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Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CHWY saw the biggest jump among mid-to-large caps. Its SI % of Free Float leapt from 63.3% to 79.2% in just seven days. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves in the US…
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Short sellers turned aggressive this week. CHWY saw the biggest jump among mid-to-large caps. Its SI % of Free Float leapt from 63.3% to 79.2% in just seven days. That is one of the sharpest weekly moves in the US…
The biggest story this week is a sharp reversal in tech sector flows. Information Technology ETFs shed $5.7B over the past seven days. That contrasts sharply with $68.6B in net inflows over the prior three months.…
Options traders are loading up on downside protection. The put-call ratio hit 2.08 on July 27 — a two-week high with a Z-score of 2.24 against the 20-day mean of 1.99. Earnings are due August 7. The stock closed at…
Tuesday is one of the busiest days of the earnings season. Over 30 S&P 500 companies report today alone. KO and UPS kicked things off this morning. BA reports this afternoon, with investors zeroing in on cash burn and…
Slide Insurance Holdings heads into its Q2 print with short sellers adding positions at a pace that demands attention ahead of the release. The most striking development is in short interest. Shorts have grown by…
SIRI heads into its July 30 print with a fresh analyst upgrade changing the pre-earnings narrative. Wells Fargo upgraded Sirius XM to Equal-Weight from Underweight on Monday, setting a $30 target — just below the…
Noble Corporation reports Q2 results today against a backdrop where bearish positioning has accelerated sharply even as the stock has rebounded strongly — a tension that makes this earnings release unusually…
FTAI Aviation reports after Tuesday's close having already survived one earnings cycle this cycle — the July 24 preview event passed with a mild -1.2% reaction — but the stock at $214.15 is still 18% below its…
FirstSun Capital Bancorp reports today with short sellers accelerating positions just ahead of the print — the most notable pre-earnings signal in an otherwise quiet setup. Short interest has climbed sharply in recent…
Aurora Innovation reports its latest results on July 29 against a backdrop of meaningful short positioning, a recent short-covering move, and options markets that lean bullish — an unusual combination for a pre-revenue…
SoFi Technologies reports Q2 results on July 29 with the stock attempting a partial recovery — up 2.6% on Monday to $16.88 — but the two previous ORTEX notes capture the broader trend: down roughly 6% over the past…
HESM heads into its July 29 results with short sellers pulling back sharply — even as the analyst community has moved steadily negative over recent months. The most striking positioning shift is in short interest.…
Capital Bancorp reports today with short sellers modestly positioned and borrow conditions exceptionally loose, leaving the debate squarely on fundamentals rather than technical pressure. The stock has drifted quietly…
BY heads into its July 30 earnings release with the bullish positioning that defined the pre-Q2 setup still largely intact — though short sellers have grown notably more active since the Q2 print dropped. The options…
Midland States Bancorp heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings report with a notable disconnect: analysts are lifting price targets in real time, yet short sellers have been quietly building positions at a pace that stands…
Varonis Systems enters today's print with a fresh analyst upgrade in hand, a call-heavy options market, and short sellers still unwinding a position they built months ago. The most notable development since Friday's…
Element Solutions Inc heads into its Q2 earnings release today with the most notable story being an abrupt and dramatic unwinding of short positions just ahead of the print. Short sellers pulled back sharply in the…
Brixmor Property Group reports Q2 results today against a backdrop of rising analyst conviction that the stock's market price has not yet caught up with its fundamentals. The analyst community has moved consistently in…
Sprouts Farmers Market reports its latest results today, July 28, with options traders growing meaningfully more cautious in the final days before the print — a shift from the relatively flat positioning described in…
Enphase Energy reports Q2 results tonight with short sellers still firmly in the trade, a stock down 20% on the month, and analysts split on whether the solar inverter maker has found its floor. Short interest has…