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Options markets sent mixed signals on September 18, with bears massing around beaten-down energy names while crypto tailwinds pushed bullish bets elsewhere. FLNC drew the most aggressive bearish positioning of the day.…
Bitcoin is driving Friday's biggest winners. MARA Holdings surged as Bitcoin prices rose sharply. Robinhood also climbed alongside the crypto rally. The CFTC released a new crypto regulatory proposal today. That news…
The Progressive Corporation reports earnings today. The insurer carries a market cap of $125.7 billion. It is one of the largest confirmed earnings events of the week. Also reporting today, VinFast Auto posts results…
Bill Gates has been quietly building a massive position in RSG. Between August 10 and September 2, the Microsoft co-founder purchased over 4.2 million shares worth a combined $927 million. The buying spanned 65…
Scotiabank analyst Nicholas Yulico cut price targets across six US REITs on Thursday. The steepest reduction hit MAA. Yulico dropped his target to $125 from $134 and moved to Sell. That is a $9 reduction on a stock…
Short sellers stepped up pressure this week on several mid-cap names. MiniMed Group is the week's standout mover. SI % of Free Float jumped 11.3 points in seven days to 38.5%. Borrowing costs sit at 20.4% APR.…
Fixed income grabbed the biggest weekly inflow. $34.6B flowed into bonds in the past week. That beat equities, which took in $30.3B. Over three months, equities dominate with $553B versus bonds' $254B. The short-term…
Why this matters: The lending market for FPX, the First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF, has shifted dramatically in just weeks. Borrowed shares have tripled in a month. Borrow costs have doubled in a week.…
Why this matters: Three distinct lending and positioning signals converged on RPG — the Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth ETF — within a single session. Short positions have more than doubled in a month. Yet options traders…
BALL is drawing conflicting signals today. JP Morgan upgraded the stock to Overweight just hours ago — the same analyst who cut it in August. Meanwhile, short sellers have been quietly building positions all…
Why this matters: JP Morgan upgraded TSN to Overweight today — a conviction call made even as the firm trimmed its price target. That upgrade lands against a backdrop of steadily falling targets across the Street and a…
Two analyst cuts landed on NUE today. The divergence between those downgrades and where options traders are positioned makes this a story worth watching. Freedom Broker downgraded Nucor to Hold from Buy this morning.…
Waste Connections is drawing two distinct bullish signals on the same day. UBS upgraded the stock to Buy and lifted its price target. Options traders shifted sharply toward calls. The stock sits at $155.23, down 6%…
Geopolitics is the dominant market theme this Friday. Reports suggest Trump is weighing military strikes on Iran. The S&P 500 and Dow futures pared early gains on the news. The Nasdaq 100 held up better, led by tech…
Progressive headlines today's calendar. The US insurer reports earnings on September 18. Its $126 billion market cap makes it the biggest confirmed release of the day. VinFast Auto also reports today after the close.…
Scotiabank analyst Nicholas Yulico cut price targets across seven real estate investment trusts on Thursday. Every change came with a downgrade in recommendation. The sweep covered residential, retail, and office…
Uber Technologies' President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed a significant open-market purchase this week. He bought roughly 70,000 shares for a combined $5.3 million, with the filing reported on September 8.…
JP Morgan's downgrade of CIB has coincided with a notable build in short positions. The Colombian bank's NYSE-listed shares now sit at $98.23 — below both analyst targets and the stock's own recent highs. The same JP…
Options traders are turning the most bullish on RCL in a year. The put-call ratio dropped to 1.21 on September 17 — the lowest reading in 52 weeks. That compares to a 20-day mean of 1.34 and a 52-week high of 2.08.…
Short sellers made sharp moves this week. The data shows a clear divide: bears doubled down on some names while covering hard in others. SWBI saw the most striking shift among mid-caps. Smith & Wesson's SI % of free…
