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MUFG Borrow Market Tightens as Bulls Flood Options

Two forces are pulling in opposite directions on MUFG. Short sellers are scrambling to hold existing positions as the borrow market dries up. Options traders, meanwhile, have never been more bullish on the stock. That…

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UAL: Post-Earnings Unwind as Bulls Take the Wheel

United Airlines Holdings stock fell after Q2 results disappointed. Now the data shows a clear shift — bears are retreating and options traders are turning bullish. The pre-earnings short build is unwinding. SI now…

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Zoetis Bears Pile In Ahead of August Earnings

Options traders and short sellers are converging on ZTS from multiple angles. The stock has dropped 4.3% over the past month. Earnings land on August 5. The loudest signal here is the relentless analyst price-target…

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SKYY Borrow Hits Max as Four Signals Align

Four distinct pressure signals converged on SKYY on Tuesday. The lending market, options tape, short positioning, and cost-to-borrow are all moving simultaneously — an unusual alignment for a cloud computing ETF. The…

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SKYY Options Demand Spikes as Borrow Market Tightens

Options traders are buying downside protection on SKYY at an unusual rate. The put/call ratio hit 0.64 on July 21. That is 2.85 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.49. The ETF tracks cloud computing stocks.…

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Earnings Season Heats Up as Alphabet Reports Tonight

The S&P 500 faces a pivotal session today. Alphabet reports after the bell — the $2 trillion company is the biggest print of the week. Investors want hard numbers on AI revenue. IBM and Texas Instruments also report…

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Analysts Back GM, Cybersecurity, and Hasbro

General Motors drew the most bullish analyst call today. The consensus target price rose to $97.54 from $96.65. Twenty analysts now rate it a Buy. The automaker carries just 3% short interest. Bears look thinly…

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Insiders Show Diverging Signals

Venture capital exits are dominating US insider filings this month. A major boardroom-level sell-off is running at TTAN — ServiceTitan — where Bessemer Venture Partners has offloaded over $124M in shares across nearly…

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Bears Target New Names as Wolfspeed Stays Toxic

Short sellers found fresh targets this week. Columbia Financial saw the biggest jump among mid-cap US stocks. Its SI % FF rose to 24.2% — up nearly 7 points in seven days. Wolfspeed remains the most heavily shorted…

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China Steals the Week From U.S. Equities

China ETFs pulled in $22.3B net in just one week — the single largest geographic flow of the period. That dwarfs the U.S. at $11.7B. The contrast is striking. Over the past three months, China was actually in net…

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Earnings Barrage Meets Oil Shock and Iran Tensions

GOOGL reports after the close today, kicking off the most crowded earnings week of the year. IBM and TXN also report today. Wednesday brings INTC and RTX. Investors are watching AI revenue at Alphabet closely. RTX…

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Mega-Cap Week Ahead: Alphabet Leads

Today kicks off one of the busiest earnings weeks of the year. GOOGL reports after the close today. The $2 trillion company is under the spotlight as investors watch AI revenue contribution closely. IBM and TXN also…

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Big Week: Alphabet, Intel, Coca-Cola in Focus

Today is one of the busiest reporting days of the season. GOOGL posts results after the bell. Markets want answers on AI spending and Search ad revenue. RJF also reports today after the close. Tomorrow, Thursday, INTC…

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Analysts Lift Targets as NP Prints Today

Neptune Insurance Holdings reports this morning with the stock down 4% on the day and analysts notably more bullish than they were a month ago — a divergence that makes today's print unusually consequential. The…

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STX Surges 11% Into the Print — Bullish Setup Holds

Seagate Technology Holdings arrives at its July 23 earnings release on a dramatically different footing than when this preview cycle began — up 11% on Tuesday alone, now trading at $891.83, and with nearly every…

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Wyndham Heads Into Print With Defensive Options and CEO Selling

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts reports Q2 results today with options traders sending their most defensive signal in months, set against a stock that has already lost 10% over the past month. The clearest warning sign is in…

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MCB Call Surge Holds Into the Print

Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. reports Q2 results today with the same divergence that defined yesterday's preview still firmly in place: options traders are historically bullish, insiders have been consistently…

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