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HIVE Digital Technologies reports on August 17 with its lending market flashing a warning that short sellers have largely exhausted available supply — even as the stock itself has given back significant ground. The…
MRCY is walking into its August 18 earnings release with call buyers dominating options and short sellers continuing their slow retreat — a positioning backdrop that has grown more bullish since the August 11 report…
Amer Sports heads into its August 18 earnings report with options traders markedly more defensive than usual — and the stock down sharply on the week. The clearest signal is in the options market. The put/call ratio…
ZTO Express reports August 18 results with short sellers already voting with their feet — the question is whether the fundamentals justify the retreat. Short interest has fallen sharply over the past month, dropping…
Medtronic heads into its August 18 earnings report with a notable contrast between a strongly recovering stock price and options positioning that has shifted to its most bullish extreme in months. The options signal is…
Keysight Technologies arrives at its August 18 earnings report with options traders expressing the most bullish positioning of the past year — a signal that has only grown more pronounced since the constructive setup…
James Hardie Industries heads into its August 18 earnings release with the most striking story sitting not in the options market, but in a dramatic retreat by short sellers over the past two weeks. Short interest has…
TOL enters its August 18 fiscal Q3 earnings report with the short-selling community in noticeable retreat — a setup that strips some of the most obvious downside pressure heading into the print. Short interest has…
TGT heads into its August 18 print with one data point that has changed materially since Tuesday's note: options traders have turned notably more defensive. The put/call ratio jumped to 1.00 on August 14 — more than…
SQM heads into its August 19 earnings release with options markets flashing a rare note of defensiveness even as the stock quietly grinds higher. The clearest pre-earnings signal is in options positioning. The put/call…
PGR heads into its August 19 earnings release with short sellers backing away and the analyst community openly divided on whether the stock's recent pullback reflects a genuine reset or a buying opportunity. The…
Short sellers intensified bets across several US names this week. Wolfspeed remains the most dramatic case among larger stocks. Its SI % of Free Float hit 85.2% — up 6.9 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are…
Home Depot heads into its August 18 earnings report having given back ground since the previous note — the stock closed Friday at $338.86, down 4.7% on the week and notably below the $354.48 level flagged just three…
Semiconductors are pulling markets in opposite directions. Micron Technology leads bullish options flow this week. The stock is up 233% year-to-date. Analysts see a further 58% return potential. Intel drew fresh 13F…
Retail stocks grabbed attention as Telsey Advisory Group issued a pair of upgrades on Friday. TGT received a Buy rating with a new target of $170, up from $150. ROST also got a Buy from Dana Telsey, with a target of…
Three Merck executives filed sales totaling over $18M this week. General Counsel Jennifer Zachary led the way. She filed a $10.7M sale on August 13, offloading 80,315 shares at around $133 each. Divisional President…
Japan dominated the week's biggest story. ETF outflows from Japan hit $75B in just seven days. That compares to a $79B inflow over the prior three months. The reversal is stark. Investors who piled in over the quarter…
Options traders just made their loudest statement of the year on Blue Owl Capital. The put/call ratio hit 2.15 on August 13 — a 52-week high and 4.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 1.36. That is not noise.…
13F filings dominated today's tape. NVIDIA disclosed a 122.8 million Class A share stake in SpaceX, a rare cross-asset move from the chipmaker. Intel drew simultaneous interest from two major funds. Soros Fund…
Options activity is heating up in semiconductors. 13F filings hitting today are reshaping sentiment across the sector — and the options market is taking notice. Micron Technology sits at the top of positive options…
