Trader notes, earnings previews, Confluences, weekly digests and roundups — long-form analysis grounded in ORTEX short interest, options flow and analyst data.
Trader Note — 15010 total
ABBV closed Tuesday at $244.78, down 4% from the July 10 close cited in last week's note — and the Street's response has been to keep raising targets anyway. The analyst upgrade wave that defined last week's story has…
ServiceNow heads into its July 22 earnings print with the stock down sharply from last week's highs — reversing much of the rally that prompted the previous note — and with short sellers moving in the opposite…
Palo Alto Networks has bounced hard from last week's pullback, adding nearly 7% on Tuesday to close at $352.89, and the analyst target picture has shifted materially enough that the uncomfortable dynamic flagged in the…
SMH is trading at $600.31 — up 3.2% on the week — yet the borrow market is now at its most constrained point of the past year, with shorts refusing to cover into the rally. The lending picture has deteriorated…
CPRI has lost 14% in a single week, falling to $16.68, and shorts have returned with conviction — reversing what looked like a meaningful unwind just days ago. The prior note, published Friday, described short sellers…
Almonty Industries heads into mid-July with a clear insider-selling story sitting uncomfortably alongside renewed short-side interest — the stock is up on the week, but the people who know it best have been selling…
Zillow Group heads into its August earnings with shorts quietly covering, analysts divided on how much upside the housing recovery can deliver, and options positioning mildly more defensive than usual. The most…
Nebius Group heads into its July 28 earnings print with the short book materially larger than a week ago, the borrow pool swinging between near-zero and barely open, and the stock down another 8% on Tuesday to close at…
HCA Healthcare enters its July 24 earnings report under fresh pressure — down 14% on the week, with options traders buying protection at the most aggressive pace in a year. The clearest signal this week is in the…
Meta Platforms pulled back slightly from last week's $669 peak to close Tuesday at $661, but the positioning picture heading into July 22 earnings remains firmly bullish — with options, borrow, and analyst consensus…
BankUnited enters its July 22 earnings print with an unusual combination: short interest jumping 15% in a week while the borrow market stays almost entirely undemanding — a setup that says bears are adding but doing so…
Targa Resources Corp. enters the week before its August 6 earnings release with a rare alignment: the Street is actively raising targets, the stock is making new ground at $281.60, and short positioning offers…
VOO enters the back half of July with its most striking reversal yet: the put/call ratio that spent the past month near record highs has collapsed in a single session, even as the fund itself retreated from its…
Tesla arrives at Q2 earnings week — the print is scheduled for July 22 — with a fresh wave of upward analyst revisions, a short book that has barely moved, and options traders who remain conspicuously calm. The…
EUSA, the iShares MSCI USA Equal Weighted ETF, closes the week with an oddly active lending market for a fund this lightly shorted. Short interest is negligible at just 0.5% of float — not a number that normally…
COPX enters mid-July with a sharp tension between a powerful near-term price rally and a short position that, while retreating, remains meaningful against a backdrop of loosening borrow conditions. The price move is…
General Motors heads into Tuesday's Q2 earnings print in a more settled state than last week's convergence report suggested — short interest has plateaued, cost to borrow has fallen sharply, and options sentiment has…
TQQQ heads into mid-July with a split picture: the underlying rally is pulling the ETF higher, while the borrow market tells a more cautious story beneath the surface. The price action has been solid. TQQQ closed at…
CLSK heads into the final stretch before its August 7 earnings report with analysts raising targets, shorts trimming exposure, and the borrow market quietly tightening — a combination that gives the current 9% weekly…
Happen, Inc. heads into its July 27 earnings report with a curious split: short sellers are quietly rebuilding positions while company insiders have been steady sellers through June and into July. The insider activity…
