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Piper Sandler Initiates AXP at Overweight Ahead of July Print

American Express closes the week with a fresh bull on the Street and a Q2 earnings date now three weeks away — the setup is more constructive than it was a week ago, but the debate over the underlying business is no…

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Amazon Recovers Ground but the Target Gap Remains the Story

Amazon has bounced off the lows of recent weeks, but the stock still trades nearly $75 below where the Street thinks it belongs — and that gap is the central question heading into a July 31 earnings date. The week…

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ALGN Shorts Build as Earnings Loom

Align Technology heads into its July 29 earnings report with short interest climbing steadily and options traders more cautious than usual — a setup worth watching as the stock sits 19% below the Street's average…

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ARE shorts double in a week as Q2 earnings loom

Alexandria Real Estate Equities enters the final stretch before its July 20 Q2 results with short sellers accelerating positions and a founder doubling down with his own money — a rare and pointed divergence in the…

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APD Options Traders Turn Cautious Ahead of July Earnings

Air Products and Chemicals delivered a sharp 8% single-day gain on June 30, yet the options market responded by loading up on downside protection at the highest rate of the past year — a tension that defines the…

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AEIS Surges as Analysts Race to Catch Up

Advanced Energy Industries enters the second half of 2026 with a rare alignment: a stock up 23% over the past month, a wave of analyst upgrades hitting in the same week, and options traders suddenly more defensive —…

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SoFi Options Spike Persists as July 27 Earnings Loom

SoFi Technologies heads into July with the same two-sided tension that defined last week — elevated short interest, an options market flashing unusual caution — but the data has now hardened further rather than…

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SOUN borrow market stays frozen as shorts hold above 42%

SoundHound AI enters July with its short side more dug in than ever — short interest has now crept above 42% of the free float, the borrow market remains completely sealed, and yet options traders are still leaning…

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LCID Borrow Cost Doubles Again as Bears Hold Firm

Lucid Group heads into Q3 with the most extreme short-side setup in its recent history — borrow costs have nearly doubled again in four days, short interest keeps climbing, and the stock is up 29% on the week…

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Nike Post-Earnings: The Guidance Cut Changes Everything

NKE closed out its fiscal year with a Q4 print on June 30 that reset the investment thesis — weak wholesale demand, inventory headwinds, and FY2027 guidance cut to flat-to-low-single-digit growth. The stock has shed…

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CoreWeave Insiders Sell as Short Positioning Resets Lower

CRWV enters July with a genuinely different setup than the one that dominated June — short interest has collapsed from the elevated levels flagged in recent notes, insiders have been selling into that weakness, and the…

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FCEL shorts keep building even as the stock clears $36

FuelCell Energy closed Tuesday at $36.01 — up 65% in five days and 21% in a single session — yet the short base is growing faster than at any point in recent memory, creating the sharpest tension yet in a trade that…

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RKLB: Shorts Build, Stock Bounces, Borrow Tightens Further

Rocket Lab ended last week with a 16% single-day surge to $98.01, yet the short position has kept growing — a split-screen moment that defines the current setup heading into August earnings. The short rebuild that has…

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NFLX Heads Into July 16 Earnings With Shorts Rebuilding Fast

NFLX enters its final two weeks before Q3 earnings with the most notable development sitting not in the options market or on the Street, but in a sharp and sudden rebuild of short positions over the past month. Short…

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