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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Broadcom has slipped from $399.97 to $389.11 in the two sessions since Monday's report flagged the durability question — and the short sellers who built positions into last week's surge have not covered. The short…
VICI Properties enters its July 29 earnings report with one data point moving in its favour — short sellers are pulling back — while the analyst community keeps trimming targets, leaving the stock caught between…
Knight-Swift Transportation heads into its July 22 earnings release with short sellers rebuilding positions at speed, analysts raising targets in near-unison, and the Street debating whether a recovery already priced…
ROKU enters the final two weeks before its July 31 earnings report with a striking shift in the short book — and a Street that has already moved to the sidelines. The most important data point this week is not where…
Celcuity enters the back half of July with a striking divergence: analysts are raising price targets while a heavy short base refuses to budge, setting up a tug-of-war that the August 14 earnings date will likely…
ACHV enters the week carrying one of the sharpest short-building episodes in the small-cap biotech space, with bears accelerating positions even as the regulatory story becomes more constructive. Short interest has…
UroGen Pharma enters its August 10 earnings window with a notable shift in short positioning — bears have trimmed their exposure meaningfully this week, even as the stock consolidates near a month-long high. The short…
Vistra Corp. heads into its August 5 earnings date with analysts growing more constructive, options tilting toward calls, and short interest quietly unwinding from a June peak. The most notable move this week came from…
FB Financial Corporation delivered Q2 results on July 14 and the stock responded, yet the most interesting development this week is what happened in the options market after the print. The post-earnings move tells a…
International Seaways has added another 3.4% this week to close at $88.12, narrowing the gap to analyst targets with earnings now three weeks away. The stock's recent move means the gap between price and the consensus…
Smurfit WestRock heads into its July 29 earnings print with a widening gap between an emboldened analyst community and a stock that has lost nearly 5% on the week. The Street's move has been unusually decisive. Four…
Red Rock Resorts enters its August 3 earnings window with analysts growing more constructive just as short sellers quietly step back — a convergence that gives the setup an unusually clean bullish tilt heading into the…
Permian Resources heads into its August 3 earnings with the Street still bullish but quietly marking down expectations — and short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest monthly pace in six months. The dominant…
SPCX has spent the past week locked in a standoff — analysts raising targets, shorts holding record positions, and the stock sliding further from both. The short base is the defining feature of this setup. Shares short…
Willis Towers Watson has pulled back off its recent highs, down 2.3% on Tuesday to $288.74, with short sellers adding pressure ahead of the July 30 Q2 report. Since the previous note flagged the 12.4% weekly surge, the…
Block, Inc. enters the final stretch before its August 5 earnings report with the short-side retreat that began in late June now accelerating into something more decisive — and a Street growing visibly more…
Axsome Therapeutics heads into its August 3 earnings print with the most significant development since last week's note being a sharp reversal in short positioning — a story that materially changes the setup described…
SPMO, Invesco's S&P 500 Momentum ETF, enters the back half of July with a clean two-week rally and positioning data that reads almost entirely benign — the most interesting tension is how aggressively availability has…
HPE heads into mid-July riding its best week in recent memory, with a 14% gain that has shorts covering and analysts scrambling to catch up with a stock that has left their old targets in the dust. The most compelling…
The story for XLRE this week is one of conviction reversing — shorts that had been grinding higher through June and early July have now beaten a rapid retreat, even as the fund itself drifts lower. Short interest has…
