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Chip stocks are the week's sharpest pain trade. NVDA carries a 14-day RSI of just 25. MU sits at 27 and AMD at 29. All three are drawing the heaviest negative options bets in the market right now. Cantor Fitzgerald…
Semiconductor names are drawing the heaviest negative options bets in the US market this Friday, as chip stocks sit at multi-month oversold levels and Iran deal headlines pull energy traders in the other…
Today brings a heavy slate of earnings across Asia and Europe. Nintendo Co. ($64.6bn market cap) tops the billing in Japan. Honda Motor also reports today. ORTEX alt data tracking Japanese car sales leads Honda's…
JP Morgan dominated Friday's analyst tape. The bank raised target prices on at least ten names in a single session, while trimming three others. The biggest lift in absolute terms went to COST. JP Morgan's Christopher…
The most striking pattern in recently disclosed insider filings is concentrated buying across three continents, with sellers concentrated in a single corner of biotech. The biggest single story is Li Ning on the Hong…
HTZ is the name dominating short-seller desks this Friday. Borrow utilization hit 100% as of 5 November, capped at its 52-week high. Cost to borrow surged to 470%, up 214% in a single week. Availability has collapsed…
A Democratic midterm sweep has sent options traders rushing for cover in AI and chip stocks. Around $3 trillion was erased from US equities in the initial reaction. NVDA has fallen to an RSI of 34.5, edging into…
A Democratic sweep of the midterms has turbocharged options activity in AI and semiconductor stocks, with put volume spiking sharply as investors scramble to hedge or bet against the sector's near-term outlook. The…
Today is a heavy day for earnings on both sides of the Atlantic. Humana kicks off its call this morning, with Medicare Advantage penetration hitting a record 51.1% in July 2026. That backdrop matters for the insurer's…
Korean air cargo reached 1.33 million tonnes in October 2026. That is the highest reading since the series began in 2023, according to Korean air traffic data, surpassing the previous record of 1.27 million tonnes. The…
JP Morgan dominated the analyst tape on Friday, issuing a wave of target price revisions across a dozen names in a single session. The biggest upside call landed on COST. JP Morgan's Christopher Horvers lifted his…
Insider filings from early September show a sharp split between chairmen loading up on their own stock and several US chief executives reducing positions. Executive Chairman Doubles Down Ma Jianrong, Executive Chairman…
Short sellers are piling deepest into a trio of well-known names this Friday. Wolfspeed tops the list of heavily shorted mid-caps at 87.5% of free float. Hertz Global Holdings sits at 73.5%, with a cost to borrow of…
The week's dominant story is China. ETFs tracking Chinese equities pulled in $29.6B in the past week alone. That is the second-largest geographic inflow behind the US ($36.6B), but China's flow imbalance hit 84.1…
NVDA has shed $1.39 trillion in market cap since its October peak. The stock is down 7% year-to-date despite analysts pricing in 63% upside. Options expiries stack up weekly through January 2027, reflecting persistent…
NVDA has shed $1.39 trillion in market cap since its October peak. The stock is down 7% year-to-date, though analysts still see 63% upside from current levels. Options expiries stack up weekly through January 2027,…
Options traders are turning cautious across several names this Friday, with earnings-linked hedging and a brutal week for chip miners driving the clearest signals in the market. IREN has fallen 31% over the week. The…
The week opens with a wave of automotive results. Five major carmakers report today, Friday, making it the busiest single day for the sector in this earnings season. Honda Motor reports today alongside Mitsubishi…
JP Morgan dominated the analyst tape on Friday, issuing a wave of target price changes across sectors. The biggest upgrade in dollar terms went to COST. JP Morgan's Christopher Horvers lifted his target from $1,015 to…
The most recent insider filing data, dated 8 September 2026, shows JPMorgan Chase making notable moves across several Hong Kong-listed stocks. The bank filed disclosures showing it cut its stake in Kingdee…
