sharply. Yet options traders are still piling into downside protection at an extreme rate. Since the July 22 note flagged shorts rebuilding alongside…
Options traders are piling into puts on USFD even as short sellers retreat. The divergence sets up an interesting pre-earnings picture for US Foods Holding Corp. The put-call ratio hit 1.38 on July 28. That is 2.14…
Three distinct signals aligned on EQNR over the past 48 hours. Short interest fell sharply. Borrow costs rose. The put/call ratio hit a 52-week extreme. Together, they paint an unusual picture for the Norwegian energy…
AT&T has climbed 10.8% in a week to $24.66. The options market is now more call-heavy than at any point in the past year. Short sellers are still closing positions. All three signals are moving in the same…
Options traders are betting bullishly on CSTM heading into today's earnings. The put-call ratio has dropped to 0.38 — a 2-year low. That's 2.6 standard deviations below its 20-day mean, a statistically extreme lean…
Options traders turned sharply defensive on Tuesday. SPY put-call ratio jumped to 1.99 — a z-score of 2.14, the highest in weeks. That's happening even as the short sellers who drove the prior cycle have nearly…
Three data streams on REXR are now pointing the same direction. Call buyers have surged in. Short sellers continue to exit. The borrow market has loosened dramatically. Post-earnings, the picture looks notably more…
Options traders are loading up on downside protection. The put-call ratio hit 2.08 on July 27 — a two-week high with a Z-score of 2.24 against the 20-day mean of 1.99. Earnings are due August 7. The stock closed at…
Kforce Inc. reported Q2 earnings on July 27. The signals that pointed to a bullish setup ahead of that print have now resolved. Short sellers have cut further, the borrow market has loosened sharply, and call…
The bear retreat in UNG has deepened further. Short interest has now fallen to 5.6% of free float, down 29% week-on-week. That extends the unwind flagged in last week's note, which itself had already pulled back from…
The lending market for IONQ has reached a critical point. Availability has collapsed to just 1.25% — meaning only one share is available to borrow for every 80 already lent out. That is a 95% drop in a single week. At…
The XLC Communication Services ETF is sending a consistent message across three data streams. Bears have been retreating for weeks. Now options traders are joining that view. The put-call ratio dropped to 5.22 on July…
Short sellers have cut their CTSH position by 15.2% in a single week. The stock gained 5.7% in the same period. With earnings due July 29, options traders are leaning bullish — but analysts keep trimming targets. Short…
