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UAL: Post-Earnings Unwind as Bulls Take the Wheel

United Airlines Holdings stock fell after Q2 results disappointed. Now the data shows a clear shift — bears are retreating and options traders are turning bullish. The pre-earnings short build is unwinding. SI now…

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ZT
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Zoetis Bears Pile In Ahead of August Earnings

Options traders and short sellers are converging on ZTS from multiple angles. The stock has dropped 4.3% over the past month. Earnings land on August 5. The loudest signal here is the relentless analyst price-target…

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SK
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SKYY Borrow Hits Max as Four Signals Align

Four distinct pressure signals converged on SKYY on Tuesday. The lending market, options tape, short positioning, and cost-to-borrow are all moving simultaneously — an unusual alignment for a cloud computing ETF. The…

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SK
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SKYY Options Demand Spikes as Borrow Market Tightens

Options traders are buying downside protection on SKYY at an unusual rate. The put/call ratio hit 0.64 on July 21. That is 2.85 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.49. The ETF tracks cloud computing stocks.…

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XL
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XLRE options turn defensive as shorts finish covering

Why this matters: Three separate signals have moved on XLRE in the same week. Short sellers are nearly done covering. Borrowing costs are rising despite a looser lending pool. And options traders just turned the most…

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KT
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KTOS Bears Keep Fleeing as August Earnings Near

Short sellers have now cut their Kratos Defense & Security Solutions exposure by nearly a third in under a month. Options buyers are piling into calls. The cost to borrow is rising — not because the trade is…

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CR
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CRS Options Fear Peaks as Analysts Stay Bullish

Options traders are the most bearish they've been all year on CRS. The put-call ratio hit 1.25 on July 20 — a 52-week high. The 20-day average was 0.79. That's a z-score of 2.4, a statistically extreme move. The stock…

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BE
ConfluenceBE

Bloom Energy Options Flash Bullish as Stock Slides

Options traders turned sharply bullish on Bloom Energy on Monday. The put/call ratio dropped to 1.05 — a z-score of -3.08 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.30. That's the most call-heavy positioning BE has…

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FX
ConfluenceFXI

FXI Borrow Market Hits Limit as Puts Spike

The lending market for FXI has effectively run dry. Availability has collapsed to just 1.3% — only one share remains available to borrow for every 79 already lent out. That is the tightest the borrow market has been in…

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CI
ConfluenceCIB

CIB Options Signal Caution as Shorts Retreat

Options traders are hedging into CIB's August earnings. Short sellers, meanwhile, have largely exited. The put-call ratio hit 0.6479 on July 20. That is the highest in three weeks. More significantly, it sits 3.65…

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TM
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TMHC Bears Exit as Calls Flood In Before Q2

Why this matters: Three signals are converging on TMHC with Q2 earnings due tomorrow. Short sellers are cutting positions at pace. Options traders are piling into calls. And analysts have quietly turned cautious — even…

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RI
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RIO Options Bet on Downside as Shorts Quietly Exit

RIO is sending mixed signals. Short sellers have been covering, yet options traders just placed the most bearish relative bet in months. Short interest in Rio Tinto has fallen sharply. Estimated shares short dropped…

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CR
ConfluenceCRML

CRML Borrow Market Locks Up as Bears Pile In

Availability for CRML has collapsed to just 3.8%. Only one share remains available to borrow for every 26 already lent out. That is the defining fact about this stock right now. Availability has dropped 75% in one…

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