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KTOS Bears Keep Fleeing as August Earnings Near

Short sellers have now cut their Kratos Defense & Security Solutions exposure by nearly a third in under a month. Options buyers are piling into calls. The cost to borrow is rising — not because the trade is…

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Bears Pile Into Bitcoin Miners and SpaceX

Short sellers got busier last week. Data as of July 20 shows sharp moves in several names. CleanSpark leads crypto miners with 32.3% of its free float sold short. That is barely unchanged week-on-week, but availability…

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CRS Options Fear Peaks as Analysts Stay Bullish

Options traders are the most bearish they've been all year on CRS. The put-call ratio hit 1.25 on July 20 — a 52-week high. The 20-day average was 0.79. That's a z-score of 2.4, a statistically extreme move. The stock…

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Bloom Energy Options Flash Bullish as Stock Slides

Options traders turned sharply bullish on Bloom Energy on Monday. The put/call ratio dropped to 1.05 — a z-score of -3.08 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.30. That's the most call-heavy positioning BE has…

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FXI Borrow Market Hits Limit as Puts Spike

The lending market for FXI has effectively run dry. Availability has collapsed to just 1.3% — only one share remains available to borrow for every 79 already lent out. That is the tightest the borrow market has been in…

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Earnings Week Ignites Options Frenzy

Options markets are on edge. A packed earnings calendar is driving unusual activity across several major tech names this week. GOOGL reports this week and sits at the centre of the action. META also faces its quarterly…

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Earnings, Oil, and Analyst Cuts Drive Monday Mood

Markets head into a packed week with GOOGL earnings front and centre. Oil prices are flashing warning signs. Analyst downgrades are hitting software hard. Tuesday's main event is Alphabet reporting Q2 results after the…

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Earnings Week Fires Up Options Market

GOOGL dominates the options spotlight this week. Alphabet reports earnings imminently. Traders are positioning hard around that catalyst. Oil is the other big theme. Gas prices have entered territory not seen since…

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Alphabet Leads a Packed Earnings Week

Today brings the first wave of results. CCK (Crown Holdings) kicks off this morning with its Q2 earnings call at 9am ET. AMSF (AMERISAFE) reports after the close today, alongside Mexican banking group Grupo Financiero…

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Software Giants Get Slapped, Meta Shines

Two major software names took analyst hits today. Intuit and Salesforce were both downgraded, while Meta Platforms attracted a target price lift. Analysts cut Intuit from a higher rating, trimming the consensus target…

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Execs Cash Out at Record Highs

Insiders at several major US companies filed significant sell transactions this week. The filings reveal executives taking profits as share prices hold near recent peaks. Broadcom's Chief Legal Officer Mark Brazeal…

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CIB Options Signal Caution as Shorts Retreat

Options traders are hedging into CIB's August earnings. Short sellers, meanwhile, have largely exited. The put-call ratio hit 0.6479 on July 20. That is the highest in three weeks. More significantly, it sits 3.65…

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AMC Jumps 27% Post-Earnings — Options Market Turns Cautious

AMC Entertainment surged 26.8% on July 20. The earnings report landed. Now the options market is flashing an unusual signal. The put-call ratio hit 0.2167 on July 20 — a 3.9 standard-deviation move above the 20-day…

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TMHC Bears Exit as Calls Flood In Before Q2

Why this matters: Three signals are converging on TMHC with Q2 earnings due tomorrow. Short sellers are cutting positions at pace. Options traders are piling into calls. And analysts have quietly turned cautious — even…

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RIO Options Bet on Downside as Shorts Quietly Exit

RIO is sending mixed signals. Short sellers have been covering, yet options traders just placed the most bearish relative bet in months. Short interest in Rio Tinto has fallen sharply. Estimated shares short dropped…

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CRML Borrow Market Locks Up as Bears Pile In

Availability for CRML has collapsed to just 3.8%. Only one share remains available to borrow for every 26 already lent out. That is the defining fact about this stock right now. Availability has dropped 75% in one…

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