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Ecopetrol Q2 Print Arrives With Borrow Tightening Fast

EC reports Q2 results on August 4 with the lending market moving in a notably different direction than it was just days ago. The sharpest shift since the prior preview is in borrow availability. Availability has…

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WMB Options Surge Bullish as Bears Stay on the Sidelines

Williams Companies heads into its August 4 print with the most aggressive call-side positioning seen in months — a sharp pivot from an already bullish setup. Options traders have rarely been this one-sided. The…

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Toyota's Defensive Hedge Holds Even After the Stock Pulled Back

TM arrives at its August 4 earnings release with options traders still positioned more cautiously than usual, even as the stock has given back some of last week's gains. The clearest signal heading into today's print…

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RBA Short Sellers Ease Back but Bulls Haven't Fully Won

RB Global heads into its August 4 earnings release with short interest slightly off its recent peak — but the divide between bearish positioning and bullish options sentiment that defined the pre-print setup four days…

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PNW Short Sellers Hold Ground as Q2 Results Hit the Wire

Pinnacle West Capital arrives at its Q2 print today with short sellers still leaning bearish, borrow conditions tightening at the margin, and options traders remaining conspicuously unbothered by the downside. Short…

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PPL Shorts Build Ahead of Friday's Print

PPL Corporation heads into its August 7 earnings release with short sellers adding pressure into a stock already nursing a four-week loss. The short interest story is the clearest signal in the setup. Bears have built…

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OKE Earnings Day: Bulls Hold the Options Book

ONEOK arrives at its August 4 print with the same fault line that has defined the setup all week — options traders remain bullish while the analyst community has grown visibly cooler. The call skew that defined last…

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McDonald's Bulls Hold Their Ground as the Print Arrives

McDonald's reports Tuesday with options traders still leaning more bullish than at any point in the past year — even as the stock has lost a further 2% since Thursday's close to $265.23. The options picture remains the…

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Embraer Heads Into Q2 Print With Bears in Full Retreat

EMBJ arrives at its August 7 earnings release having shed short interest at a pace that stands out even against a broadly constructive tape — the question now is whether the fundamental delivery matches a stock that…

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Bears Pile In — Chewy, Hertz Lead Short List

Short sellers are showing no mercy this week. Chewy and Hertz top the heavily-shorted leaderboard — both sitting above 80% SI % of FF. Bears added to both positions over the past seven days. Chewy climbed to 81.4% from…

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CMI Heads Into Tuesday's Print With Shorts Retreating

Cummins arrives at its August 4 earnings release with the short-selling community notably less convinced of the bear case than it was just weeks ago. Short sellers have been covering steadily and decisively. Short…

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Markets on Edge: Earnings, Shorts, and Yen Shock

The Japanese yen grabbed global attention today. It jumped 3% amid speculation of intervention by Tokyo. The New York Fed sold euros to buy yen in what FT described as a "historic" action. That move rippled through…

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Bears Flood Options in Beaten-Down Names

Options sentiment is clearly bearish for several high-profile losers. Hertz Global Holdings carries a short score of 77 and an RSI of just 26.7. The stock is down 69% year-to-date. That oversold reading hasn't stopped…

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