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Options traders are pricing in the most defensive posture seen on BNY in weeks. The put-call ratio hit 1.45 on August 19 — a 3.88 sigma deviation above its 20-day mean. That's an extreme reading, and it arrived as…
Walmart and Deere & Company both report today. Walmart is the key read on US consumer health and tariff impact on margins. Deere faces questions on farm equipment demand and dealer inventory. Ross Stores rounds out the…
Today brings a heavy earnings slate. Walmart, the world's largest retailer, reports this morning. Markets will watch closely for tariff impact on margins and consumer spending signals. Deere & Company also reports…
DNP reports today with its ORTEX short score still running at elevated levels — a signal that has built steadily over the past fortnight and remains the defining feature of the pre-earnings setup. Yesterday's trader…
Churchill Capital Corp XI enters today's second earnings event in a week with the price already down and short sellers already adding — a setup that looks more like a continuation trade than a fresh catalyst. The stock…
Wolfspeed reported on August 19 and fell 7.5% on the day — but the more revealing story is what the positioning data shows now that the print has landed. Short interest remains at 101.5% of the free float, effectively…
ALVO reports today with the stock up 15% in a month but still sitting below where every major bull on the Street wants it — a gap the print will either start to close or widen further. The borrow market tells a nuanced…
Analysts issued a raft of target price changes on August 20. The moves span retail, technology, utilities, and healthcare. Retail under pressure. TJX Companies received two separate target cuts in quick succession. The…
Kingsoft Cloud arrives at its August 21 Q2 earnings release with options positioning that has reversed sharply from the aggressive call-side setup reported yesterday — the print now tests whether Tuesday's 14% surge…
ELF reports today with the stock already up 35% over the past month, a rebuilt short base at 13.5% of the free float, and analysts divided on whether the recent rally has run ahead of the fundamentals. Since…
COTY reports today, and a sharp shift in options positioning overnight is the most notable change from the pre-earnings setup described in yesterday's preview. The put/call ratio jumped to 0.36 on August 19 — more than…
Navios Maritime Partners reports today with the same story that defined yesterday's preview still intact — its CEO has been buying the stock every single day, and the price has continued to climb. Angeliki Frangou's…
ScanSource hits its earnings print today after a week in which the stock slipped 1% and most of its closest peers fell harder, leaving the positioning backdrop largely unchanged from yesterday's preview but with a…
John B. Sanfilippo & Son enters its fiscal fourth-quarter print today with the stock down roughly 4% on the week to $81.30, and with short positioning that has pulled back sharply from Monday's peak but remains…
Nordson reports Q3 results today with the call-heavy options shift flagged yesterday still firmly in place — and a stock that is outperforming every correlated peer heading into the number. The options signal…
MRNA dominated market conversation this week. Moderna's cancer vaccine breakthrough sent shares up 177%. Short sellers who held 13.5% of free float faced an immediate squeeze threat. Availability sits at 279% of SI —…
Flowers Foods reports today with one of the most stubborn short positions in the packaged foods sector — and a stock that has lost roughly a third of its value in 2026. Short interest remains the dominant story, and it…
Advance Auto Parts reports Q2 results today with one of the more charged positioning setups in consumer retail — short interest at 18.5% of the float, a stock that just rallied 5% on the month, and a lending market…
NVIDIA dominates the market agenda. It reports Q2 FY2027 earnings on Wednesday, August 26. AI spending expectations are sky-high and options markets reflect the tension. Bullish call flow is heavy. But negative options…
The biggest event of the week is NVDA. NVIDIA reports Q2 FY2027 results on Wednesday, August 26, after the close. Markets are watching closely. AI spending trends will be front and centre. Also on Wednesday, CRM posts…
