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Avis Budget Group reported Q1 results on May 20 and the short-interest picture heading into the print has barely shifted — bears remain dug in at 14.6% of the float, even as the borrow market continues to loosen from…
GDX has had a brutal seven days. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF shed 13.8% on the week to close at $83.78 on Tuesday — a 16.5% retreat in a single month — even as short sellers showed no sign of rushing for the exit. Short…
The iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF heads into the week with a tightening borrow market and rising options caution, even as short sellers modestly trim their positions. The lending picture here is the standout story.…
USO — the United States Oil Fund — is caught in an intensifying standoff: the fund has rallied 32% over the past month, yet bearish positioning has never been heavier, and the cost of maintaining that bet just hit its…
United Airlines Holdings has shed 7% in one week and 12.4% over the past month, closing at $89.12. The drop has come as the whole airline group retreats — but the Street's read on the stock is far more constructive…
UEC enters the week as the worst-performing name in the uranium complex — down 23% in five sessions to $11.91 — yet short sellers show no sign of retreating. Short interest has become the central tension here. At 12.3%…
AT&T has given back most of its post-earnings recovery, and shorts are quietly adding to positions — but the story here is more about the direction of travel than the absolute level. Short interest has climbed back to…
GameStop at $22.10 is caught between a corporate story that Wall Street largely disbelieves and a short book that just posted its biggest single-session rebuild in months. The positioning data has shifted materially…
CF Industries enters the week at $127.86 — up 13% over the past month but off nearly 2% on the week — with options traders now the most defensively positioned they have been in recent memory, creating a notable tension…
EXPE enters the week straddling two narratives: a stock that fell hard on May 7 earnings and has shed 19% over the past month, and a company that just staged an ambitious day of strategic announcements that could…
Cryoport, Inc. heads into next month's Q2 earnings print with a split story: a sharp post-results re-rating that lifted the stock more than 25% in a month, a fresh analyst target raise from Keybanc this morning, and a…
VGK enters the back half of May with options traders taking an unusually defensive stance — even as short positioning in the ETF continues to ease from its recent peak. Options positioning is the clearest signal this…
IAU dropped 5% on the week to $84.32, yet options traders haven't flinched — the most striking feature of this week's setup is the gap between price action and derivatives positioning. The options signal remains the…
WDS heads into the final stretch of May in an interesting split: the stock has rallied 5% on the week to AUD 32.28, yet short sellers are quietly adding to positions at the same time. Short interest is modest in…
Samsung Electronics enters the week of May 18 in consolidation mode — the stock has given back 1.3% on the week to ₩275,500, pausing after last week's explosive 20% surge that had carried it to ₩279,000. The most…
POSCO Holdings is surrendering ground sharply after a strong run, falling 8% on the week to ₩440,500 and erasing nearly half the 14% rally built over the prior month. The price action is the story, and the peer group…
ASML heads into the final days of May down 1.3% on the week and 1.2% on the day — a modest retreat that looks almost calm compared to the bruising being taken by its US-listed peers. The peer divergence is the sharpest…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (2330) enters the final days of May under mild but broadening pressure — down 2.2% on the week to TWD 2,205 — while the semiconductor names around it are falling considerably…
Hon Hai Precision Industry — known globally as Foxconn — enters the week after a strong Q1 beat with an interesting contradiction: the stock has given back 2% over five days even as the fundamental story remains…
Korea Electric Power Corporation enters the post-earnings period having confirmed what the pre-print slide feared: the May results landed badly. The stock fell roughly 4% on the day of the announcement and has shed 15%…
