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Market Commentary

Apple Reports, India Slumps, and Index Pressure Builds

AAPL reports today, Sunday, with its call at 5pm ET. The stock carries a market cap above $5 trillion, making this the single biggest print of the week. iPhone demand and tariff commentary will drive the reaction. AMGN…

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Market Commentary

Earnings Week Puts Bite Into Options Market

Earnings-driven hedging dominated options flows on Sunday November 1, with several names drawing attention ahead of a packed reporting calendar. Amgen heads into its Q3 results carrying a short score of 36 and an RSI…

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Market Commentary

Autos, Amgen and Apple: A Busy Week Ahead

AAPL kicks off the biggest reporting session of the week. Apple posts results today, Sunday, with its earnings call at 5pm ET. The stock carries a market cap above $5 trillion. Investors will focus on iPhone demand and…

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Market Commentary

Analysts Split on Pharma and Social Media

JP Morgan lifted its target on REGN to $1,050 from $950. The bank kept its Buy rating. Regeneron's consensus average target also rose to $924, up from $869. Short interest sits at just 2.2% of the free float, a low…

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Market Commentary

Insiders Move Big: $411M NVDA Sell, $51M Asia Buy

An NVDA director filed $411 million in sales at the start of September, making it the largest individual insider disposal in the latest data window. Mark A. Stevens, an independent director, sold 1.85 million shares…

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Market Commentary

Short Sellers Pile In On Housing, Energy

Short interest in Dream Finders Homes jumped 9.6 percentage points in just five days to 42.2% of free float. That is one of the largest single-week moves across US-listed small caps right now. Homebuilders are back in…

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Trader NoteNOV

NOV Shorts Hold Firm After Earnings Miss

NOV has given back its pre-earnings rally, falling 2.4% on the week to $19.29, and the short sellers who held through the Q3 print are looking vindicated: the stock dropped roughly 5.8% on the session following…

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Trader NoteSSMR

SSMR Shorts Build as Stock Slides 17% in a Month

SSMR heads into its November 12 earnings print with short sellers rebuilding positions aggressively, the stock down sharply, and options traders positioned almost entirely on the call side, a combination that makes the…

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Trader NoteMTB

Borrow Costs Climb on a Sleepy Euro Bond ETF

The standout this week on MTB is not price action or short positioning. It is a sharp and unexplained jump in borrowing costs on an instrument that rarely draws this kind of attention. The Lyxor Euro Government Bond…

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Trader NoteRCBC

RCBC Clears Earnings, Russell Inclusion Clock Now Running

RCBC has delivered its debut post-listing earnings print and the stock has held the gains, shifting the conversation from "will it disappoint?" to "what does the index inclusion trade look like from here?" The earnings…

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Trader NoteCLSK

CleanSpark Borrow Dries Up as Shorts Hold Firm at 32%

CleanSpark enters December's earnings window in an unusual position: short interest is near its highest level all year, borrow availability has just hit zero, and yet options traders are more bullish than they have…

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Trader Note300223

Ingenic Holds Firm as Chip Peers Crumble

Ingenic Semiconductor heads into its November 4 earnings release having done something its closest peers have conspicuously failed to do: hold its ground. The stock closed Friday at CNY 109.61, up nearly 4% on the…

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Trader NoteCOP

COP Heads Into Earnings Day With Caution Priced In

ConocoPhillips reports Q3 results on November 5 with the pre-earnings hedging story now fully in focus, and this week's price action adding a new wrinkle: the stock has quietly recovered ground even as defensive…

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Market Commentary

November Opens With Bears in Charge

Short sellers enter November with heavy positions across semiconductors and beaten-down consumer names. Hertz carries an ORTEX short score of 86, with 73.5% of its free float shorted and cost to borrow at 150% APR.…

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