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Insider buying picked up across several sectors this month, with the clearest signal coming from US homebuilder LEN. Lennar ranks first for insider buying value over the past month among large-cap US stocks, according…
CHWY saw the biggest short interest jump among large-cap stocks this week. SI % of free float rose 25.6 percentage points in seven days to 92.2%. That is one of the highest readings for any US stock above $1B market…
CHWY has had a contradictory week: the stock rallied 14% while short sellers added aggressively to their positions, a divergence that sets up an interesting test of conviction on both sides heading into the December 2…
Apple crossed a $5 trillion market cap today, briefly closing in on Nvidia at the top of the global valuation table. The gap between the two megacaps is narrowing as AI hardware sentiment turns choppy. Heavy bearish…
Options markets are pricing in significant moves ahead of two high-profile prints. Tesla reports on 21 October and General Motors follows on 20 October. Both stocks are drawing heavy negative options bets by volume…
Call buyers are piling into SOXS, the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF, even as short sellers unwind. The borrow market has lurched between feast and famine across a single week, producing one of the more…
Tesla reports Tuesday and General Motors on Monday. Both names carry meaningful alternative data signals heading into their prints. German car registration data, which ORTEX Alt Data identifies as leading GM revenue by…
Euro-area industrial production fell to an index reading of 97.5 in August. That is the weakest August reading in five years, according to the Eurostat industrial production index. The decline was not a one-month blip.…
Analysts trimmed targets across utilities and defence sectors Thursday, while energy and industrials saw selective upgrades. Six utility names took coordinated target price cuts. WEC, ED, SRE, PEG, FE, and AEP all saw…
Activist fund Corvex Management has been walking away from ILMN. Between August 19 and September 4, Corvex filed 40 separate sell transactions totalling $203M in Illumina stock. The filings became public on September…
Short sellers turned aggressive on CHWY this week. SI % FF jumped 25.6 percentage points in seven days, reaching 92.2% of free float as of 14 October. That is one of the sharpest single-week moves among mid-to-large…
Japan swept in as the week's biggest surprise, pulling $13.5B into ETFs in seven days. That compares to three months of net outflows totalling nearly $10B. The reversal is sharp. Institutional money had been leaving…
Eight S&P 500 names report today, with financials leading the charge. Charles Schwab, U.S. Bancorp, PNC Financial, and Bank of New York Mellon are all on the tape. KeyCorp is next in line, with analysts trimming…
Pre-earnings options positioning is heating up as two major auto names loom on the calendar. TSLA reports on 21 October and GM on 20 October. German car registration data tracked by ORTEX Alt Data offers a rare…
Financial stocks dominate the calendar this week, with a string of large US bank earnings starting today and running through Tuesday. Charles Schwab and Marsh & McLennan report this morning, joined by U.S. Bancorp, PNC…
Analysts this week delivered a sweep of target price cuts across two sectors: regulated utilities and aerospace and defence. The pattern suggests growing caution about near-term earnings in both industries. Six major…
Insiders at several large US companies have been filing notable sales over the past month. Diamondback Energy leads the selling list among large caps. The oil and gas producer is up 31% year to date, giving executives…
Short interest in CHWY exploded this week. Bearish positions jumped 25.6 percentage points in seven days. They now stand at 92.2% of free float, one of the highest readings among US large-caps right now. The move is…
Prologis reports Q3 earnings today. Scotiabank just upgraded the stock. Short sellers have been edging in all week. Three separate signals converging on a single session is worth unpacking. Scotiabank's Nicholas Yulico…
Charles Schwab set the pace today, reporting Q3 2026 results this morning. The week only gets heavier from here. GM reports Monday, followed by Netflix and Intuitive Surgical after Monday's close. Tesla drops its Q3…
