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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company heads into its October 15 Q3 results up 4.4% on the week and trading at TWD 2,585, with the one genuinely changed data point since last week's note being a sharp move in the…
Toyota Motor enters the week before its October 30 results with the lending market behaving in precisely the opposite way to a week ago. The sharp borrow squeeze that dominated the previous note has fully unwound.…
Las Vegas Sands enters its October 21 earnings report down 18% over the past month, with the Street trimming targets even as most bulls hold their ratings, a gap between conviction and price action that defines the…
ELV reports Q3 results on October 14, one week away, and the setup is unusually constructive for a stock that fell nearly 13% on its last earnings day. Short sellers have been quietly stepping back from ELV, and the…
FXI, the iShares China Large-Cap ETF, enters the second week of October with short sellers holding firm at elevated levels while the borrow market sends a clearer signal of easing pressure. The cover that began in late…
GOOGL enters the final three weeks before its October 28 earnings with analysts raising price targets, the short book stable near its one-month highs, and Wikipedia attention running well above normal, a setup that…
MannKind Corporation heads into its November 5 earnings date with short sellers retreating, options traders leaning bullish, and the Street still divided on whether the pipeline can offset near-term revenue…
HALO heads into its November 3 earnings with short sellers gradually reducing exposure, borrow conditions remaining relaxed, and options traders skewed firmly toward calls rather than hedges. Short interest has been…
FLUT heads into its November 4 earnings date carrying a 24% monthly loss, rebuilding short interest, and options sentiment that has turned notably less bearish in recent weeks. Short interest has climbed steadily over…
TD SYNNEX enters the final stretch of 2026 with the stock up 8% on the week and analysts scrambling to catch up after a blowout quarter. The strongest signal this week is on the Street. Following the September 24…
XLU, the utilities sector ETF, is telling two different stories this week: the price is bouncing hard, but the options market says the recent defensive panic is rapidly fading. The most striking development is in…
XLK has climbed 7.9% over the past month and hit $202 this week, yet options traders are building hedges at a pace that stands out even against a backdrop of a generally elevated put/call ratio for this ETF. The…
The story in XLI has shifted since the September 28 note: the bears who spent six weeks relentlessly adding have quietly begun to pull back, and the borrow market has swung from near-total seizure to its most relaxed…
Short sellers have been quietly rebuilding positions in XLF, the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, even as borrowing costs have fallen sharply, a combination that points to deliberate, low-friction bearish conviction…
XLE enters the new week with short sellers pulling back from a notably charged position, even as options traders maintain a persistent defensive tilt that has barely shifted in weeks. Short interest in the Energy…
XLY, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters the week with a notable contradiction: short interest has climbed sharply over the past month while options traders are actually pulling back from the…
XLP, the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, heads into early October with short interest climbing sharply and borrow availability tightening in a way that tells a clear story: more investors are using this ETF as…
XLV has seen a sharp recovery in borrow availability this week, but the broader picture remains one of structurally elevated short positioning in the healthcare ETF. The most notable development is in the lending…
The Materials Select Sector SPDR, XLB, heads into the week carrying a notable tension: short interest remains elevated at 23.3% of float, yet the lending market has loosened dramatically over just a few weeks,…
SPY has gained nearly 2% on the week to $779.09, yet short sellers have added to positions rather than covered, a quiet contradiction worth watching as Q4 opens. Short interest climbed to 100.7 million borrowed shares…
