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Market Commentary

Bears and Bulls Square Off Ahead of Big Tech Earnings

Bears are positioning aggressively ahead of this week's earnings. Chewy carries the most extreme short interest in the group — 52.3% of free float. That figure rose from 47.7% just one week ago. Short sellers added to…

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Market Commentary

Bears Prowl Ahead of a Packed Earnings Week

Options markets are flashing bearish signals on several names this week. Short sellers and put buyers are targeting consumer and tech stocks ahead of key earnings reports. CHWY stands out as the most aggressively…

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Market Commentary

September Earnings: Oracle and Adobe Lead Busy Week

Thursday dominates the corporate calendar this week. ORCL reports Q1 FY2027 results on September 10. Analysts will watch cloud growth closely. Oracle's market cap stands near $457 billion. ADBE also releases Q3 2026…

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Market Commentary

Upgrades Roll In for Autodesk and Moody's

Analysts lifted ratings on two S&P 500 names on Saturday. ADSK received a consensus upgrade. The design software giant carries a $315 average target price across 37 analysts. Short interest sits at just 3.5% of free…

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Market Commentary

Bears Load Up on Chewy and Wix Ahead of Earnings

Short sellers are making bold pre-earnings bets. Chewy leads the charge as the most newsworthy mover this week. Chewy under heavy fire. SI hit 52.3% of free float on September 3. That's up from 47.7% just seven days…

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Market Commentary

Japan Leads as Tech Funds Bleed

Japan topped all geographies this week. ETFs focused on Japan pulled in $4.2B net over seven days. Hong Kong added $3.5B. Both markets showed strong buying pressure, with flow imbalance scores of 74 and 82…

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Market Commentary

Bears Circle Lulu and Chewy Ahead of a Big Earnings Week

Bears are firmly in control of two consumer names. LULU crashed 17% after a Q2 miss. Short interest sits at 10.2% of free float. Options flow is skewing heavily negative. The RSI reads just 31.8 — the stock is down 52%…

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Market Commentary

Tech Earnings Set to Drive Markets This Week

Two major technology names headline an active week of corporate events. ORCL and ADBE both report Thursday after the close. Oracle's results will test sentiment around enterprise AI spending. The stock carries a $457…

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Market Commentary

Upgrades Hit Autodesk, Moody's as Analysts Turn Bullish

Wall Street turned more positive on two large-cap names Friday. ADSK and MCO both received upgrades, with consensus ratings shifting higher on each. Autodesk's upgrade pushed its buy-side count to 32 analysts. The…

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Trader Note625

SHEIN's Lending Market Transforms Overnight

625 opened this week as a freshly listed Hong Kong name with essentially no borrow demand. It closes it as one of the tighter shorts on the exchange — a shift that tells you more about sentiment than any analyst note…

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Trader NoteWIX

Wickes Drifts Lower as Peers Find Their Footing

WIX heads into the first week of September with a familiar problem: the stock is down nearly 6% over the past month and off almost 1% on the week, while several of its closest peers are clawing back ground. The tension…

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Trader NoteCHWY

Chewy Bears Reload Four Days Before Earnings

CHWY enters Tuesday's September 9 print with shorts rebuilding, analysts divided, and the options market leaning in the opposite direction — a three-way split that makes the setup harder to read than the numbers alone…

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Trader Note300661

SG Micro Slips as Analysts Hold the Line at CNY 132

SG Micro Corp enters September under modest pressure, down 6.6% on the week to CNY 106.92, yet the Street's mean price target of CNY 132.44 implies roughly 24% upside — a gap that makes the valuation conversation the…

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Trader NoteFSLR

FSLR Bears Hold Ground as Earnings Clock Ticks

FSLR is drifting lower with no catalyst to shake short sellers loose — down 1.4% on the week and 16% over the past month — while the October 27 earnings date draws closer and the covering impulse that defined…

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Trader NoteALSN

ALSN Shorts Retreat as CEO Sells Into Strength

Allison Transmission enters the final stretch of Q3 with a clean divergence at its core: the stock is up 7% over the past month and short sellers are backing away, yet the CEO sold nearly $3.6 million worth of shares…

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Trader NoteELISA

Elisa drifts as short score climbs and Q3 earnings loom

Elisa Oyj enters the first week of September on the back foot, down 1.9% on the week to €35.46, while its ORTEX short score has quietly climbed to its highest point in at least two weeks — a subtle shift worth watching…

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Trader NotePEY

PEY's Borrow Market Flash — a Squeeze That Already Eased

PEY, the Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF, is closing out the week with a notable borrow-market whipsaw — availability collapsed to near its tightest level of the past year just two weeks ago, then…

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