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Short sellers targeted homebuilders, pharma, and auto-adjacent plays over the past week, with several stocks seeing sharp jumps in borrowing demand. Dream Finders Homes led the movers. Short interest as a percentage of…
The dominant story this week is a sharp split between geographies. The US still leads in raw dollar terms, pulling in $13.3B net over the past week. But the conviction sits elsewhere. China ETFs attracted $11.0B with a…
Carvana delivered the day's biggest surprise. The stock surged 18% after a post-earnings beat, forcing short sellers to trim positions. That is notable given ORTEX Alt Data flagged delinquencies in Carvana's ABS trusts…
Three names are drawing unusual options attention on Halloween: CVNA, FSLR, and GLD, each with a distinct story behind the flow. Carvana carries a short score of 56 and 6.3 days to cover. The stock is down 84%…
Apple kicks off the week's biggest test. The $5 trillion company reports after Monday's close. Analysts will scrutinise services revenue and iPhone demand as the holiday quarter begins. Amgen follows Monday evening.…
JP Morgan swept through the US banking sector on Friday, raising target prices on six names including WFC, USB, TFC, STT, RF, and PNC. Analyst Vivek Juneja lifted Wells Fargo's target to $92 from $91.50. The moves…
The most striking open-market insider move in recent filings came from Kenneth Dart, the billionaire shareholder of EVO (Evolution AB). He bought $569m worth of shares on 21 July, with a further $147m purchase filed on…
Short sellers are pushing harder into semiconductor and auto names this week. Wolfspeed tops the pressure gauge with 88.6% of its free float sold short. That figure rose another 4.8 percentage points in the past seven…
The sharpest theme crossing every data type today is auto-loan stress. ORTEX consumer credit data puts delinquencies in Carvana's ABS trusts 4.6 standard deviations above their own history as of 15 October. That is the…
Bearish options bets are building across markets this week, with earnings season and mounting consumer credit stress pulling in the same direction. Carvana sits at the centre of the trade. ORTEX Alt Data puts…
A packed week of results kicks off today, with auto, tech and pharma names all reporting. There are no IPOs on the calendar for the next seven days. PLTR reports Q3 after the close on Monday. The AI data company has…
The sharpest signal in ORTEX's consumer credit dataset comes from the ABS trust filings it tracks through US regulators. As of 15 October, delinquencies in CVNA's asset-backed securities trusts were 4.6 standard…
JP Morgan's Vivek Juneja swept through the US banking sector on Friday, lifting target prices on six lenders in a single session. WFC, USB, TFC, RF, PNC, STT, and NTRS all received higher price targets from Juneja. The…
Fresh ORTEX data published today puts two car-market names at the centre of short-seller attention, while credit stress signals add weight to the bearish case. Carvana carries a short interest of 9.4% of its free…
Short sellers stepped up their activity this week, with several names seeing meaningful jumps in bearish positioning over just seven days. Wolfspeed remains the standout. SI hit 88.6% of free float as of 29 October, up…
The sharpest story in this week's ETF flows is a regional reversal. Japan was the third-largest geography by net inflows over 1 week, pulling in $6.5B with a flow imbalance of 91.9. Over three months, Japan posted a…
Short sellers are piling into electric vehicle names as October ends. Wolfspeed leads the pack with short interest at 88.6% of free float, up 4.8 percentage points in a week. Available shares to borrow have hit zero.…
Bears are active in the options market as Halloween closes out October. Two themes are driving unusual positioning: auto-loan stress and an EV sector under growing short pressure. Carvana sits at the centre of the…
AAPL is the biggest name on this week's earnings calendar. Apple reports after the close on Monday, November 2. The stock carries a market cap above $5 trillion. MAR and IDXX report Monday afternoon. EL and FOX also…
JP Morgan dominated Friday's analyst tape with a broad sweep of US financial stocks, lifting target prices across banks while cutting its view on one of the sector's priciest names. ARES Management was the standout.…
