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Xcel Energy is the sharpest downgrade of the session. The utility was cut to a lower rating from the consensus view. Its short interest sits at 8.2% of free float. Short availability is extremely loose at 1,425%,…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed two open-market purchases totalling roughly $5.3M, with trades dated 4 September 2026. The filings show 54,325 shares bought at around $75.70, plus a further 15,675…
Short sellers intensified bets across several names last week. Wolfspeed tops the most-shorted table with 88.6% of its free float sold short. That figure climbed another 4.8 percentage points in just seven days. Shares…
China drew $11B in net ETF inflows over the past week. But Japan delivered the bigger reversal. Japanese-focused ETFs pulled in $6.9B this week. Over three months, Japan had been a heavy net seller at -$15.9B. That…
Iran-linked oil disruption is the clearest macro theme of the moment. Options traders are loading up on energy names, with ExxonMobil and Chevron drawing heavy near-term flow. Refiner PBF Energy, up 188% year-to-date,…
The options market is flashing strong bullish signals in energy stocks as Iran war-related oil disruptions push trading activity to unusual levels. ExxonMobil and Chevron are fielding the most active near-term expiries…
The week ahead is heavy with earnings, and the automotive industry sits at its centre. Ferrari reports tomorrow, Tuesday 3 November, with Austrian car registration data pointing sharply lower. That leading indicator…
JP Morgan delivered the sharpest move of the day, slashing its target on RDDT from $185 to $150 while keeping a Hold rating. That is a 19% cut to the street price target. Reddit carries short interest of nearly 15% of…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed a $4.1 million open-market purchase of Uber shares on September 8, covering 54,325 shares at roughly $75.65 each. This is a discretionary buy with no 10b5-1 plan attached,…
Short sellers stepped up pressure across several names last week. The data for 29 October shows some notable moves worth watching. Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted name among mid-cap stocks. Its SI hit 88.6%…
The dominant story today is semiconductors. Alphabet admitted its "AI mode" hurt traditional search, with sales and profits missing expectations. Its shares fell sharply, dragging NVDA, AMD, and MU lower. Options bears…
Options traders turned sharply negative on the semiconductor sector this week. Fears over AI capital spending have rattled megacap tech, and the put-heavy flow in chips is the clearest sign yet of how far sentiment has…
Today brings confirmed earnings from MONC (Moncler), luxury goods bellwether, and L (Loews Corporation) in the US. ABDN (Aberdeen Group) also reports in London. No IPOs are scheduled in the next seven days. The busiest…
India's vehicle registration data, published by the national transport registry, delivered the sharpest signal of the week. Two-wheeler registrations fell to 407,743 units in October 2026. That is the lowest October…
Aerospace and industrial names dominated analyst activity on Monday. Several rating upgrades and target price increases signal improving sentiment across defence, healthcare and environmental services. L3Harris…
An NVIDIA director filed to disclose more than $410M in open-market sales in early September, while a secretive billionaire revealed a $716M buying spree in Swedish gaming group Evolution. Mark Stevens, an independent…
Short sellers have been busy this week. The biggest moves in SI % of Free Float over seven days come from Cerebras Systems, Talen Energy, and Wolfspeed. Cerebras, the AI chip maker that listed last month, saw its SI %…
Active managers captured $15.8B in fresh ETF money this week. That is the clearest single signal from the latest fund flow data: passive is still dominant, but active is closing the gap fast. Japan was the week's most…
AAPL reports today, Sunday, with its call at 5pm ET. The stock carries a market cap above $5 trillion, making this the single biggest print of the week. iPhone demand and tariff commentary will drive the reaction. AMGN…
Earnings-driven hedging dominated options flows on Sunday November 1, with several names drawing attention ahead of a packed reporting calendar. Amgen heads into its Q3 results carrying a short score of 36 and an RSI…
