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QFIN reported earnings on August 26 into a market already braced for bad news — and JP Morgan just made its position clear. The most consequential development this week is the JP Morgan downgrade filed this morning.…
MRNA has now tripled in a week, yet the short book is bigger than it was before the INTerpath-001 catalyst — and the put/call ratio just set a new 52-week high. The short-side behaviour this week is the defining…
CI heads into the back half of August with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and the analyst community in an uneasy split following a bruising post-earnings reaction in late July. The most notable shift this…
Ondas Inc. closed Tuesday at $8.24, down 9% on the week, as short sellers quietly continued their retreat from a position that remains one of the largest in the small-cap universe. The cover trade is the week's most…
ESTC arrives at its August 27 earnings print with a fresh wrinkle: after weeks of short covering, bears quietly rebuilt positions on Tuesday — and the debate now hinges on whether a 37% one-month rally can survive the…
CRK ends the week with an unusual split in its positioning signals: options traders have flipped decisively bullish while short sellers remain dug in at elevated levels, creating one of the more contradictory setups…
Elanco Animal Health has moved decisively in the week since insiders were buying the dip — shorts are now covering, the stock is up 6%, and the insider thesis is playing out in real time. The short position is…
Bloom Energy heads into the final days of August in a genuinely split position: the stock has recovered sharply, short sellers are retreating, yet the same insiders who sold near the highs are still cashing out. The…
Replimune Group heads into its September 15 earnings report with a sharp disconnect: short interest is near a one-month high, yet analysts have been upgrading the stock in a cluster rarely seen for a name with this…
XLC enters the final days of August with a sharp reversal of last week's bear-exit narrative — short interest has rebuilt aggressively while the price tape has moved higher, creating a direct conflict between what…
Amneal Pharmaceuticals enters the back half of August with an interesting split: the Street is turning more constructive just as short sellers are quietly adding pressure, creating one of the more nuanced setups in the…
Broadcom heads into its September 2 earnings report down another leg, now at $356.74 — a further 6% drop on the week — with seven trading days of price weakness compounding onto a stock already 25% below its pre-June…
Ascendis Pharma heads into its September 4 earnings date with options markets flashing an unusual degree of caution even as the stock trades quietly near flat on the month. The clearest tension this week sits in the…
Zscaler enters its September 1 earnings print in an unusual spot: the stock is down 9% on the week while short sellers are actively reducing exposure and analysts keep lifting targets. The short interest picture has…
Victory Capital Holdings heads into the final week of August carrying an unusual combination: a cluster of coordinated insider selling and an unbroken run of analyst target upgrades, all after a stock that has rallied…
MongoDB has delivered its August 25 earnings print and sold off — down nearly 7% on the week to $404.92 — yet analysts responded to the results by raising targets at a pace that suggests the Street sees the dip as…
NTR enters the final stretch of August with an unusual alignment: insiders accumulating shares through a multi-month buying programme, short sellers retreating sharply, and the borrow market so loose it barely…
Simply Good Foods enters the final stretch of August with an unusual split: short sellers are closing positions at pace while options traders shift to their most defensive posture in nearly a year. The options signal…
Celcuity heads into the final week of August with a notable split in its positioning signals — options traders are turning more bullish just as a large earnings-driven short is sitting still, and the Street's…
FLEX LNG heads into late August with one of the most striking divergences in its recent history: options traders have turned sharply bullish at the same time that short sellers are adding to positions and borrowing…
