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IVV has now cleared the $750 zone that defined the S&P 500's recovery ceiling all month — the question this week is whether the index can hold it as the biggest earnings season in years gets underway. The ETF closed at…
The dominant story in EWC this week is not what shorts are doing — it is what they are no longer doing. Short interest in the iShares MSCI Canada ETF has collapsed by nearly 69% over the past month. It dropped from…
Willis Lease Finance Corporation enters the week with a notable contradiction: the CEO sold aggressively at the highs, short sellers are building positions, and the stock just dropped 7.5% in a single session — all…
WD-40 Company walks into its earnings release tomorrow — scheduled for July 9 after-hours — having rallied 23% in a single month, with short sellers quietly rebuilding positions and options traders signalling a touch…
Raymond James Financial enters its July 22 earnings window on the back of a sharp 10.2% weekly gain, trading at $167.60, yet the most striking feature of the setup is not the rally itself — it is how little anxiety…
Napco Security Technologies enters the back half of 2026 with shorts quietly unwinding — yet the lending market remains too relaxed to suggest any real squeeze tension is building. The short-side story is the most…
MetLife heads into the final stretch before its August 5 earnings print with the Street actively upgrading its view and the stock trading at a six-month high. The analyst activity this week has been unusually…
Lincoln National has climbed 11% in a week, Q2 earnings are three weeks away, and the executives who sold in late May and early June got out at lower prices than where the stock trades today. The insider picture is the…
Honeywell International approaches its July 23 earnings report with options traders at their most defensive in months, even as the borrow market stays loose and analysts remain broadly constructive. The sharpest signal…
HCSG heads into its July 21 earnings print with analysts lifting targets, options traders unusually bullish, and short interest building quietly — a setup that looks more charged than it did a month ago. The analyst…
Monster Beverage heads into its August 6 earnings with analyst sentiment nudging higher, options positioning its least defensive in months, and borrow conditions that give bears virtually nothing to work with. The…
GE Aerospace heads into its July 16 print having given back ground from last week's highs, with a 3-day slide that has trimmed the stock to $367 and reset options positioning back toward neutral — a quieter setup than…
FMC Corporation has seen a notable shift in the short-selling picture this week — the aggressive positioning that defined June has started to unwind, even as the broader debate between bears and options bulls remains…
COST ends the week with an interesting split: the short retreat that has run since late June is still intact, yet borrow costs have jumped sharply off last week's near-zero floor. The most notable development this week…
Copart heads into the back half of the week with an unusual divergence: short sellers are quietly reducing their bets, even as borrowing costs hit a 30-day high and the stock rebounds from a difficult month. The most…
CMCSA arrives at its July 23 earnings date with analysts trimming numbers, shorts still accumulating, and the stock down nearly 5% on the week — the bear case gathering weight rather than dissipating. The analyst…
Citigroup reports Q2 results on July 14 with an unusually clean setup: the Street is lifting targets, the borrow market is entirely relaxed, and the main question is whether the stock — up 6% over the past month to…
Hertz Global Holdings heads into August earnings with its structural bear case intact — yet the week delivered the first meaningful cracks in that case, with short interest easing, borrow costs halving, and options…
Palantir Technologies has extended its rally to $134.37 — up another 1.4% on Tuesday and 15% on the week — while the short book, built steadily through June, remains trapped underwater with Q1 results already on the…
CHWY reports Q1 2026 results on July 9 with short interest still climbing, options traders leaning bullish, and the Street cutting targets — a three-way tension that makes the setup genuinely charged heading into the…
