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Palo Alto Networks has added another 8% this week to close at $419.91, pushing the one-month gain to 26% and pulling the options and short-positioning picture even further in the bulls' favour. The options market,…
SMH has gained 4.2% this week to $632.50, but beneath that bounce a notable divergence is opening up: short sellers are quietly reducing exposure while options traders are building more defensive hedges than the rally…
QXO heads into the week with shorts at a nine-month high, a freshly slashed analyst target, and a stock still trading at less than half the Street's consensus price. The most striking development this week came from…
Xylem heads into its October 27 earnings report with short interest climbing, options traders turning more defensive, and a key analyst slashing his target, all while the stock has recovered some ground this week. The…
Enphase Energy heads into its October 26 earnings report with short interest near a six-week high, analysts cutting targets across the board, and the stock still trading well below where most of the Street thinks it…
Fortune Brands Innovations heads into its October 27 earnings report with short interest still elevated, the analyst community cutting targets in unison, and the stock down nearly 9% over the past month despite a brief…
HCA Healthcare heads into its October 27 quarterly print with analyst conviction building, options traders edging more cautious, and short sellers continuing to retreat. The most notable development this week came from…
Meta Platforms enters the final three weeks before its October 28 earnings report with the stock drifting modestly lower, a bold new price target from Wells Fargo, and a borrow market so relaxed it barely registers as…
Pacira BioSciences enters its October 30 earnings print with a persistent short overhang, a live activist on the register, and a Street that is cautiously turning more constructive, a combination that sets up a…
VOO closed at $716.20 on Tuesday, up 2% on the week, yet the options market is pricing in more protective hedging than at any point in the past year. The put/call ratio for the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF hit 4.20 on October…
NXP Semiconductors enters its October 27 Q3 earnings with one of the more interesting positioning setups in the semiconductor group: short sellers have cut their exposure sharply over the past month, options traders…
Tesla heads into its October 21 Q3 results having recovered sharply from last week's lows, with short sellers still in retreat but options traders beginning to show the first signs of pre-earnings caution. The stock…
SCHA, the Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF, is a fund where very little about the short side normally warrants attention. That changed in September. Short interest has more than doubled in a month, the put/call ratio is…
Iridium Communications enters its October 22 results with short sellers exiting aggressively and the borrow market as loose as it has been all year, a sharply different setup from the squeeze-adjacent conditions that…
LPL Financial Holdings enters its October 27 earnings window having gained nearly 8% on the week, a sharp move that sets up an interesting contrast: analysts are raising targets while the stock still trades at a…
Constellation Energy heads into the final stretch before its November 5 earnings with the stock up 13.5% on the week, options traders more defensive than usual, and retail attention running at its most elevated level…
RGA enters its November 5 earnings window with a stock that has drifted only modestly lower while short sellers are cutting back and options traders are quietly layering on more downside protection than usual. The…
CB heads into its October 20 earnings date with the Street pulling in its horns, options markets unmoved, and short sellers offering no meaningful view either way. The most notable development this week is a cluster of…
The contradictory tension that defined PNQI through September, a shrinking short position paired with rising borrow costs, has begun to resolve, with cost to borrow now falling sharply and availability flooding back…
GLD ends the week caught between two competing signals: short sellers are still retreating, yet the cost to borrow has risen sharply, a combination that suggests the remaining bears are paying more to hold a shrinking…
