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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…
Markets are on edge today. The Nasdaq 100 briefly fell into correction territory this week. Chip stocks are leading the slide. SK Hynix earnings disappointed, sending fresh shockwaves through the AI trade. Hedge funds…
Today and tomorrow bring the heaviest earnings slate of the season. Four mega-cap names report in quick succession. Microsoft and Meta both release results today, July 29, after the close. Microsoft investors will…
CoStar Group took the sharpest hit in today's analyst activity. The real estate data firm was downgraded by the consensus. The average target price fell to $38.89 from $44.05. That is an 11.7% cut. Short interest sits…
Filings this week reveal a sharp split in insider conviction across US and global markets. The biggest seller story belongs to SAFT. SRB Corp, a 10% owner of Safety Insurance Group, filed yesterday to disclose it sold…
Short sellers accelerated positions in several notable names this week. CHWY saw the biggest jump. Short interest hit 80.4% of free float on July 28 — up 14.2 percentage points in just seven days. HTZ is close behind.…
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…
The week's dominant theme is earnings. Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Apple all report in the coming days. Their AI spending guidance will set the tone for markets into August. Today's slate is already busy. Procter &…
Negative options bets are piling up across the chip sector. The Nasdaq 100 briefly fell into correction territory this week. Traders are responding fast. NVDA tops the negative bets table with an RSI of just 42. The $5…
Analysts raised targets across several sectors on Tuesday. The moves follow a busy earnings period. PayPal got the most attention in fintech. Consensus target prices rose to $56.95 from $55.53. That is a modest $1.40…
Board-linked investors filed to sell over $23M in LQDA shares last week. Canaan VIII LP, a venture capital fund with board representation at Liquidia Corporation, reported dumping nearly 196,000 shares across three…
The headline story this week is a sharp reversal in Technology. Info Tech ETFs bled $6.5B in net outflows over the past week. That flips the script entirely. Over three months, the same sector pulled in $65.5B — the…
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…
The heaviest earnings week of the year is underway. Procter & Gamble, Boston Scientific, Humana, and GE HealthCare all report today. Later this week, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and Apple drop results. Their AI spending…
Today brings a heavy load of S&P 500 results. Procter & Gamble — a $347bn consumer giant — reports this morning. Investors will watch for any sign of tariff pressure on margins. Boston Scientific also reports today.…
TTAM reports its first full quarterly earnings as a listed company on July 29, carrying a stock that has pulled back 9% over the past month — but found its footing with a 4% bounce this week — and an ORTEX short score…
Slide Insurance Holdings reports Q2 results this morning with short sellers more committed than they were even 24 hours ago — and the stock 12% higher than a month ago. Short interest has continued its climb since…
