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Why this matters: INTU's put/call ratio hit 1.00 on August 26 — the first time options traders have positioned equally on upside and downside since mid-July. That shift didn't happen in a vacuum. It followed the most…
DY has dropped 11.6% in a single session following its August 26 earnings print — extending a brutal week to -22.8% and a monthly drawdown of -27.7%. Yet the signals beneath the surface are moving in an unexpected…
Why this matters: Options positioning in CRH has swung sharply bearish this week. That shift runs against the grain of a lending market now at its most relaxed in months — a rare divergence worth watching. CRH's…
NVIDIA is the undisputed story of the day. The company's Q2 results dropped after hours, with revenue on track to grow 18x in four years. One analyst called it "never in history" growth for a company of this scale. The…
Standard Nuclear heads into its first earnings print with the lending market telling a starkly bearish story — even as analysts line up bullish on day one. The borrow market is the sharpest signal here. Availability…
PURR reports today with short sellers in a genuinely uncomfortable position — a record short build, a stock still up 23% on the week, and a lending market that has tightened dramatically without yet pricing in the…
NWAX (New America Acquisition I Corp.) reports today with the most notable pre-print signal being a sudden doubling of short interest — unusual even by SPAC standards. Short interest jumped 113% in a single session on…
Affirm Holdings heads into its fiscal Q4 report today with options traders at their most defensive reading of the year, even as short sellers have spent the past month aggressively unwinding positions. The options…
Li Auto reports again today — and the two-sided tension that defined Wednesday's print has not cleared. The short book remains at record size and the borrow market stays near fully exhausted. Short interest held at…
Analysts delivered a rare outright downgrade to INTU today. Consensus on Intuit slipped from Buy to Hold territory. The average target price fell to $428.61 from $444.50. That's a $16 cut — notable for a $98 billion…
UP Fintech Holding Limited reports today with yesterday's article telling most of the positioning story — and nothing in the overnight data contradicts it. The setup entering the print remains the same one noted…
Phibro Animal Health Corporation reports today against a backdrop defined by one number above all others: the May earnings print, which sent the stock down 32% in a single session and 38% over the following five days.…
Bill Gates filed a series of purchases in RSG this week. The filings — reported August 20–24 — show he bought over $160M in Republic Services shares across multiple transactions. Gates already holds a large stake in…
Dollar Tree reports Q2 results today with shorts clearly on the back foot — the question is whether the fundamental case has caught up with the stock. Short sellers have been retreating at pace. Short interest has…
MSB heads into its full-year results today with short sellers retreating at the margin — yet the positioning backdrop remains decisively bearish. Short interest has fallen steadily over the past month, dropping roughly…
Movado Group delivers its quarterly results today with short sellers having shown no inclination to reduce exposure ahead of the number. Yesterday's preview noted shorts were rebuilding through August, and that picture…
KSS enters its August 27 earnings release with short sellers still holding one of the most extreme positions in US retail — and options traders suddenly re-escalating their defensive hedging after a brief lull. The…
GAP reports tonight with the data landscape having shifted materially since yesterday's preview — options positioning has flipped from mildly constructive to defensively elevated, while the short rebuild documented…
Prudential plc reports this morning having already delivered investors a small negative surprise — the stock slipped 0.5% Wednesday and is down 3.5% over the past month, extending the pattern of post-earnings weakness…
Short sellers have been unusually active this week. Spectrum Brands saw its short interest jump 9.1 percentage points in seven days. SI now stands at 22.3% of free float. HighPeak Energy is another standout mover.…
