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AXON is pulling back from its post-earnings highs with short sellers quietly adding exposure — yet the borrow market remains far too loose to suggest a squeeze is anywhere near. The headline tension this week is a…
TTM Technologies has added 15% in a week, crossed $200 for the first time, and yet short sellers are responding by pressing harder — a divergence that makes this one of the more interesting setups in electronic…
Steel Dynamics has added another 1.7% this week to close at $274.29, pushing the stock cleanly above the Street's mean price target of $268.82 — a gap that raises a sharper question than last week: the analysts who…
Southwest Airlines has spent the past month rallying hard while short sellers quietly reload — a combination that sets up an interesting tug-of-war heading into July earnings. The stock is up 23% over the past month,…
SWBI has now reported its June 17 earnings print, and the stock enters the post-results session having shed nearly 10% over the past month — the insider sales flagged in yesterday's preview article proved…
SBGI heads into the summer with a striking split signal: short sellers are rebuilding positions at the fastest pace in months, while the company's own Executive Chairman spent $26 million buying shares at almost…
Simon Property Group heads into mid-June with a notable reversal from the alarm signals flagged a week ago: the options panic and borrow-cost spike have both unwound, yet short interest has only partially pulled back,…
SCHW enters the week on a strong footing — up 5.5% over five sessions to $93.67 — yet the most pointed signal in the data sits not in price action but in the insider ledger, where founder Charles Schwab has been a…
Ryder System is the standout in an otherwise weak transport tape this week — up nearly 19% over the past month while peers retreat, yet short sellers are quietly rebuilding positions and the Street is still catching up…
ResMed enters the back half of June with a fresh downgrade from a bellwether bank landing just as short sellers are pulling back — a split signal that makes the stock's next move harder to read than usual. The analyst…
BB has partially recovered this week — up 4.5% to CAD 12.83 — but the real story is what happens on June 25, when the company reports earnings with the stock still sitting 50% above where it was a month ago. The price…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals enters the back half of June with an unusual split: options traders are rotating away from defensive positioning just as short sellers add exposure for the first time in weeks. The clearest…
Regal Rexnord enters the week with an unusual split personality: the stock is up 13% over the past month and attracting a fresh wave of analyst upgrades, yet short sellers have been quietly rebuilding positions at the…
Applied Digital enters the final stretch before its July 21 earnings print with a story that hasn't resolved: the stock is up 10% on the week and analysts are lifting targets aggressively, yet 27% of the free float…
Redwood Trust heads into the back half of June with short sellers rebuilding positions at the fastest weekly pace in months, even as a bellwether analyst cuts his price target by nearly 30% on the same day. The…
PWR heads into the back half of June with an unusual split: shorts are quietly unwinding while analysts are racing to raise targets, leaving the stock caught between a retreating bear camp and a Street that still sees…
QUALCOMM has recovered 4.2% on the week to $214.07, reversing part of last week's steep 15% selloff — but the short position that was unwinding has quietly started rebuilding, and options traders remain more defensive…
Progressive Corporation has cleared the June 17 earnings hurdle and the market's attention now shifts to the July 16 quarterly release, with the stock trading at $204.66 and up 2.3% on the week — broadly in line with…
PAYX enters its June 22 earnings print in an unusual position: the borrow market is relaxed, short sellers are barely moving, yet the Street just delivered one of its sharpest analyst reversals of the year — all while…
Parker-Hannifin has extended its recent run to close at $938.51, up 3.6% on the week and nearly 9% over the past month — but with short sellers quietly adding positions and the next earnings print just seven weeks out,…
