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TNK Posts Earnings — Options Caution Proved Warranted

Teekay Tankers has now printed its Q2 results, and the defensive put-buying that dominated positioning ahead of the July 29 report turns out to have been the right read on the room. The options market sent a clear…

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Invesco Gets Post-Earnings Analyst Boost, Shorts Rebuild

Invesco has just printed Q2 earnings and the Street has responded with a fresh round of target lifts — but the stock slipped 2.3% on the day, and shorts have quietly added to positions all week. The analyst reaction to…

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QQQ Bears Fade as Ceasefire Rally Meets Covering Flow

QQQ closed Tuesday at $675.49, down nearly 5% on the week — yet the short interest data tells a story of bears retreating rather than pressing the move. The ceasefire narrative that emerged at the start of this week…

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EIG Heads Into Earnings as Peers Rally and Shorts Rebuild

EIG enters Wednesday's Q2 earnings print looking distinctly out of step with its insurance peers — the stock is down 1.1% on the week while the sector broadly rallied around it. The peer divergence is the sharpest…

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RadNet Heads Into Earnings With Shorts Dug In

RadNet heads into its August 7 earnings print with short sellers at their most committed level in months and the stock trading well below analyst targets — a setup worth watching closely. Short interest is the central…

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Herc Holdings: Shorts Pile In After Earnings Drop

HRI posted a 7.4% single-day decline on July 28 — its worst session in months — yet options traders are flooding into calls at the fastest pace in a year, creating one of the sharpest divergences in the stock's recent…

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EXLS Earnings Arrive With Needham Raising the Bar

ExlService Holdings reported after the close on July 28, and the Street's reaction has already begun — with Needham firing the first analyst salvo just hours later and the stock adding nearly 7% on the day. The most…

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UAL Short Interest Rebuilds While Options Traders Stay Bullish

United Airlines Holdings is caught in an unusual split: short sellers have rebuilt their positions meaningfully since the July 22 note, yet options traders have swung sharply toward calls — making this one of the more…

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CMG Recovers Quietly as the Post-Earnings Dust Settles

Chipotle Mexican Grill is in a different place this week than it was heading into Q2 — the options extreme that defined the pre-earnings setup has unwound further, short sellers have barely moved, and the stock has…

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Morningstar Surges After Q2 Print as Shorts Unwind

Morningstar enters the back half of the week in a very different position than it faced heading into Tuesday's earnings — the put-heavy defensive posture that defined the pre-print setup has given way to a sharp rally…

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