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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MercadoLibre arrives at its July 31 earnings date in a notably different position than it occupied two months ago — the stock is up 18% in a month, analysts are nudging targets back up, and short sellers have been…
Aehr Test Systems has recovered sharply from its pre-earnings collapse, but the post-print bounce has done little to dislodge a meaningful short position — and the executive suite was selling into the rally the moment…
Pantoro Gold enters Thursday's earnings event — scheduled for July 20 — carrying some of the heaviest price damage in the ASX gold space this month, with the stock down 14% over the past week and 21% over the past…
AMDL — the GraniteShares 2x Long AMD Daily ETF — enters mid-July with its lending pool completely dry and short interest climbing at a pace that stands out even for a leveraged product. The most striking feature of the…
Lucid Group enters the week of July 15 with a stock down 23% in five days, a borrow market that just came off its most extreme levels in years, and a short score still deep in bearish territory — a combination that…
AXT, Inc. heads into its July 30 earnings report with one of the starkest internal contradictions in the semiconductor materials space: short interest at a multi-week high, yet options traders running the most bullish…
CrowdStrike heads into mid-July with short interest consolidating at elevated levels, a wave of analyst target resets washing through the Street, and the stock giving back roughly 6% on the week — a setup worth…
JSW — Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa — has gained 5.1% on the day and 2.9% on the week to close at PLN 26.40, the second meaningful bounce in three weeks, yet the structural short position has not loosened and the ORTEX…
PayPal has added another 5.6% this week, bringing its one-month gain to 20%, yet the analyst community has barely moved in the stock's direction — and earnings are now just two weeks away. The price action is hard to…
EverCommerce has climbed 19% in a month while its founder and president sell every day — and the lending market for the stock is effectively shut. The borrow story here is the standout. Availability has collapsed to…
IBM heads into its July 22 earnings release with a stock that has rebounded strongly over the past month but pulled back slightly this week — and with a borrow market that offers almost no friction for new short…
Hertz Global Holdings enters the final stretch before its August 6 earnings with the bear book growing again — yet the divergence at the heart of this name refuses to close. The most significant change since the July 8…
Ondas Inc. closed the week at $7.26 — down 5.1% on Friday alone, down 25% over the past month — and the short position that has shadowed every attempted rally continues to grind higher with no resolution in…
AST SpaceMobile delivered the week's first genuine development in the positioning story: a real reduction in short interest, the first of any size since the June 30 record. The headline number has finally moved. Short…
WEN closes the week at $7.55 — down 12% in five sessions — yet the short positioning that defined the past month is finally, measurably, unwinding. The covering trend that began mid-week is the clearest change from the…
AXON has pulled back 5% on the week to $565.80, even as analysts raised price targets — a divergence that frames the key tension heading into August earnings. The analyst move is the sharpest signal this week. Piper…
SNDK has snapped back hard from its mid-week lows, and the most interesting development is not the price move itself but what is happening to the short base that was building during the selloff. Short interest…
Allegion enters its July 23 earnings print with an unusual combination: short interest climbing at its fastest monthly pace in months, analyst targets drifting lower across the board, and yet options traders sitting…
Darden Restaurants heads into mid-July with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions even as the Street lifts price targets after a solid earnings print. Short interest has climbed 26% over the past month, reaching…
TRN heads into its July 31 earnings update with the lending market exceptionally loose, short pressure near negligible levels, and a modest but positive price trend — a setup that places the spotlight firmly on what…
