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GDX enters October with a quietly shifting short position: bears have been trimming their exposure even as the ETF pulls back from its summer highs, creating an unusual divergence between price weakness and waning…
IES Holdings has climbed 5.4% on the week to $341.85, joining a broad rally across specialty contractors, yet short sellers have been quietly adding positions back into that strength. The short-side picture is modest…
SLV enters October having shed 7.3% over the past month to $55.45, yet the past week has been nearly flat, down just 0.05%. The more interesting story is in the lending market, where short positioning is quietly…
FPX, the First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF, heads into the new week with its two most notable signals pulling in opposite directions: options positioning remains intensely bullish, while borrowing costs have…
USO is drifting into the new week with short interest still near historic extremes but with the first signs of relief in the lending market, a setup that is meaningfully different from the locked-down conditions…
RPG, the Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF, heads into the second week of October with an unusual split: options traders have rarely been this call-heavy, while the lending market has tightened sharply over the past…
FIS heads into November earnings with the Street losing conviction, a stock down a fifth in a month, and analysts queuing up to lower their sights. The most striking fact about FIS right now is the scale of the price…
United Airlines Holdings reports Q3 results on October 13, six days away, and the setup is one of quiet re-rating rather than dramatic repositioning: analysts are still bullish but steadily walking targets lower,…
AT&T enters its October 21 earnings with a notable tension: borrowing costs have spiked sharply this week even as options traders remain more bullish than usual and analyst targets continue to drift higher. The most…
GameStop has spent the past week in a tug of war: the CEO spent $17 million buying shares on October 2, the stock added 4.2% on the week, and short sellers responded by methodically rebuilding positions they had been…
Ameriprise Financial reports Q3 results on October 28, three weeks away, and arrives at that date with a stock down 11% over the past month, a divided analyst community, and insider selling that has been running…
EXPE heads into its November 5 earnings with short sellers holding their rebuilt position and the Street turning more cautious on valuation, even as the stock adds a further leg to a difficult month. The short interest…
IGPT, Invesco's AI and Next Gen Software ETF, has reversed much of the short-side build that dominated last week's note, with short interest falling sharply and the lending market loosening to its most comfortable…
Builders FirstSource heads into its October 29 earnings report with analyst sentiment turning more cautious and the stock down 14.5% over the past month to $56.22. The sharpest move this week came from the Street. RBC…
DXCM heads into its October 29 earnings date with an unusual split: analyst conviction has rarely looked stronger, yet short interest has been grinding higher for six weeks and the stock is down 5% on the month. The…
VGK enters October with an unusual divergence: the options market has swung sharply toward calls even as the fund's price drifts lower over the past month, creating a setup worth examining for a broad index product…
IAU, the iShares Gold Trust, enters the first week of October having shed around 6% over the past month, yet options traders are positioning more bullishly than at almost any other point in the past year. The options…
SK hynix enters its October 29 results with one of the cleanest short-side profiles in the semiconductor sector, yet Tuesday's 3.7% single-day drop cuts against a month that has otherwise gone well for the stock. The…
HAR heads into its October 23 earnings with the stock down 13% over the past month and borrowing costs quietly doubling, even as the lending pool remains far from tight. The most notable shift in the borrow market is…
GMAB has added 7% on the week to DKK 2,482, its strongest weekly move in months, as the market digests Wednesday's Q3 results with more enthusiasm than its cautious pre-earnings positioning might have suggested. The…
