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ConfluenceFDX

FedEx Call Buyers Circle Before Tuesday's Results

Two distinct signals are pointing the same direction for FedEx in the 48 hours before its Q2 fiscal 2027 earnings on October 28: options traders are leaning hard into upside exposure, and retail attention has surged to…

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ConfluenceLNG

Three Signals Converge on Cheniere Before Wednesday's Print

Three distinct data streams on LNG have moved in the same direction this week. Retail attention hit 4.3 standard deviations above its 90-day average on October 23. The put/call ratio jumped to 0.61 the same day, 3…

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ConfluenceCNOB

CNOB: Retail Buzz, Pricier Borrow After Earnings Beat

ConnectOne Bancorp rose 5.9% on October 22 after its earnings print, and the stock has now gained 7.4% over the past week. That outpaces a median of 4.6% for its closest regional bank peers. Three data signals…

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ConfluenceSLN

SLN Borrow Costs Jump 75% in a Month as Takeover Clock Ticks

Silence Therapeutics shares are up 127% over the past week, trading at $19.67. The cost to borrow them has risen 75% over the past month, reaching 1.26% as of 22 October. The cost to borrow SLN climbed from 0.16% on 8…

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ConfluenceDGX

DGX shorts keep retreating as call buyers stay in charge

Why this matters: Quest Diagnostics reported Q3 results on October 22. The stock gained 1.2% on the day and has added 2.9% over the past week. Short sellers have not returned. Short interest now stands at 2.62% of free…

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ConfluenceBOKF

BOKF Put Demand Holds Elevated as Earnings Dust Settles

BOK Financial Corporation reported Q3 results last week and gained ground on the session. The options market, however, has not unwound the defensive positioning it built going into the print. The put/call ratio stood…

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ConfluenceBRZE

Braze shorts cover at record pace after Salesforce deal

Short interest in BRZE fell 18.9% in a single week to 6.9% of free float, as short sellers raced to cover into a 56% price surge triggered by a Salesforce acquisition agreement. That weekly decline is 1.6 standard…

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Market Commentary

Mega-Tech Week Meets European Auto Stress

This week belongs to big tech. MSFT reports Wednesday after the bell, followed by AMZN and INTC on Thursday. KO and SPGI open Tuesday's session. Options positioning into these prints is split. Intel heads into its Q3…

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Market Commentary

Earnings Week Puts Options Market on Edge

Big tech earnings are driving a split in options sentiment this week. Markets are bracing for results from MSFT, AMZN, and INTC, and the positioning tells different stories. Intel heads into its Q3 print with RSI at…

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Earnings PreviewJLMAG80

JL Mag's Earnings Test: Margins Under the Microscope

JL Mag Rare-Earth Co., Ltd. reports on October 28 with the stock still nursing a bruising month-long decline, even as a brief weekly rebound suggests some positioning ahead of the print. The price action sets the…

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Market Commentary

Big Tech Earnings Dominate a Packed Week

Today brings the first major prints of the week. CDNS releases Q3 numbers this afternoon. CLS follows after the close. Tuesday steps up with KO and SPGI reporting before the open. Coca-Cola faces scrutiny over consumer…

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Earnings PreviewSOT

SOT Heads Into Results With a Jarring Price History

SOT, Société de Thérapeutique Marocaine, reports on October 30 carrying a sharp one-month loss into a print that has historically punished shareholders. The stock closed at MAD 320 on October 23, down 11% over the past…

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Earnings PreviewHONA

Analysts Trim Targets as HONA Approaches Quarterly Print

Honeywell Aerospace reports third-quarter results on October 28, two months after a sharp post-earnings selloff left the stock trading more than 20% below where it started the summer. The analyst response to that…

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Earnings PreviewNE

Noble Heads Into Q3 Print After an 8% Single-Day Jump

NE arrives at its Q3 earnings report today having already delivered one of its strongest single sessions in months, rising 8.5% on Friday to $47.70, capping a week that added more than 8% and extending one-month gains…

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Earnings PreviewCOIN

Coinbase Bears Ease Back, but $213 Target Looms Large

Coinbase Global reports Thursday with short sellers having pared back from a recent peak, the stock sitting 18% below analyst consensus, and insider selling coming exclusively from pre-arranged plans. Short interest…

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Earnings PreviewEQIX

Equinix Into Q3: Analysts Constructive, Stock Down 10%

Equinix reports Q3 results on October 28 with the shares nursing a 10% pullback from a month ago, trading at $955, while the analyst community has spent recent weeks pushing price targets well above $1,200. The gap…

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