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Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed and Lucid Group led a wave of rising short interest across US equities. Wolfspeed sits at a staggering 129.9% SI % FF. That jumped from 103% just seven days ago.…
Wolfspeed remains the most extreme short in the market. Short interest hit 130% of free float. That jumped 27 points in a single week. Availability of shares to borrow has hit zero. Lucid Group is similarly stressed —…
Options traders are positioning aggressively ahead of a busy week. Three distinct setups stand out Friday. NIKE dominates earnings-driven options attention. The sneaker giant reports this week. Its nearest active…
NKE and GIS headline a busy stretch of earnings ending June 30 and July 1. Nike drops its Q4 2026 results on June 30 after the close. The sportswear giant has faced tariff pressures and soft consumer demand. Investors…
Airline stocks picked up fresh target price upgrades Friday. Delta Air Lines saw its consensus target rise to $86.41. United Airlines hit $136.63. Southwest Airlines edged up to $47.51. All three moves came in a single…
Insider filings this week reveal a sharp split between sellers cashing out near highs and one bold CEO doubling down. NVDA director Mark Stevens filed over $385 million in sales across June. He sold shares in three…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed leads the pack with SI at 130% of free float. That jumped nearly 27 points in seven days. Availability hit zero — no shares left to borrow. That is a dangerous setup…
The day's defining story broke late Thursday. US Central Command confirmed strikes on Iran after an attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Markets reacted immediately. Crude oil proxies and energy…
US military strikes on Iran sent options traders scrambling on June 26. The US Central Command confirmed strikes after a commercial ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. Markets reacted fast. Oil proxy USO drew…
The week's biggest event arrives Monday afternoon. NKE reports Q4 2026 results after the close on June 30. The sportswear giant carries a $49bn market cap. Short interest sits at 5.1% of free float — modest, suggesting…
Analysts raised targets on all three major US carriers today. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all saw consensus price targets tick up. Delta's average target rose to $86.41 from $85.33. The…
Five insiders at AMAT filed sales totalling nearly $87M on June 17. CEO Gary Dickerson led the rush, dumping over $60M in shares at around $591–$597 each. The CTO and Chairman of the Board also filed large sales on the…
Short sellers had a busy week. Wolfspeed tops the charts with SI hitting 130% of free float — up nearly 27 points in seven days. Zero shares are available to borrow. That extreme reading reflects deep skepticism around…
The biggest macro story today: an Israeli-Lebanese framework agreement was announced late in the session. Axios reported officials confirmed the deal after four days of Washington talks. Oil fell back below $72.48 per…
NIKE is flashing one of the sharpest pre-earnings options signals of the week. Short interest jumped to 5.1% of free float on June 25. That's up from 4.1% just two days earlier — a near one-point spike in 48 hours.…
The biggest name on the calendar is NKE. Nike reports Q4 2026 results on Monday, June 30. The sportswear giant has faced pressure from weak consumer spending and China headwinds. Investors will watch closely for…
Truist Securities swept through the US financial sector on Friday with a flurry of upgrades and boosted price targets. WFC received a fresh Buy rating from analyst John McDonald. The target jumped to $94 from $90.…
Insider selling dominated filings this week. Several C-suite executives moved fast to lock in gains. AST SpaceMobile saw the biggest single US executive trade. ASTS founder and CEO Abel Avellan filed on June 23 showing…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week across several names. Wolfspeed leads the pack with SI at 130% of free float — up 27 points in just seven days. Zero availability means borrowing new shares is nearly…
Tech megacaps are under pressure today. Analyst Dan Ives flagged that META and MSFT are being "treated like bear market stocks." The warning adds to a broader unease in large-cap tech. GOOGL, AMZN, and MU are all…
