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Options traders are betting on a rebound in MGM Resorts International. The put/call ratio has collapsed to 0.44 — a 52-week low and nearly 2.2 standard deviations below its 20-day mean. That is aggressive bullish…
Quantum Corporation is up 18% in a week and 37% in a month. Yet short sellers are adding positions at the fastest pace in months. Both camps are doubling down simultaneously. SI hit 15.4% of free float on September 24.…
Why this matters: Two days before the previous trader note called short sellers "in cautious retreat." That's changed. Short interest has jumped 14% in one week. Options traders and short sellers are now pointing in…
Why this matters: Three distinct signals — rising short interest, elevated options hedging, and a cost-to-borrow uptick — have converged on PEP in the same 48-hour window. The stock is down 11.4% over the past month.…
Why this matters: Three signals on AppLovin are now pointing in the same direction. Short interest rose sharply this week. Options traders remain defensively positioned. And a wave of analyst target cuts continues to…
Short sellers just made their biggest move yet on IWM. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF's short interest jumped 22% in a single day to 33% of the free float. Options traders are sending the opposite signal — the put/call…
Options traders are turning defensive on LEA. Short sellers are bailing. JP Morgan just cut the stock. Three separate signals are pointing the same direction — and earnings are five weeks away. JP Morgan's Rajat Gupta…
Why this matters: Three signals converged on YUM in 24 hours. Argus Research cut its rating to Hold. Short sellers pushed positions to the highest level since August. Options traders, however, dialled back their hedges…
Short sellers are piling into PPLI at the fastest monthly pace in over a year. Options traders are moving in the opposite direction. That split — bears adding positions, calls dominating — is the central tension on…
West Pharmaceutical Services has attracted a notable analyst upgrade this week. The signals are pointing in the same direction. Morgan Stanley upgraded WST to Overweight on September 22, raising its price target to…
Options markets, short positioning, and borrowing costs are all flashing the same post-earnings signal for AZO. The put-call ratio hit 1.03 on September 25. That is the highest reading in three weeks. It sits 2.0…
Why this matters: Three days before Vail Resorts reports earnings, short sellers added aggressively on September 24. Options traders are now rotating into calls. Both moves land while analysts are still cutting…
BNP Paribas lifted T to Outperform on September 21, raising its price target from $26 to $30. Options traders responded fast. The put-call ratio has dropped to 0.69 — nearly two standard deviations below its 20-day…
Short sellers are fleeing GILD. The options market is leaning bullish. The two signals are pointing the same way. Short interest fell 20.3% in a single day on September 24. It now stands at just 1.47% of free float —…
The quiet retreat in TLT short positioning that marked mid-September has sharply reversed. Short interest has jumped back to 20.3% of free float — up 16% in a single week — erasing the unwind and then some. Nine days…
Short sellers are walking away from BA. The lending data tells that story clearly. Short interest dropped 12.5% in a single day on September 24, falling to 1.88% of free float — the lowest level in weeks. Over the past…
Short sellers are cutting exposure in PRME. The retreat is sharp. The lending market tells a different story. Short interest in Prime Medicine fell 11.8% in a single day on September 24. It now stands at 17.6% of free…
Why this matters: Three distinct signals aligned on CMCSA this week. A KeyBanc downgrade set a fresh Street-low target. Options markets turned notably more defensive. The lending market, by contrast, has swung the…
XLV has crossed a threshold that matters. Availability has dropped to 18% — the tightest the lending pool has been all year. For every share still available to borrow, more than five are already out on loan. This is a…
The market is squarely focused on earnings. Micron Technology is the headline event — reporting Wednesday after the close. The stock is up 276% year-to-date. Options sentiment leans bullish into the print. Carnival…
