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Equity LifeStyle Properties heads into its October 19 earnings release with short sellers adding to positions, the analyst community trimming targets across the board, and the stock trading 2% lower over the past month…
WIT reaches its October 16 earnings release with short sellers at their most aggressive in months, yet the options market has just shifted away from the defensive posture that defined the run-up. The short interest…
JEF heads into its October 19 earnings report carrying a 10% monthly decline and a cluster of analyst target cuts that frame the key question: is the valuation reset enough to reflect the risks, or does the stock still…
FITB reports Q3 results on Monday with the stock at $50.35, down 7% over the past month but up 1.4% on Thursday, as short sellers continue an orderly exit ahead of the print. The positioning story is notably one-sided…
Crown Holdings heads into its Monday earnings release with options positioning at its most bullish extreme in over a year. The standout ahead of the print is what options traders are doing with calls. The put/call…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Chewy saw the biggest short interest jump among large US names. Its SI % of free float hit 92.2%, up from 66.7% just seven days ago, a 25-percentage-point surge in a single…
W. R. Berkley Corporation heads into its October 19 earnings release with options traders leaning bullish, short sellers retreating, and a stock that has quietly gained ground since the prior note. The most striking…
The week's biggest driver is earnings. Netflix posts Q3 results today after the close. Tesla follows on Tuesday, 21 October. Both names are generating heavy options activity ahead of their prints. ORTEX alt data adds…
Earnings season is driving abnormal options positioning across several names heading into a busy week. Tesla reports on 21 October. Short score sits at 31 and DTC is just 0.28 days, suggesting the options market is…
Today the calendar is already busy. NFLX posts Q3 results after the close. TFC Truist Financial reported this morning. In Europe, Nestlé delivered its nine-month sales update today alongside Schneider Electric. Monday…
The UK's manufacturing output index reached 102.3 in August, its highest reading since records began in 1948, according to the ONS Manufacturing Output Index. It beat the previous August record of 101.1 set in 2024.…
Morgan Stanley dominated the analyst tape on Friday with a string of simultaneous target price moves spanning energy, financials and used cars. The bank's Devin McDermott raised his target on CVX to $226, up from $218,…
An NVDA board member filed a cluster of large open-market sales in early September. Mark A. Stevens, an independent director at NVIDIA, reported selling roughly 1.65 million shares across multiple transactions filed…
CHWY is the week's standout mover. Short interest jumped to 92.2% of free float, up from 66.7% just seven days ago. That is a 25.6 percentage-point leap. The pet retailer now sits as one of the most shorted mid-cap…
US-focused ETFs pulled in $32.9B last week. That is the biggest single-geography inflow by a wide margin, with a flow imbalance reading of 72.5, firmly in buying-pressure territory. The picture over three months is…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals picked up a meaningful endorsement from UBS on October 15. The upgrade arrived as short sellers have been quietly pulling back, and with Q3 earnings just 15 days away. UBS analyst Trung Huynh…
The week of 15 October is headlined by two of the market's biggest names. NFLX reports Monday 20 October after the close. TSLA follows on Tuesday 21 October. German car registration data tracked by ORTEX Alt Data is…
Earnings season and index rebalance pressure are driving the most distinct options patterns this week. TSLA reports on 21 October. Options volume around the print has picked up sharply. German car registration data, a…
The week of 15 October brings a dense run of S&P 500 results. The two biggest names arrive in the second half. NFLX reports Q3 figures on Monday 20 October after the close. The streaming giant is worth $294 billion and…
Morgan Stanley dominated Thursday's analyst tape, issuing a batch of target price changes across financials and energy that pulled in opposite directions. The sharpest cut came on BAC. Betsy Graseck at Morgan Stanley…
