Trader notes, earnings previews, Confluences, weekly digests and roundups — long-form analysis grounded in ORTEX short interest, options flow and analyst data.
Market Commentary — 8042 total
Options flow turned decidedly bullish heading into May. The ORTEX options score screener shows Amgen leading the week on raw options sentiment, with the biotech giant's nearest cluster of expiries heavily populated…
The SQL results show mid/small caps. The full dataset from getearningsweek_ahead had 1,700+ events. Let me filter it properly to find the major US names from that dataset by looking for high-market-cap companies with…
Rosenblatt upgraded its price target on WDC to $500 from $340 — a 47% jump. The firm kept its Buy rating. Western Digital's market cap sits near $140 billion. Fellow storage name SNDK — SanDisk — saw an even bolder…
I now have rich data across all key stories. Let me write the article. A hedge fund dumped over $1.75 billion in Avis Budget Group stock this week. Pentwater Capital Management, a 10% owner, filed 60 separate sell…
Short sellers are moving fast. Data as of April 30 shows sharp shifts across several names, with a few standout movers that traders should watch closely. ONCO (Onconetix) tops the leaderboard for weekly short interest…
Twilio is the story of the morning. Shares surged more than 20% in premarket trade after strong earnings results. Options traders had already positioned for the move — positive bets made up 71.8% of total flow over the…
Options markets are flashing bullish signals across tech this week. Semiconductors are leading the charge in raw volume. NVDA topped all US stocks in positive options bets over the past seven days. MU and AMD are close…
Excellent — I now have a strong set of confirmed US earnings events for the week. I have enough to write the article. Today (Friday, May 1) opens with Encompass Health and Lear Corporation both holding Q1 earnings…
Analysts lifted price targets on storage giants Western Digital and Sandisk on Thursday, marking two of the biggest consensus moves of the day. Western Digital's average target rose to $391 from $372 — a jump of nearly…
Charter Communications CHTR saw a rare show of confidence this week. CEO Christopher Winfrey filed a $597K purchase on April 28, trading at $172. Director Wade Davis filed the same day, buying $995K worth of shares. A…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Several well-known names saw sharp rises in short interest, while one rental-car giant staged a dramatic short cover. Wolfspeed leads the charge. SI % of FF hit 50.6%, up 7.3…
Institutional money moved decisively into equities this week. US-focused ETFs pulled in a net $136B over the past seven days. That dwarfs every other geography by a wide margin. Japan came second at $20.6B in net…
May kicks off with a heavy reporting schedule. Chevron holds its earnings call today as oil markets stay volatile. Next week brings a wave of major prints: Palantir heads into Q1 results with valuation firmly in focus,…
Options markets are flashing a split signal today. Semiconductor names dominate bullish flow. Energy stocks are drawing heavy defensive positioning as the Middle East conflict keeps oil volatile. NVDA sits atop the…
I now have all the data I need. Let me write the article. Today kicks off a jam-packed earnings week. Over 1,700 companies report globally between May 1 and May 7. Today — Friday, May 1 Chevron ($383B market cap) holds…
Analysts trimmed price targets across several sectors on Thursday. Healthcare and consumer names bore the brunt of the cuts. ResMed saw its consensus target fall to $284.64 from $288.21. The sleep-therapy device maker…
Now I have enough data to write a compelling article. A wave of large insider disposals dominated filings this week, while one cable giant showed a rare burst of coordinated buying. The headline seller was Pentwater…
Short sellers have been busy. Data from April 29 shows several sharp moves in short interest over the past week — with some names seeing dramatic builds in bearish positioning. ONCO (Onconetix) tops the extremes list.…
Markets enter May with a full plate. A Strait of Hormuz blockade has sent Brent crude to $126. That is the single biggest macro shock of the week. Energy stocks are the clear beneficiaries. DVN and HAL lead options…
Now I have rich data. Key signals: Intel up 156.78% YTD with RSI at 86 and heavy options flow on both sides. Sandisk up 348% YTD with major negative options bets. Devon Energy up 39% with positive options sentiment…
