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TM
ConfluenceTMO

TMO Options Signal Call Surge Ahead of Earnings

Thermo Fisher Scientific reports tomorrow. Options traders are already positioned. The put-call ratio hit 1.10 on May 18 — down sharply from a 20-day mean of 1.27. That's a z-score of -3.16, a three-standard-deviation…

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NV
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NVO Bears Retreat as Options Market Turns Bullish

Three converging signals on NVO are pointing in the same direction. Short sellers are unwinding positions at pace. Borrowing costs have collapsed. Options traders just flipped to their most bullish stance in a…

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IN
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INFU Options Bets Turn Bullish as Shorts Retreat

Three converging signals point the same way on INFU (InfuSystem Holdings). Short sellers are leaving. Borrowing costs are near rock-bottom. And options traders just placed the most bullish bet in months. The put-call…

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AZ
ConfluenceAZ

AZ Borrow Market Sends Mixed Signals Amid Stock Slide

Three converging signals on AZ (A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions Corp.) are pulling in different directions. Short interest sits at 10.1% of free float. The borrow market is simultaneously tightening and loosening. Options…

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SN
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SNAL Borrow Market Hits Zero After 115% Earnings Rally

SNAL stock more than doubled in a single session after an earnings beat. Short sellers are now trapped in the tightest borrow market of the year. Short interest hit 72.2% of free float as of May 15. That is up 272% in…

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NI
ConfluenceNIQ

NIQ Options Signal Bullish Conviction After Earnings Crash

NIQ shares shed 26.8% over the past week following earnings. Yet options traders are piling into calls at a historic rate. The put-call ratio sits at 0.0424 — 2.3 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.022.…

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LR
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LRMR Bears Build Ahead of Earnings

Shorts are piling into LRMR at the fastest pace in months. Short interest has climbed 17.2% in a single week to 9.9% of free float. Wedbush trimmed its price target the same morning. Earnings land tomorrow. 8.5 million…

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ME
ConfluenceMEDS

WGRX Borrow Market Tightens Fast

Short interest in WGRX (Wellgistics Health) has exploded 575% over one week to 12.9% of free float. The borrow market is now under severe stress, with availability collapsing 90% in a single week to just…

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DV
ConfluenceDVN

DVN shorts retreat as options traders turn bullish

Short sellers are unwinding positions in DVN at pace. The ORTEX short score has dropped from 40.3 on May 4 to 32.0 on May 14 — a significant 8-point decline in ten days. Three distinct data streams now point in the…

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HP
ConfluenceHPE

HPE Shorts Cover as AI Rally Reshapes the Trade

HPE has gained 35% in a month. Short sellers are exiting fast. But options traders are still buying protection. That three-way split — covering shorts, loosening borrow, rising put demand — tells a nuanced story about…

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PI
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PIII Borrow Market Collapses After 368% Monthly Rally

PIII just experienced a seismic shift in its lending market. Availability crashed from 447% to 9.2% in a single session — the lowest reading in 52 weeks. The cost to borrow was stable around 7–9% for weeks. On May 15…

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LI
ConfluenceLI

Li Auto Borrow Market Seizes Up Ahead of May 28 Earnings

Options traders are turning bullish on LI. The borrow market tells a different story. The put/call ratio hit 0.63 this week — a 52-week low and 2.6 standard deviations below its 20-day mean. That signals rising call…

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GX
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GXPT Borrow Market Tightens Fast

The lending market for GXPT — the Global X PureCap MSCI Information Technology ETF — has shifted sharply in the past week. Short interest has surged nearly 295% week-on-week, and availability has collapsed to levels…

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NV
ConfluenceNVDG

NVDG Bulls Swamp Bears as Short Score Slides

Short interest in NVDG — the 2x leveraged NVDA daily ETF — has nearly doubled in a month. Yet options traders are betting hard the other way. That tension is the story right now. SI hit 48.6% of free float as of May…

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BB
ConfluenceBBAI

BBAI borrow market hits maximum tightness

The lending pool for BBAI is completely exhausted. Every share available to borrow has been lent out. That's the bluntest way to describe what ORTEX data shows as of May 14 — and the pressure is building. Availability…

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SS
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SSTK shorts retreat as options turn bullish

Three signals are moving in the same direction on SSTK. Short interest has collapsed, the put/call ratio just hit a near two-year low, and the ORTEX short score has dropped sharply. Together they paint a picture of…

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