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Bears Pile Into Chewy and Hertz

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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Tech Sells Off While Active Money Piles In

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.…

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WBD Options Hedging Spikes as Earnings Loom

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…

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Peak Earnings Week: Boeing, Coca-Cola, and Bears on Watch

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…

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SLDE Short Sellers Pile In Before Earnings

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…

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Wells Fargo Upgrades SIRI on the Eve of Earnings

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…

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Noble Short Interest Surges 49% in a Month Ahead of Q2 Print

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…

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Earnings PreviewFTAI

FTAI's Second Chance: What Tuesday's Print Must Deliver

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…

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FSUN Shorts Build Into Earnings as Analysts Trim Targets

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…

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SoFi Print Arrives With Bears Dug In But Borrow Market Easing

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…

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HESM Bears Retreat Into Earnings as Analysts Stay Cautious

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.…

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Earnings PreviewCBNK

CBNK Bulls Eye NIM Expansion as OpenSky Risk Looms

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…

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Byline Bancorp Bulls Hold Steady Into Q3 Preview

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…

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JP Morgan Lifts VRNS Target to $55 on Earnings Day

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…

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ESI Shorts Retreat Further as Earnings Land Today

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…

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BRX Analysts Turn Bullish, But Options Hedge Into the Print

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…

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SFM Options Turn Defensive as Shorts Hold Firm Into the Print

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…

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ENPH Bears Stay Active as Earnings Arrive Tonight

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…

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