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Trader Note — 15010 total
CleanSpark heads into its August 7 earnings with a rare combination: one of the highest short interest readings in the market, options traders at their most defensive in twelve months, and a Street that just lifted its…
LendingTree enters the back half of July with short sellers accelerating and options traders the most bearish they have been all year — a dual-pressure setup on a stock that reported disappointing Q2 results this week…
MYR Group reports Q2 results on July 30 against one of its sharpest drawdowns in recent memory — the stock has shed 29% over the past month to $340.72, including an 8% drop on Tuesday and a 15% slide on the week alone,…
American Water Works has climbed to $138.04 on the back of its Q2 results, but shorts are quietly rebuilding positions even as the stock posts its best weekly gain in months. The short interest story is the most…
MiMedx Group reports Thursday with an interesting setup: short interest has climbed steadily over the past two weeks, analyst targets have been cut repeatedly since the start of the year, and the stock is sitting well…
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…
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…
CVR Energy reports Q2 results tomorrow against an unusual backdrop: the stock has rallied 24.5% over the past month to $33.74, yet analysts are broadly bearish, short interest has been climbing all week, and options…
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…
Green Brick Partners reports Q2 results on July 30 with a quiet but notable divergence taking shape: short interest has been creeping higher over the past month even as the stock rallied 4.4% on the week, and the…
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…
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…
AerCap Holdings reported Q2 earnings on July 29, and the stock's reaction tells the story: up 1.8% on the day to $154.09, extending a week that added another 1.5% and a month that has produced a 3.5% gain. The…
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…
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…
Climb Global Solutions arrives at tomorrow's Q2 earnings call carrying one of the most striking divergences in small-cap tech right now: a heavily shorted register and a stock that has rallied hard regardless. The…
Mastercard has delivered its Q2 print — and the market's verdict is clear: the stock jumped 4.5% on the week to $562.75, blowing past the $543 high that capped the pre-earnings rally, with options now registering their…
USO fell 6.5% on the week to $120.49, and the extreme short-covering tension that had built through July 21 has partially unwound — but the picture is messier than a simple retreat. The previous note, published July…
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…
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…
