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ORTEX insider momentum data for the past month shows a clear tilt toward selling across US large-cap stocks. AppLovin registers the most negative insider momentum of any name in the US universe above $1 billion market…
Short sellers turned aggressive last week. Chewy saw its SI % of free float jump nearly 20 points in seven days to 87.3%. Wolfspeed is equally squeezed at 87.3% of float. Both stocks have near-zero availability of…
Equities absorbed $113B in net ETF inflows last week. That dwarfed every other asset class combined. The tone is unmistakably risk-on, with buying pressure across geographies, sectors and strategies pointing in the…
The week's biggest scheduled event is already underway. UNH and JNJ both hold Q3 calls this morning, each carrying market caps above $300 billion. BAC follows Wednesday at 6:45am ET. Banks dominate the rest of the…
Bullish options sentiment is loudest in semiconductors and biotech this week. A quiet but pointed defensive flow runs in the opposite direction. NVIDIA sits at a 14-day RSI of 53 and has put on 23% year-to-date. Chip…
The big banks dominate this week's calendar. UNH kicks things off today with its Q3 2026 earnings call, followed by JNJ at the same time this morning. Both carry market caps above $300 billion. Tomorrow brings PGR, the…
Analysts trimmed targets across the US utilities sector Monday, with at least five major names seeing price cuts. Sempra, FirstEnergy, PPL Corporation, PG&E, and American Electric Power all saw consensus targets edged…
Insider filings from late August and early September show a sharp divide between sellers and buyers at the top. Tenet Healthcare saw the heaviest C-suite selling. CEO Saum Sutaria filed sales worth more than $27M…
Short interest in CHWY jumped nearly 20 percentage points in just one week. The pet retailer now sits at 87.3% of free float shorted, up from 67.4% on 2 October. That is one of the sharpest seven-day moves in the US…
The week's biggest calendar event arrives today. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report Q3 results Monday morning. Bank of America and State Street follow Tuesday, marking the first serious test of the US…
Options markets are flashing mixed signals this week. Chip stocks attract the heaviest negative bets while a set of large-cap defensives sees unusually one-sided bullish positioning. NVDA tops the negative options flow…
The third-quarter reporting season shifts into a higher gear this week. Financial giants dominate the calendar, with big-name healthcare and insurance names also due. UnitedHealth Group kicks off today, Monday 13…
The standout reading in this week's real-economy data is stark. Xcel Energy's reactor output stood 10.0 standard deviations below its own history as of 10 October, according to the ORTEX nuclear output dataset. That is…
Analysts cut target prices across the US defence sector on Monday while simultaneously raising them on oil and gas names, a split verdict that reflects diverging earnings outlooks heading into the third-quarter…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on September 8 showing he bought 54,325 shares at $75.65 each. The transaction totalled $4.1 million and was made on the open market on September 4. Discretionary C-suite…
The biggest story this week is the scale of US equity buying. $85B net flowed into US-focused ETFs in the past seven days alone. The flow imbalance sits at 74.7, well above the threshold that signals strong buying…
Short sellers made a decisive move into MMED last week. Short interest at MiniMed Group hit 102.9% of free float as of 8 October, up 24.3 percentage points in just seven days. Only 1.1% of short interest has available…
Q3 reporting season kicks off in earnest this week. US banks take centre stage, with markets watching for signs of credit stress and margin pressure. Short sellers are already moving ahead of the prints. FB Financial…
Options markets are flashing caution this week. Earnings season is picking up pace. Traders are buying protection before several big prints. UAL is the clearest case. Analysts cut price targets on United Airlines ahead…
The bulk of confirmed earnings action this week falls on the US banking sector. Major financial institutions are set to open the third-quarter reporting season, with markets watching closely for signs of consumer…
