Trader notes, earnings previews, Confluences, weekly digests and roundups — long-form analysis grounded in ORTEX short interest, options flow and analyst data.
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PINS heads into its August 3 earnings report with short sellers retreating, analysts nudging targets higher, and options traders turning incrementally more bullish — a setup that contrasts with the heavier bearish…
Tronox Holdings enters its August 5 earnings date with a deteriorating analyst setup, a 9% one-day bounce that has done little to repair the month's damage, and short interest at a multi-month high — a combination that…
PD enters the back half of the week in a difficult spot: a fresh Morgan Stanley downgrade landed Tuesday, insiders have been selling consistently into the recent price recovery, and the stock has given back nearly 15%…
Dow Inc. arrives at its Q2 earnings call on July 23 with the analyst and short-seller communities already having delivered their verdict — and neither is flattering. Since the earnings preview published two days ago,…
FUTU heads into its August 20 earnings date with an interesting split: the stock is up 5.6% on the week and short sellers are quietly trimming positions, yet options traders are running more defensively than usual. The…
DELL has given back nearly 12% on the week to close at $404.15, and short sellers — who spent the past month covering aggressively — are now rebuilding positions into the pullback. The short interest reversal is the…
Diversified Energy Company enters its August 11 earnings window with short interest running at a 30-day high and two bullish analysts lowering price targets in the same week — a combination that puts the stock's 6.2%…
CI gave back ground this week — down 4.2% to $290.49 — but the underlying positioning data continues to tell a story of diminishing bearish conviction ahead of the July 30 earnings print. The short retreat that defined…
Ondas Inc. posted an 11.5% single-day gain on Tuesday, closing at $7.66 — yet the short position that has defined this stock for weeks extended to another record high the same day. The price bounce is the cleanest…
NIO heads into the back half of July with a notable divergence at its core: Goldman Sachs turned bullish last week while the stock sits nearly 5% lower on the month, and short sellers have been trimming positions even…
The bear retreat in XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, has accelerated again this week — and the data now looks qualitatively different from where it stood just seven days ago. The headline number…
Essential Properties Realty Trust enters its Q2 earnings call tomorrow with the stock up 6.6% on the week, short sellers notably uncrowded, and Barclays freshly cutting its target — a setup where the bullish price…
SPOT delivered its Q2 results on July 21 with a user-growth beat and raised full-year guidance — and the market's response has shifted the story from whether bears were right to pull back, to whether bulls can justify…
Broadcom has clawed back from last week's $370 close to $386.50, yet the short sellers who built positions into the summer highs show no sign of exiting — the fourth chapter of a pattern that has defined this stock…
Monopar Therapeutics heads into its August earnings window with a stock that has more than doubled off its lows, shorts quietly trimming exposure, and the Street nudging targets higher — yet the borrow market remains…
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. has now crossed through its Q2 earnings date with the divergence that defined the pre-print setup still unresolved — options traders who loaded up on calls were vindicated by the price…
VICI Properties arrives at its July 29 earnings print with analyst targets moving in one direction — down — while shorts have quietly begun rebuilding after last week's retreat, leaving the stock in a tighter spot than…
Bridgewater Bancshares has just reported Q2 results, and the post-print picture looks meaningfully different from the defensive crouch options traders held heading into the release. The options signal that dominated…
CarGurus heads into its August 6 earnings with the Street growing more optimistic and options traders the most bullishly positioned they have been all year. The clearest signal this week came from the analyst desk.…
Magnolia Oil & Gas heads into its July 31 Q2 earnings print having lost ground against a broadly rallying E&P peer group, with short sellers showing no signs of retreat despite a stock that has spent the past month…
