Confluence — 968 total
Four major banks raised price targets on KGS this week. The cost to borrow doubled overnight. Short interest keeps falling. These three signals point in the same direction — and they're worth examining…
Two analyst upgrades hit Viking Holdings in the past week. The options market has noticed. Truist Securities upgraded VIK to Buy this morning, lifting its target from $75 to $102. That follows Wells Fargo's move on May…
Three distinct signals on GNK converged this week. All three point in the same direction. The put/call ratio hit 0.0601 on May 18 — the lowest reading on record for Genco Shipping & Trading. It has stayed near that…
The lending market for DIA has hit a new gear this week. Utilization reached 97.05% on May 21 — the highest reading in 52 weeks — even as the ETF itself trades near all-time highs above $503. Since the previous note…
BTGO has dropped 31.8% in a single week. Options traders are responding fast. The put-call ratio hit 0.48 on May 20 — 2.6 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.34. That's the sharpest demand for downside…
Short sellers piled into VOOG this week at a pace rarely seen in an S&P 500 Growth ETF. The move is striking. It happened even as borrowing costs stayed near floor levels. Short interest in VOOG has risen 1,837% over…
E (Eni S.p.A.) is sending contradictory signals. The cost to borrow its ADR has rocketed from roughly 1% to over 18% in days. Yet options traders are the most bullish they've been in two weeks. The CTB spike is the…
Takeda Pharmaceutical is sending mixed signals. Short sellers are retreating. But the options market just printed its most extreme bearish reading in 52 weeks. The divergence is the story. The put/call ratio closed at…
Options traders have now held elevated downside protection on MPLX for a fourth consecutive session — even as the unit price barely moves and short sellers stay absent from the trade. The put/call ratio sits at 0.40, a…
BTC short sellers have nearly abandoned the trade. Yet options traders are the most defensively positioned they've been in weeks. The two signals point in opposite directions — and the borrow market is starting to…
Options positioning for WST has flipped sharply in less than a week. Short sellers are also retreating. The signals point the same direction. On May 15, the put/call ratio hit 2.25 — the highest in two months. Five…
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is flashing a fresh signal in the lending market. Cost to borrow jumped 58% in a week to 0.55% — and options traders are still paying up for protection. The pattern has shifted since…
Three signals on NKE are moving in different directions at once. Short sellers have been unwinding positions. The cost to borrow has spiked sharply. And options traders are leaning more defensive. The divergence…
Three signals aligned this week on REZ, the iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF. Short positions unwound sharply. Borrow costs collapsed. Options traders loaded up on calls at the most extreme pace in…
Three signals converged this week on Lucid Group. Short interest sits near its highest level in months. Options sentiment is shifting. And the borrow market — frozen for weeks — is finally showing signs of life. From…
The lending market for UXIN is flashing signals worth watching. Cost to borrow jumped 164% in a week to 4.51% APR. That move is the standout — even as short positioning remains modest. CTB hit 4.51% on May 19. A week…
Shinhan Financial Group is sending a contradictory signal. Short sellers are cutting positions sharply. Yet borrowing costs have climbed more than 70% in a week. Now options traders are adding puts at the fastest pace…
Options sentiment on HEI.A has reversed sharply since Monday's defensive read. The put/call ratio dropped to 0.81 on May 20 — 2.7 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 0.97. Calls now dominate heading into…
Options traders have turned sharply bullish on JETS. That move contrasts with a borrow market that has never been tighter this week. The put/call ratio fell to 2.62 on May 20. The 20-day mean is 3.30. That is a swing…
A sharp divergence is playing out in VCR. Options traders have turned aggressively bullish. At the same time, the lending market is tightening fast. The put/call ratio hit 0.25 on May 19. That is a 52-week low. The…
