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Two contrasting insider moves hit filings this week. MPWR CEO Michael Hsing sold $59.3M worth of stock on May 18 alone. That's 40,000 shares across 13 transactions in a single day. His EVP Deming Xiao filed a further…
Short sellers are making bold moves this week. Onconetix saw the sharpest weekly jump — short interest leapt to 181% of free float, up from just 25% seven days ago. That's a stunning 156 percentage-point swing in a…
NVDA is dominating headlines again this morning. CEO Jensen Huang outlined a "brand new" $200 billion opportunity in Vera CPUs, directly targeting INTC's home turf. The comments arrive days before Nvidia reports on May…
Options flow this week points to a clear split. Chip stocks are drawing heavy bullish bets. Healthcare is pulling in the put money. Micron tops the positive options bets list this week. The stock is up 139%…
Markets brace for a heavy calendar. Over 640 companies report this week across US and European exchanges. Today (Thursday, May 21) brings results from FLO Flowers Foods and Swedish holding firm LUND B. Austrian PCB…
Wall Street delivered a clear verdict this week: buy power and semiconductors, sell traditional utilities. NVIDIA led the tech upgrades. The consensus target price rose to $283.24, up from $275.83. That implies further…
Bill Gates has been on a buying spree. Filings from this week show him purchasing over $162 million in RSG (Republic Services) shares across five days between May 11–15. The waste management giant is now one of his…
Short sellers pushed WOLF to a jaw-dropping 100% SI % FF — every single share of free float is now sold short. That figure jumped 22 percentage points in just seven days. Availability sits at zero. There are no shares…
The biggest money flow story this week is a sharp return to technology. Information Technology ETFs pulled in $8.4B in net flows over the past week. The flow imbalance sits at 69.5 — firmly in buying-pressure…
Earnings events are driving a wave of concentrated options activity. Traders are positioning hard ahead of several key prints this week. ZM reports after the bell tonight. Options expiring May 22 show heavy interest —…
Thursday, May 21 is one of the busiest earnings days of the quarter. WMT reports at midday — the $1 trillion retailer is the biggest consumer spending read of the week. Tariff cost commentary will be the first thing…
Options traders are positioning heavily around earnings and semiconductors this week. The signals point to a split market — bulls loading calls on AI names while hedgers pile puts on memory chip stocks. Micron…
Thursday, May 21 is the busiest day of the week. Five S&P 500 names report before or after the bell. WMT kicks things off at midday. The $1 trillion retailer is the first major test of consumer spending in this…
Analysts fired opposing shots across tech this week. INTC was downgraded, pulling its consensus rating lower. Intel's $557B market cap has drawn scepticism as the chipmaker's recovery remains uncertain. DXCM also took…
Nine Corning insiders filed sales totalling over $27M in the past two weeks. The COO, CFO, CIO, and Executive Vice Chairman all cashed out. The COO sold 20,000 shares worth $3.9M on May 15. The CFO unloaded $4.2M worth…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Wolfspeed stands out as the most dramatic shift — SI % of FF hit 100%, jumping 22 percentage points in just seven days. The beleaguered semiconductor maker has lost half its…
NVDA dominated markets overnight. The Q1 2027 earnings call transcript landed late Wednesday. Call buyers moved in fast. NVDA sits at a $5.5 trillion market cap and is up 19% year-to-date. Short interest is just 1.2%…
Options markets flashed strong bullish signals this week. NVDA topped the positive-bets leaderboard after its Q1 2027 earnings call. The chipmaker's $5.5 trillion market cap stock is up 19% YTD. Call buyers moved in…
Markets face a packed earnings schedule. Over 640 companies report between May 21 and May 27. Today brings the first wave. Advance Auto Parts releases results this morning. Copart ($31.9B market cap) hosts its call…
Analyst desks were busy Wednesday, with upgrades hitting ABNB and GILD while home improvement names took target cuts. Airbnb upgraded. The consensus shifted to a net upgrade for Airbnb. The average analyst target now…
