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CHWY is the week's standout short interest mover. Short interest jumped to 91.2% of free float, up from 65.9% just seven days ago. That 25-point surge is one of the sharpest weekly moves ORTEX data shows among…
US equity ETFs pulled in $33.6B in the past week, the biggest single geography inflow by a wide margin. China was the clear runner-up at $10.3B, with a flow imbalance of 76.5, strong buying pressure. Taiwan added $5.3B…
The week's two biggest prints land in the next 48 hours. GM reports tomorrow and Tesla follows on Wednesday. Both names carry light short interest, GM at 2.4% of free float and Tesla at 2.5%, so there is little squeeze…
Earnings season is reshaping options flows. TSLA and GM report this week. Both are drawing heavy options interest ahead of their prints. Tesla is down 21% year-to-date. Options negative bets rank among the highest of…
The week's biggest prints come Tuesday and Wednesday. GM reports tomorrow, with German car registration data, a leading indicator for GM revenue, running 133% above the same quarter last year. Short interest sits at…
Analysts are rotating into tech and out of utilities, with a clear cluster of moves hitting the same day. Fortinet, Applied Materials, Palantir Technologies, and Palo Alto Networks all received upgrades in the same…
The most striking pattern in the latest insider filings, dated to early September, is the contrast between C-suite selling at major US names and a steady accumulation by Bill Gates in a waste management giant. CAT CEO…
Short sellers have made a decisive move on CHWY in the past week. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped 25 points to 91.2%. That is one of the sharpest weekly increases across mid- and large-cap US…
Tesla reports after Tuesday's close. General Motors posts Q3 results pre-market the same day. Both names are pulling heavy options flow. ORTEX alt data show German car registrations running 269% above the same quarter…
Tesla and General Motors dominate options flow this week. Both report earnings within 24 hours of each other, on October 21 and 20 respectively. That compressed timeline is pulling unusual volume into near-dated…
Tomorrow kicks off a heavy reporting schedule. GM posts Q3 results at 6:30am ET on Tuesday. NFLX reports after the bell the same day. RTX and MMM also report Tuesday. The biggest name is TSLA, reporting after Tuesday's…
Malaysian new car registrations hit 74,122 in September, according to the Malaysian vehicle registration authority. That is the largest September on record since 2017. It beats the previous best of 68,970 set in…
Analysts upgraded a cluster of cybersecurity stocks on Monday. Fortinet, Palantir Technologies, and Palo Alto Networks all received upgrades, with consensus buy ratings firming across all three names. PANW carries the…
The most eye-catching recent insider filing to cross ORTEX's data came from UBER. Andrew MacDonald, President and COO, reported buying 54,325 shares on September 4 for roughly $4.1 million. The purchase was filed on…
CHWY is the standout mover this week. Short interest jumped 25.3 percentage points in seven days to 91.2% of free float. That is one of the sharpest weekly surges seen in any mid-cap US stock. Availability sits at…
US equities drew the largest single inflow of the week. $33.6B in net new money poured into US-focused ETFs over the past seven days, pushing the flow imbalance to 66.2. That is the clearest signal of where…
Three mega-cap names set the tone this week. Netflix reports Monday after the bell. General Motors follows Tuesday morning, and Tesla closes the day Tuesday after the bell. German car registration data tracked by ORTEX…
A packed earnings calendar is driving unusual options positioning across US markets. Tesla reports on 21 October and General Motors the day before. Both carry heavy options interest into the prints. ORTEX screening…
The week delivers some of the biggest prints of the quarter. Tesla and General Motors both report within 24 hours of each other, setting up an auto-sector showdown that carries extra weight from real-economy…
Analysts drew a sharp line between cybersecurity and utilities this week, with upgrades pouring into tech while power stocks took hits. Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Palantir all received upgrades. The…
