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UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed two purchases totalling $5.3M in early September, the largest US open-market executive buy in the latest available data. MacDonald paid roughly $75.65 per share across…
Short sellers turned aggressively bearish on CHWY this week. Short interest as a percentage of free float hit 91.2%, up from 65.9% just seven days ago, a jump of more than 25 percentage points. That makes Chewy one of…
Tesla and General Motors dominate this week's earnings calendar. Tesla reports Q3 results on Tuesday 21 October. GM posts on Monday 20 October. Both carry unusual weight from ORTEX alt data. German car registrations,…
Earnings season is driving options positioning across the market. Tesla and General Motors report within days of each other, on October 21 and October 20 respectively. Both stocks are pulling heavy options interest…
This week brings a packed schedule of corporate results. The action starts tomorrow with Crown Holdings posting Q3 numbers after the close, followed by the Q3 print from Swiss industrial group ABB on Tuesday…
Malaysia's new car market delivered its strongest September since at least 2017 last month. National registrations reached 74,122 vehicles, according to Malaysian vehicle registration data tracked by ORTEX. That beat…
Analysts made a clear sector call this week. They upgraded cybersecurity names and cut utilities stocks in the same session. Fortinet was upgraded, with the consensus buy count rising from four to five analysts. Palo…
Kenneth Bryan Dart, the main shareholder of Swedish gaming firm EVO, filed two large open-market purchases in late August. The trades, disclosed on 26 August, show Dart bought 8.01 million shares on 21 July for $569M…
CHWY is the week's biggest mover. Short interest hit 91.3% of free float on 15 October, up from 66.0% a week earlier. That is a 25-point jump in seven days. SKYD (Skydance Corporation) also saw heavy new shorting. Its…
US equity ETFs absorbed $33.9B in net inflows over the past week. That is the largest single-geography flow by far. But the more striking story is what is happening elsewhere: China pulled in $10.3B and Taiwan added…
Tesla and General Motors both report this week, on 21 and 20 October respectively. German car registration data, tracked by ORTEX Alt Data as a leading indicator for both companies, is running 269% above year-ago…
TSLA and GM dominate options flow this week. Both report earnings within days, Tesla on 21 October, GM on 20 October. Implied volatility around both prints is the primary driver of activity right now. ORTEX Alt Data…
The week's biggest earnings moment arrives Tuesday, when GM reports Q3 results. ORTEX Alt Data tracking German car registrations, which leads GM revenue by 15 days with a strong fit, is running 133% above the same…
Analysts upgraded a trio of cybersecurity names on Sunday while taking an axe to BlackRock, creating a sharp split between tech and financials heading into earnings season. Fortinet received an upgrade and now carries…
NVDA board director Mark Stevens filed a cluster of sales in early September, offloading more than 1.9 million shares across three trading days. The total value exceeded $410 million, with individual tranches priced…
Short sellers made bold moves last week. Two names stand out as the biggest movers in US markets. CHWY saw its short interest surge 25 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 91% of free float. Availability is…
Tesla and GM are the dominant stories heading into this week. Tesla reports Wednesday 21 October. GM follows Tuesday 20 October. Both carry strong alt data signals. ORTEX data shows German car registrations, which lead…
Options markets are pricing heavy event risk into TSLA and GM ahead of back-to-back earnings prints on 21 and 20 October respectively. Both names sit in the most active corner of the options market right now. TSLA's…
Three high-profile earnings reports dominate the week ahead, with automakers front and centre. GM kicks off on Tuesday, 20 October, reporting Q3 2026 results. ORTEX alt data shows German car registrations, a leading…
Malaysia's vehicle registry, compiled from official national registration data, recorded 74,122 new car sales in September. That is the largest September total since 2017, beating the previous record of 68,970 set in…
