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Abbott Laboratories enters its October 21 Q3 results having already delivered one strong print this season, with the stock up 5.3% on the week and options positioning flashing the most defensive signal it has shown in…
Short sellers made their boldest moves in weeks heading into a heavy earnings calendar. The data as of 15 October shows a clear picture: pressure is concentrated in a handful of consumer and energy-storage names. CHWY…
The biggest earnings week of the autumn is here. Over 800 companies report globally. The three names traders are watching most closely are Tesla, Netflix, and General Motors. Tesla reports on 21 October. German car…
Call-side bets are rising into one of the busiest earnings weeks of the autumn. NVDA leads the options positivity table. 68% of its options flow over the past week was bullish. NFLX sits at 66% positive, and TSLA at…
The earnings calendar hits peak intensity this week. Over 800 companies report globally. The biggest US names span autos, tech, consumer staples and financials. Tomorrow: GM and Netflix kick things off GM opens Tuesday…
UK new car registrations reached 538,867 in Q2 2026. That is the largest second-quarter total in six years, according to the UK vehicle registration dataset tracked by ORTEX. It beats the previous Q2 record of 489,121…
Analysts upgraded two major tech names today. AMAT and PANW both received consensus upgrades, with Applied Materials lifting its average target price to $627.83. Palo Alto Networks held its target at $398.52 while…
Executives at the US market's biggest technology names have been the most active sellers over the past month, according to ORTEX insider tracking data. NVIDIA, Broadcom, and CrowdStrike all rank among the heaviest…
CHWY saw the biggest short interest jump of the week. SI as a percentage of free float hit 91.3%, up 25 points in just seven days. That is a dramatic move for a mid-cap retailer. Shares barely budged over three months,…
US equities pulled in $33.9B in the past week. That is the largest geography flow by far. China came second at $10.3B, with a flow imbalance of 76.5, pointing to genuine buying pressure. Taiwan added $5.3B, driven…
The chip sector is this week's sharpest story. The SOXS bear semiconductor ETF surged 43% in a single week. That move reflects heavy put positioning across the sector. Lam Research heads into its Q4 earnings report up…
The options market this week is shaped by two forces: a chip sector rout and a crowded earnings calendar that spans autos, streaming, and semiconductors. The SOXS bear semiconductor ETF surged 43% in a week. That kind…
Tesla and General Motors headline a packed earnings week. Both report against a striking backdrop from German car registration data, which leads their revenue by 43 and 15 days respectively and is running at +269% and…
USA Rare Earth enters the final stretch before its November 6 earnings with a lending market that has essentially seized up, even as the stock has shed nearly a third of its value over the past month. The short…
SOXS, the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF, has had the week its holders have been waiting for, climbing 43% in five sessions to close at $49.23 as semiconductor stocks came under broad pressure. The price move…
Wall Street turned broadly positive on technology on Friday. Two of the day's most notable upgrades landed in semiconductor equipment and cybersecurity. AMAT received a consensus upgrade from analysts, with the average…
CHPY, the YieldMax Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF, has seen a week of partial short-seller retreat, but the broader picture remains one of unusually heavy bearish positioning for an income-focused ETF. The…
TeraWulf has fallen another 15% on the week to $11.68, accelerating a month-long slide that has now erased nearly a fifth of the stock's value, with the broader crypto-infrastructure peer group offering no refuge. The…
Lucid Group has lost another 17% this week alone, and the short book continues to tighten its grip rather than ease. Since the note published October 8, the numbers have moved in one direction. Short interest has risen…
MNDY enters its November 9 earnings date in an unusual equilibrium: short sellers have retreated sharply over the past two weeks, yet the analyst community has been cutting ratings almost in lockstep, leaving the stock…
