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Corporate insiders filed a cluster of large open-market trades in late August and early September, with the most recent data from the vendor insider table covering activity through 8 September 2026. The standout buy…
EV stocks are drawing heavy short attention into Halloween. Wolfspeed leads the pack. Its SI % FF hit 88.6%, up 4.8 percentage points in just one week. Availability is zero, meaning shares to borrow are effectively…
Halloween brought no treats for electric vehicle stocks. Short sellers, options traders, and real-world registration data all pointed in the same direction on Saturday morning. The bearish case is unusually…
Options bears are circling the electric vehicle sector hard into October's close. Lucid Group stands out with a short score of 87 and 15 days to cover, while its RSI sits at just 36. Put volume has clustered around the…
A heavy reporting calendar opens this week. Autos, insurers, and media giants all face investors before Friday. Today and tomorrow bring the first wave. Ferrari N.V. kicks off the high-profile auto season on Monday,…
The headline number from the ORTEX US state fuel-mix registers is stark. The stock of non-plug hybrid vehicles fell to 14,476 in August 2026. That is the lowest reading since the series began in 2015, down from a prior…
JP Morgan's analysts swept through the financial sector on Friday, lifting target prices on a string of US banks and trust companies. State Street received the biggest absolute lift, with its target raised to $192.50…
An open-market purchase by UBER's President and COO Andrew MacDonald stands out among recent insider filings. MacDonald filed on September 8, disclosing he had bought 54,325 shares on September 4 at roughly $75.65…
Short sellers ended October with fresh bets against energy and electric vehicle names. Data from ORTEX as of 29 October shows some clear movers over the past week. Talen Energy saw the sharpest increase among…
China overtook the US as the top destination for ETF money this week. China-focused funds pulled in $11.1B net over seven days. The US attracted $10.0B. Japan saw the biggest shift of all three months: it was an…
The heaviest week of the earnings calendar lands just after Halloween. QCOM reports Wednesday after the bell, with options activity running through January 2027. AMGN posts Monday evening. PFE holds its investor call…
Options markets are showing clear pre-earnings positioning this Halloween, with several names drawing concentrated activity in the Nov-6 and Nov-13 expiry windows. LUMN is the standout signal. Bulls are leaning in…
The final stretch of earnings season hits hardest this week. Dozens of major companies report between Monday and Thursday, with automotive and pharma names dominating. Today, VRTX posts results after the bell. Vertex…
Intel drew the sharpest analyst action on Friday. DA Davidson's Gil Luria slashed his target from $100 to $70. Rosenblatt went further, cutting its target from $80 to $70 and reiterating a Sell. Both firms kept Hold or…
An NVIDIA director filed a flurry of sales in early September, disclosing over $300M in combined proceeds across four transactions. Mark Stevens, an independent director, filed on 2 September that he sold shares on 31…
Short sellers added pressure across tech and consumer names this week. Data from ORTEX as of 29 October shows some sharp moves worth watching. Wolfspeed leads the most-shorted list on a free-float basis. Short interest…
Markets enter Halloween with a clear divide in options sentiment. Semiconductor names took the heaviest bearish flow over the past seven days. MU, META, AMD, and NVDA all saw put flow dominate, with positive options…
Options flow on Halloween flashed a clear split: semiconductor names absorbed the week's heaviest bearish bets while energy and financials drew near-pure call demand. MU led bearish notional flow over the past seven…
AAPL kicks off a packed week today, reporting after the close. The iPhone maker carries a $5.1 trillion market cap into the print. CHKP reports this morning before the open. AMGN follows after Monday's close. Tuesday…
US vehicle registration data tracked by ORTEX tells a nuanced story about the electric transition. The stock of registered non-plug hybrid vehicles fell to 14,476 in August 2026, according to state fuel-mix filings.…
