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WEN: Bears Dig In as Earnings Loom and Borrow Costs Halve

WEN heads into its August 7 earnings date with short interest still entrenched near 29%, the stock up 15% over the past month, and a borrow market that has eased sharply — creating an unusual tension between a…

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Earnings, Selloffs, and a Ryanair Shock

A tech selloff has rattled markets heading into a packed earnings week. Chip stocks posted their worst weekly performance in over a year. NVDA and AAPL were among the hardest hit as momentum trades unwound sharply.…

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Big Names Report This Week

GOOGL is the headline act. Alphabet reports Q2 2026 results on Wednesday, July 22, after the close. Investors will focus on AI-driven search revenue and cloud growth. Today, CCK Crown Holdings kicks things off. The…

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Cable and Telecom Bear Hits Wall Street

RBC Capital's Jonathan Atkin slashed targets across the telecom and cable sector in one sweep Sunday. Charter Communications took the hardest hit — two separate downgrades from both RBC and JP Morgan in the same…

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Executives Buy In, Others Cash Out

Insider activity over the past month reveals a sharp split between aggressive buyers and high-profile sellers. The standout buying story is AVO — Mission Produce. A 10% owner, GlobalHarvest Holdings, filed purchases…

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Short Sellers Circle Lucid, SpaceX as Bets Intensify

Short sellers turned up the heat on electric vehicle names and high-profile private listings this week, with data as of July 17 revealing some notable moves. LCID tops the pressure chart. Lucid Group's SI % FF hit…

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MSOS Bears Exit in Force as Options Turn Bullish

Three signals on MSOS are pointing the same direction. Short sellers are retreating, borrowing costs have collapsed, and options traders are piling into calls. The moves are sharp and simultaneous. That combination is…

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OEF Options Traders Turn Bullish as Borrow Costs Jump

Options positioning on OEF, the iShares S&P 100 ETF, has shifted sharply bullish. That shift comes even as borrow costs climb to their highest level since early June. The put-call ratio fell to 1.70 on July 17. That is…

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Earnings Bets, Borrow Freezes, and a 355% Float Short

Why this matters — Convergence signals are rare. They require three or more distinct ORTEX data types to align on the same ticker within a tight window. This week produced 28 such events. Earnings-driven short…

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Earnings Season Ignites Short Wars Across Every Sector

The week in one paragraph — Q2 earnings season dominated the week's positioning. 1,066 signals fired across the ORTEX platform as short sellers, options traders, and analysts realigned ahead of a dense reporting…

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Tech Conference Season Sets Stage for Chip-Driven Week

The week of July 20–27 arrives with no formal earnings in the payload but a dense non-earnings catalyst calendar dominated by semiconductor and AI hardware events. NVDA presents at SIGGRAPH today and the DAC…

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Markets Rally on Iran, Big Tech Earnings Loom

US equity futures rose Monday after President Trump declared Iran "very, very badly damaged." The de-escalation signal lifted risk appetite. Oil traders remain cautious though. The Strait of Hormuz closure is still…

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Alphabet, Intel Headline Busy Earnings Week

The week kicks off today with two after-close reports. CCK (Crown Holdings) and STLD (Steel Dynamics) both report Q2 results at 4pm ET on Monday, offering an early read on industrial and packaging demand. Tuesday…

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Semis and Software Lead Target Hikes

Analysts lifted price targets across tech, banking, and utilities on Sunday. Semiconductor tester TER saw the biggest tech move. The consensus target rose to $429.88, up from $426.35. Short interest sits at just 5.3%…

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CEOs Buy the Dip, VCs Cash Out

Two very different insider signals emerged this week. Elevance Health's CEO stepped up with a major purchase. Meanwhile, a venture backer of ServiceTitan has been selling relentlessly. Elevance Health's CEO buys the…

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INFY Borrow Cost Doubles as Earnings Loom Three Days Out

Three days before INFY reports on July 23, the cost to borrow its shares has doubled in a week. That's the sharpest escalation in the data since the borrow market first broke down in early June. Cost to borrow hit…

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