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ZG cleared its June 2 earnings hurdle with barely a stumble, yet short sellers have already started rebuilding — and the Street's target cuts from last month still leave the stock trading at less than 60 cents on the…
Meta Platforms enters the final stretch before July 22 earnings with a positioning picture that has barely moved in a week — and the tension between bullish options sentiment and a quietly rebuilding short position…
Tesla has given back ground this week, and the most revealing detail is that neither shorts nor options traders have changed their minds much. The stock closed at $423.74 on Tuesday, down 2.3% on the week after…
Fabrinet enters June in an unusual position: short sellers have been aggressively adding exposure over the past week, yet the stock just posted its biggest single-day gain in months — a 12.7% surge on June 2 that left…
Copper miners are on a tear, and short sellers are fighting it every step of the way. COPX — Global X's copper miners ETF — closed at $93.66 on Tuesday, up 7% on the week and 18.5% over the past month, a pace that has…
JKS heads into the first week of June with short sellers having largely completed their retreat — but options traders are still reaching for protection, and the cost to borrow is quietly creeping higher. The…
General Motors has cleared its June 2 investor event and now trades at $81.73 — down 1.1% on the day but still up 2.4% on the week — leaving the market to digest what the print actually meant against a backdrop of…
Calix, Inc. enters the first week of June caught between two competing reads — a meaningful unwind in short positioning over the past month and a stock that keeps sliding, down 9% in the past 30 days to $39.49. Short…
SOXL, the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF, has just delivered one of its most violent moves of the year — yet the borrowing market tells a more cautious story about whether the rally has legs. The price surge…
DQ heads into June with a striking split: options traders are piling into protection at the most aggressive pace in a year, while short sellers have quietly been covering their positions. The contradiction is the story…
MaxLinear heads into the first week of June having shed 7.7% over the past five sessions, a notable pullback after a violent post-earnings re-rating that took the stock from the low $40s to nearly $110 in a matter of…
Dollar General has just printed its June 2 earnings, and the Street's immediate verdict is a wave of target-price cuts — the clearest signal yet that the discount retailer's recovery story still has a long way to…
Hyatt Hotels enters the first week of June in an unusual position: the stock is up 13% over the past month, analysts are raising targets in near-unison, and yet short interest remains stubbornly high at nearly 15% of…
IRDM heads into the first week of June at an interesting crossroads: a fresh analyst upgrade driving the stock toward $50, while seven executives — including the CEO — all sold shares on the same day. The headline…
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals heads into early summer with a badly damaged chart, a crowded short book, and a Street that has turned firmly against the name — all in the wake of a catastrophic Q1 print. The short interest…
Signet Jewelers crosses into its June 4 earnings call with short sellers unmoved, analysts freshly divided, and a stock that has quietly outrun most of its peers on the week. The analyst reaction to the June 2 print…
Iran's reported targeting of a US military vessel in the Gulf of Oman is the backdrop that makes this week's positioning in EIS — the iShares MSCI Israel ETF — worth watching closely. The ETF closed Tuesday at $132.58,…
NetApp is trading at $175.64 — up 57% in a month — yet the short book remains heavy and options traders are more defensive than they have been all year. The most telling shift this week is in short interest direction.…
Visa slips into the first week of June with the stock down nearly 3% on the week to $317.32 — a notable reversal from the momentum-driven highs that carried it above $326 just days ago, and a reminder that the road to…
Philip Morris International enters the first week of June with a notable split in its signals: the Street is turning more constructive at the top, while options traders have pushed put demand to its highest level of…
