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SLV enters July with the lending market telling a very different story from last week — shorts are rebuilding, borrow is tightening, and the ETF has given back another 4% on the week even as it clawed back 1.5% on…
USO has dropped another 4.3% on the week to $106.44 — extending a brutal 17.5% one-month slide — and the short unwind that began mid-June is accelerating, even as the lending market refuses to fully relax. The most…
Himax Technologies enters July with a striking divergence: short sellers are rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months, yet the stock bounced 5.3% on Tuesday even as the week ended down 9%. The most notable…
United Airlines Holdings enters the final stretch before its July 14 Q2 earnings report with the Street in full target-raising mode, the stock up 12% on the week, and short sellers showing no sign of conviction. The…
ABCB enters the final stretch before its July 30 earnings with a fresh analyst downgrade landing just as short interest hits a one-month high — a combination that gives the stock's recent 7% run a more complicated…
Brookfield Corporation heads into its July 16 earnings with a cluster of insider selling and a stock that has quietly slipped 3.1% on the week — a more interesting setup than the near-dormant short data suggests. The…
NG. enters its July 14 results with one of the most benign short-selling setups in the UK utility sector — the real story this week is not what bears are doing, but how little they are doing at all. The borrow market…
Western Alliance Bancorporation enters its July 17 Q2 earnings date with short interest climbing sharply, options positioning tilting more defensive, and analysts quietly nudging targets higher — a setup that carries…
Huntsman Corporation heads into its July 30 earnings date with the stock at a 52-week low, short sellers trimming at the margins, and analysts nudging targets in opposite directions — a setup that reflects genuine…
Tencent Holdings heads into the second half of 2026 with shorts backing away, the borrow market as loose as it gets, and analysts pricing in meaningful upside — a setup that looks more like patient accumulation…
Nissan Motor heads into the final session of June with its ORTEX short score at an eight-week high and the stock down 24% in a single month — a setup that puts the July 30 earnings date squarely in focus. The short…
Sony Group Corporation enters July with an unusual combination: a stock that lost ground over the past month but rebounded sharply this week, while short sellers quietly pulled back and insiders sold near the…
2330 ends the week at TWD 2,410 — down 3.2% over five sessions but up 1.7% on Tuesday — with July 16 Q2 results now two weeks away and a cluster of insider buying quietly accumulating into the dip. The insider activity…
7203 enters July with a notable reversal from the tightening borrow conditions flagged in the last ORTEX note — availability has swung dramatically looser even as the stock continues to grind lower on a one-month…
Celanese heads into the back half of 2026 with short interest climbing sharply, analysts trimming targets, and Q2 earnings eight weeks away — a combination that puts the stock's $46 price in an awkward spot. The most…
GOOGL has recovered sharply this week, climbing 3.2% to $357.37, reversing a meaningful portion of the prior month's 6% slide — and the analyst community chose this exact moment to refresh its conviction. The most…
WLK heads into the week of July 4 with a straightforward but uncomfortable setup: the Street is cutting targets faster than the stock is falling, and the gap between where analysts thought the business was worth and…
Salesforce heads into July with a fresh upgrade, a stabilising short book, and options traders turning more bullish — a meaningful shift from the defensive posture that defined most of June. The standout this week is…
First Horizon Corporation heads into its July 15 earnings report with the Street freshly upgrading its price expectations and short sellers quietly retreating. The analyst picture is the standout this week. Both…
Ultra Clean Holdings has become one of the more striking stories in semiconductor equipment this week, with the stock up 28% in seven days and options positioning pivoting sharply toward caution just as the rally…
