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Short sellers moved decisively this week. Reddit saw the biggest notable jump among liquid names. Its SI % FF rose to 17.6% from 13.5% in just seven days — a 4.2 percentage-point swing. Bears appear unconvinced by…
Japan captured $12.2B in net ETF inflows this week. That made it the second-largest geography by weekly net flow, behind only the U.S. at $34.6B. The gap between those two and the rest of the world was stark. The U.S.…
Options traders are loading up on calls across the semiconductor space ahead of this week's packed earnings schedule, with NVDA at the centre of the action. Micron Technology ranks first for bullish options bets over…
All eyes point to Wednesday. NVIDIA reports after the close on August 26. Its market cap stands at $5.2 trillion. Options traders are positioned on both sides, with RSI sitting at a dead-neutral 51. Expectations are…
NVIDIA reports Wednesday. That is the headline event of the week. NVDA posts results after the close on August 26. Its market cap stands at $5.2 trillion. Expectations are sky-high after a year of AI-driven…
JS Global Lifestyle (1691) arrives at its August 28 interim results with short sentiment at its most elevated in recent memory — and a borrow market that remains deeply stressed even after a partial stabilisation. The…
ELMT drops into its August 28 earnings date on the back of a sharp 11% single-day fall and a lending market that has quietly tightened over the past month. The borrow story is the most telling signal heading into the…
PSNY heads into its August 27 earnings report with a borrow market that remains firmly restricted and short-side conviction running well above EV peers. The lending backdrop is the clearest indication of how the market…
nCino reports fiscal results today with short sellers pulling back sharply — yet still holding a position large enough to make this print genuinely consequential for both sides. The short interest story is the most…
S heads into its August 26 earnings report with one of the most coordinated analyst target-raising campaigns of the summer — yet the stock is still pulling back. The pre-earnings analyst activity is unusually broad and…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise grabbed the headline upgrade Monday. Analysts lifted their consensus rating on the $71 billion enterprise tech firm. The average target price holds at $65.24. Short interest sits at just 5.2%…
AFYA enters its August 26 Q2 print carrying the weight of a year-long analyst downgrade cycle — and a valuation that has cheapened enough to attract renewed attention. The analyst story is the defining tension here.…
ESTC heads into its August 27 earnings print with the short-side story largely settled and the debate now squarely on whether the fundamental delivery can justify a 42% rally in a single month. Since the previous ORTEX…
PDD Holdings missed its August 24 reporting window and now faces the market again on August 26, with the options signal that drove the prior preview now normalised — and the analyst community meaningfully more cautious…
NTNX heads into its August 26 earnings report with options traders at their most defensive in a year, even as the stock has rallied 21% over the past month to close at $66.68. The clearest tension is in the options…
OLLI heads into tomorrow's print as a stock where a meaningful short position sits comfortably alongside loose borrow conditions — a setup worth unpacking before the numbers land. Short sellers hold a genuinely…
Corporate executives filed a wave of significant trades over the past two weeks. The pattern is clear: most are selling, but one high-profile founder is going the other way. MEDP CEO August Troendle leads the sellers.…
SIG heads into its August 27 earnings print with short sellers committing firmly to their position — yet the lending market tells a story of comfort rather than urgency. Short interest is elevated, sitting at 13.3% of…
ULTA reports second-quarter results on August 27 with the stock riding a 13% one-month surge to $538.76 — yet options positioning has grown noticeably more defensive as the print approaches. The shift in options…
Synopsys reports after the bell on August 26 with a notable divergence: short sellers are stepping back even as the stock sits roughly 30% below where analysts think it should trade. The lending market tells a clear…
