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Cleveland-Cliffs enters the final stretch before its October 19 earnings print with shorts trimming positions yet options markets turning more defensive — a split that makes the current setup worth watching…
WEN is a stock caught between two competing forces — shorts still covering in size, and a price that keeps sliding anyway. The covering trend has now run for a full month. Short interest fell another 5.6% on the week…
EIS, the iShares MSCI Israel ETF, heads into the week with short sellers retreating at a meaningful pace — and a borrow market that has opened up significantly behind them. The most striking data point is the pace of…
CB heads into its October 20 earnings with short sellers backing away and options traders more bullish than they've been in months — a setup that contrasts with modest analyst caution at the stock's current price. The…
Aya Gold & Silver enters the back half of September nursing a 7.5% weekly loss — but the move looks more like a sector flush than a stock-specific story. The peer group confirms the pattern. Closely correlated names on…
GLD is entering the back half of September with a notable contradiction: short sellers are rebuilding positions at pace, yet the borrowing market suggests no particular conviction behind the move. The most striking…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies heads into mid-September with a contradictory set of signals: short interest fell sharply over the week even as the stock slipped, and options traders have turned noticeably more…
Ingram Micro heads into the week with a sharpening tension between a stock that has fallen 7.3% in seven days and a borrow market that couldn't be more relaxed — the real story here is Morgan Stanley's fresh target cut…
Dollar Tree is down 9% on the week and 13% over the past month — a sharper slide than almost anything in its peer group — while shorts are quietly covering and the Street's post-earnings optimism looks increasingly…
B2Gold Corp. enters the back half of September with a curious disconnect: its most recent earnings print delivered a standout beat, yet the stock has drifted 3.7% lower on the week to CAD 7.24, underperforming most of…
Franco-Nevada heads into mid-September as the standout performer in the royalty space — climbing while almost every close peer has pulled back over the past week. The price tells the most interesting story right now.…
Ulta Beauty enters the back half of September with a contradictory setup: an analyst upgrade from one of its most vocal bears arrived on the same morning that short interest hit its highest level in three weeks. The…
Reckitt Benckiser heads toward its October 23 earnings update in an unusual position: short sellers have almost entirely left the stock alone, leaving the debate about the consumer health giant's recovery squarely in…
The SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF enters the week carrying its sharpest borrow squeeze in months, even as shorts have quietly been trimming positions — a split that makes the lending picture more charged than the…
XOP presents one of the more striking tensions in energy markets right now: short sellers have been steadily building positions in the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF even as the fund itself gains ground,…
The story on XNTK this week is one of steady unwinding — short sellers have been stepping back sharply from the State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF, even as the fund itself drifts modestly lower. Short interest has…
QQQ enters mid-September with every positioning signal still pointing the same direction — defensive — and the lending market now showing meaningful new tightness after two weeks of steady pressure. The most notable…
The Travelers Companies heads into its October 16 earnings date with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions even as the stock itself has had a solid week — a small but notable divergence worth tracking. The…
lululemon athletica enters the week in a quietly contradictory position: short interest has pulled back from its post-reload peak while options traders have swung to their most bullish stance of the past year, yet the…
Interactive Brokers Group enters the week with an unusual tension: short sellers have been quietly rebuilding positions even as the stock remains a consensus buy among most analysts, creating a split between the…
