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Big Tech Earnings Week Opens as Oil Tops $100

Markets are laser-focused on what may be the biggest earnings week of 2026. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Qualcomm all report before Friday. Apple alone carries nearly a $4.9 trillion market cap. Together…

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Wall Street Turns on Cable, Cheers Industrials

Analysts trimmed targets across several names on Sunday. The most striking move hit Charter Communications. Its average target price dropped sharply to $187.94 from $205. That is an $17 move lower. Charter also carries…

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Sellers Dominate as Billionaires Cash Out

Insider filings this week reveal a clear trend: heavy selling at the top, with a few contrarian buyers making bold moves in beaten-down names. Carlos Slim filed on July 22 to disclose he has sold over $130M worth of…

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Bears Pile Into Chewy and Columbia Financial

Short sellers made bold moves in the past week. CLBK (Columbia Financial) saw the biggest jump — SI % of Free Float leapt from 5.3% to 33.8%, a 28-point surge in just seven days. CHWY (Chewy) also drew heavy attention.…

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China Leads as US Bleeds ETF Money

A dramatic geographic reversal defined the past week. China pulled in $8.1B in net ETF inflows, topping all geographies. That stands in sharp contrast to the 3-month trend, where China was a net loser at -$3.4B. The…

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IonQ Borrow Pool Near Empty as Short Interest Climbs to 14%

The lending market for IONQ has reached a critical point. Availability has collapsed to just 1.25% — meaning only one share is available to borrow for every 80 already lent out. That is a 95% drop in a single week. At…

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Borrow Stress and Earnings Divergence Define a Busy Week

Why this matters — Convergence signals are rare. They require three or more independent ORTEX data streams to align on a single ticker within days. This week produced 38 such events. Borrow market tightening was the…

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XLC Options Sentiment Shifts as Short Unwind Matures

The XLC Communication Services ETF is sending a consistent message across three data streams. Bears have been retreating for weeks. Now options traders are joining that view. The put-call ratio dropped to 5.22 on July…

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Earnings Fear and Bullish Bets Dominate Options Week

Sentiment read — Options activity split sharply this week. Earnings-driven put buying dominated in EDA software, construction, and biotech. On the other side, banks and energy names saw aggressive call buying — several…

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Korea, Biotech Lead a Mixed Week for Short Sellers

Short covering dominated the week of July 20. Korea-linked ETFs saw dramatic SI drops, while biotech and borrow markets told a more bearish story. A handful of names bucked the trend — shorts added exposure in…

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Mega-Cap Earnings Blitz Sets the Tone for Markets

The week of July 28 kicks off one of the year's most data-heavy stretches. MSFT, META, AAPL, and AMZN all report in a four-day window, representing well over $11 trillion in combined market cap. Macro data is…

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CTSH shorts cover fast as earnings loom July 29

Short sellers have cut their CTSH position by 15.2% in a single week. The stock gained 5.7% in the same period. With earnings due July 29, options traders are leaning bullish — but analysts keep trimming targets. Short…

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Markets Pause as Oil Shock Rattles Bonds, Mega-Cap Week Looms

Brent crude crossed the $100 barrier this week before pulling back as Trump weighed a military strike on Iran. The spike drove a global bond sell-off. Rising inflation expectations are forcing traders to reprice…

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Big Tech Dominates This Week's Calendar

Today already brought results from CDNS, with Cadence Design Systems reporting after the bell. Tomorrow, Tuesday, SPGI kicks off the day at 7:15am ET. KO follows at 8:30am. HLT holds its earnings call mid-morning. F…

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Analysts Cut Healthcare, Banks While Gold Shines

Analyst activity on July 27 leaned bearish on healthcare and regional banks. A clear bullish turn on gold and energy stood out against the cuts. HCA Healthcare took the sharpest target price cut of the session.…

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Insiders Dump $260M Across Three Stocks

A wave of significant insider selling has hit US markets, with three stocks drawing particular attention from filings reported over the past two weeks. ServiceTitan has seen the most relentless exit. Bessemer Venture…

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Bears Pile Into Chewy and Hertz

Short sellers made bold moves last week. CHWY and HTZ led the charge in SI increases among mid-to-large US stocks. Chewy's short interest jumped to 79.2% of free float — up from 63.3% just one week ago. That's a 15.9…

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DHI Shorts Re-Enter as Post-Earnings Hedging Persists

Three separate data streams are now pointing the same direction on D.R. Horton. Short interest jumped, options hedging held elevated, and the cost to borrow ticked higher — all within the same week that the stock fell…

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