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Planet Labs PBC heads into its fiscal Q2 earnings release — scheduled for September 3 — after losing more than 10% in a single week, yet options traders are betting on a bounce rather than bracing for further pain. The…
IOT heads into its Q2 earnings release — due after the close on September 3 — with short sellers in full retreat and analysts lifting targets, yet the stock still slipped 4.4% on Tuesday and the history books are not…
Victoria's Secret & Co. walks into its September 3 earnings release with shorts covering at pace, options traders leaning bullish, and a fresh analyst target raise — yet the stock has given back ground all week,…
Affirm Holdings enters September with a painful paradox: the stock is down 10% on the week and 6% on Tuesday alone, even as analysts queue up to raise price targets following a solid fiscal Q4 print. The gap between…
WOOF delivered its September 2 earnings print and the bears — who had been quietly rebuilding positions all week — appear to have had the better read on the setup. Short interest closed September 1 at 8.3% of the free…
Airbnb entered September on the back foot — down 4% on the week to $182.55 — with options traders still positioned defensively even as the broader analyst community rushed to lift targets following a blowout August…
Cogent Biosciences enters September with an uncomfortable split: short sellers have been quietly adding positions for weeks while the analyst community sits firmly in the bull camp, leaving the stock caught between…
C3.ai has just printed its fiscal Q1 results, and the post-earnings landscape confirms the bears' thesis rather than denting it — short interest barely budged, options traders who positioned for a pop saw the stock…
PHR reported Q2 results on September 2 and the market is now pricing the aftermath, with the stock closing at $11.84 — down 3% on the day but up 2.8% for the week, a pattern that suggests Tuesday's initial reaction…
Zscaler posted its September 1 earnings print and the stock fell 5.3% on the day, but the positioning story heading into that release played out almost exactly as flagged — shorts had already stepped back, and the…
SNAP spent the final days of August giving back its August gains, closing Tuesday at $5.35 — down 10% on the week and 3.6% on the day — while short sellers quietly pressed their advantage and options traders stayed…
Inventiva S.A. enters September in an uncomfortable position: borrow is expensive and getting more so, availability in the lending pool is near a six-week low, and the next earnings event arrives in under four…
Block, Inc. enters September with a widening disconnect between analyst conviction and price action — the stock dropped 5% on Tuesday alone, closing at $77.88, even as the Street continues to raise targets well above…
PayPal has given back a sharp 16% in a single week — erasing the gains from the short-cover rally that defined most of August and dragging the stock to $52.40, comfortably below where shorts had been covering just days…
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals enters September with a familiar tension: short sellers are adding pressure while analysts who cover the stock remain broadly constructive — and the stock sits roughly 25% below the Street's…
P fell nearly 9% on the week to $93.78, yet the data underneath the tape tells a quieter, more constructive story than the price action alone suggests. The most interesting tension right now is the gap between price…
Gold.com, Inc. enters September with a split personality: shorts are adding pressure at a measured but persistent pace, while a clutch of activist holders remains firmly embedded in the register — and the stock just…
DocuSign reports Q2 FY27 results on September 3 — and the market is arriving more hedged than it has been in months, even as the stock has staged a sharp recovery. Options positioning has turned the most defensive it…
VRNS heads into September with an unusual split: short sellers are adding positions even as most analysts raised targets sharply after last month's results. The short-interest rebuild is the clearest tension in the…
AMC enters September with a notable analyst upgrade and a steady short squeeze in progress — yet the stock still drifted 2.6% lower on the week to $2.58. Macquarie's Chad Beynon is the headline mover this week. He…
