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SLR Investment Corp. has just reported Q3 results, and the week's most interesting tension is a widening gap between an insider who keeps buying and a borrow market that is quietly tightening even as the stock ticks…
EQT has moved into a new phase since its Q3 print: short sellers are rebuilding positions at their fastest pace in months, even as the Street remains broadly bullish on a stock that trades well below consensus…
AGQ, the ProShares 2x leveraged silver ETF, is at the centre of a sharp unwind: the fund has fallen 17% in a week and 34% over the past month, as the market expresses the strongest call-side options bias in a year. The…
UGL, the ProShares 2x leveraged gold ETF, faces an uncomfortable week: short sellers are adding to positions at the fastest pace in months, even as the gold price slides and options hedging picks up. The price move is…
PRIM just delivered its Q3 earnings and the market's initial verdict was unambiguous: the stock jumped 7.8% on the day and finished the week up 15.1% to $79.57, a sharp contrast to the broader construction and…
The story that defined GLD for the past two weeks is now running in reverse: the short squeeze that seized the gold ETF's borrow market in late October is unwinding, and the data shows a broad, coordinated retreat by…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies heads into its November 20 earnings with short interest falling sharply from recent highs, borrow conditions loose, and options traders leaning bullish relative to recent norms. The most…
The Invesco Solar ETF TAN is running two contradictory signals at once: short interest has continued to climb to its highest level in months, yet the ETF posted a 3% gain on the week to close at $43.34, and options…
NetApp has dropped 16% in a week to $190.78, yet short sellers are quietly reducing exposure, creating an unusual gap between the stock's sharp fall and what the positioning data actually shows. The lending market…
Graphic Packaging Holding Company enters the post-earnings week in a dramatically different position from where it started. The stock jumped 30% over five sessions to close at $11.31, powered by what appears to be a…
Navigator Holdings has now reported its third-quarter results, with the stock carrying a 15% one-month loss into the print and retail attention running at its highest level in months. The most consequential development…
Navios Maritime Partners heads into its November 17 earnings date with a curious split: the borrow market suddenly looks far more active, even as the lending pool remains wide open and short positioning stays…
XHB enters the week with short interest pinned at record highs and an options market that has been structurally defensive for months, leaving bears well-entrenched and the borrow pool close to exhausted. The…
XOP, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF, has spent the past two weeks unwinding what had been an unusually compressed borrow market, yet options traders remain firmly defensive, creating an interesting…
QQQ enters the second week of November caught between a modest price recovery and a bear camp that remains historically large but has stopped growing. The short interest story has changed direction since the October 27…
GPRK has just reported Q3 results against one of the most unusual shareholder backdrops in small-cap energy, and the stock is down 7.8% on the week at $10.33 as the market processes both the numbers and what a 56%…
Insulet Corporation makes the Omnipod, a tubeless insulin pump worn on the body and controlled by a smartphone. The company reports Q3 results on November 5, and it enters that moment carrying the most short interest…
Delta Air Lines sits in an unusual spot this week: short sellers have largely walked away, options traders remain bullish, and yet the CEO just sold $4.1 million of stock at $82 without a 10b5-1 plan to cover him. The…
Cinemark Holdings, the second-largest cinema chain in the United States, releases its third-quarter results on November 6 with the stock down 2.6% on the week at $38.51 and several analysts moving their price targets…
UDR, Inc. has emerged from its Q3 2026 results in better shape than most of the apartment REIT sector, with the stock up roughly 1% on the earnings day and 8% over the past month, while call-heavy options positioning…
