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Options sentiment shifted bullishly on Wednesday, with the week's top positive scores clustering in crypto, refining and cruise stocks. The signals follow a string of corporate catalysts that moved markets. RIOT sits…
Short sellers added most to Huron Consulting (HURN): short interest rose 2.1 points in a session to 7.7% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year, and is up 2.4 points on the week. The largest cover was in…
Today sees two notable US prints after the bell. ALB (Albemarle Corporation) reports Q3 2026 results at 4pm ET. The lithium giant has faced a tough year of falling prices. ALL (Allstate Corporation) also reports at…
Analysts lifted price targets across several names on Wednesday, with industrial technology and biotech leading the upgrades while semiconductors faced mild headwinds. ZBRA saw the most decisive move. The consensus…
Kenneth Dart filed last August that he bought more than $715 million of EVO shares in late July. The main shareholder picked up over 10 million shares across two tranches. That is the largest single insider purchase in…
Edwards Lifesciences reports earnings tonight. Truist Securities chose this morning to flip its rating to Buy, lifting its price target 18.9% to $113. The stock closed at $95.19 on Monday, up 4.8% over the past week,…
ConocoPhillips reports Q3 results tomorrow, November 5, and the positioning data has shifted again. The put/call ratio reached 0.8159 on Monday, 2.06 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.754. Cost to borrow…
Three distinct signals converged on GM on Tuesday. Put demand is rising in the options market, the borrowing cost for shorts has collapsed, and the company's own registration data in New York just hit the lowest…
Edwards Lifesciences reports tonight. Three distinct data signals are pointing in the same direction this morning. Truist Securities analyst Richard Newitter upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold this morning, lifting…
Why this matters: Short sellers have cut their Sirius XM Holdings positions by roughly 16% since late October, but the pace of covering has slowed. Cost to borrow is now rising, options markets are adding put…
Options sentiment on STRL flipped sharply after earnings. The put/call ratio fell to 0.76 on Monday, 2.6 standard deviations below its 20-day mean of 1.09. That is the most bullish options reading Sterling…
Short sellers have been busy this week. ORTEX data to 2 November shows several notable position builds across mid-cap US names, with a handful of squeeze candidates also worth watching. Biggest mover: ChronoScale…
Two weeks after an earnings-driven collapse, MBLY is sending a split signal. Short interest has settled near 23.6% of the free float, still the highest level in at least a year. Yet options traders are now the most…
GOOGL Alphabet is extending voluntary buyout offers to employees across several countries, according to a Reuters exclusive published this morning. The move adds to cost-cutting pressure already flagged in earlier…
Options flow this week shows a clear divide. Semiconductor names are drawing heavy bearish bets. Bullish positioning is concentrated elsewhere. AMD tops the negative-bets leaderboard among large-caps over the past…
Wednesday brings two confirmed reports. Albemarle posts Q3 results after the close, with lithium markets still under pressure. Cencora holds its Q4 call in the morning. Insurer Allstate also reports after the bell…
New York State issued just 20,670 new passenger registrations in October, the smallest October total on record going back to 2024. That compares with 25,482 in October 2025, a year-on-year drop of about 19%. The New…
Two significant downgrades stand out in Wednesday's analyst activity. MAR Marriott International was cut to Sell at the consensus level, with the average target price slipping to $403.62 from $393.35. The hotel giant…
UBER President and COO Andrew Gordon MacDonald filed on 8 September showing two open-market purchases made on 4 September. Combined, the two trades total around $5.3 million at prices near $75.65 and $76.44 per share.…
Short interest data through 2 November shows bears adding to positions across several mid-cap names, with one semiconductor stock sitting at extreme levels and a Macau gaming play drawing fresh attention. WOLF remains…
