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QXO heads into its August 13 earnings print with short sellers still retreating, borrow conditions loose, and the analyst community firmly on the bull side — yet the stock has given back ground since the previous…
Short sellers moved fast this week. CoreCivic saw its short interest jump nearly 8 percentage points in seven days. SI now sits at 10.2% of free float. The private prison operator's CTB remains near zero, suggesting…
Coherent Corp. heads into its August 14 earnings event in a materially different position than the August 12 print — the stock has recovered sharply, but the short book has not retreated one share. Since Tuesday's…
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEP) heads into its August 14 earnings report with options markets flashing the sharpest defensive signal in months — a notable shift from the relaxed positioning described in last…
SBS walks into today's earnings release with a dramatically changed short-side picture — one that has shifted materially since this publication's preview four days ago. The headline development is a 74% single-day…
The dominant theme across markets today is the AI chip trade. NVDA, MU, and AMD are attracting the heaviest bullish options flow of the week. Analysts are reinforcing the trade. MRVL now carries a $257 consensus…
Options flow this week is painting a clear divide. Bullish bets are piling into semiconductors. Bearish pressure is building on some of last year's biggest winners. NVDA and MU lead positive options bets over the past…
Analysts raised targets across tech this week. The moves signal renewed confidence in AI-driven hardware and software demand. MRVL drew the biggest crowd. Its consensus target climbed to $257, up from $254. Marvell…
ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. Chairman and CEO Florentino Perez has been on a buying spree. He filed eight separate purchases of ACS shares between July 29 and August 7. Total cost: over $92…
Short sellers had a busy week. ORTEX data through August 11 shows a raft of notable moves across popular names. CoreCivic saw the sharpest institutional short build among mid-caps. SI jumped to 10.2% of free float, up…
Japan dominates the headline this week. ETFs tracking Japanese equities shed a net $69B in seven days, with a flow imbalance of just 14.8 — heavy selling pressure. That single outflow dwarfs every other geographic move…
CSCO dropped results after the close. The networking giant delivered a double beat for Q4. Management cited a "networking supercycle" as the key driver. At a $475B market cap, Cisco is the biggest earnings name of the…
Options sentiment is sharply divided this week. Bulls and bears are placing outsized bets on very different themes. On the bullish side, TT (Trane Technologies) leads the 7-day positive options score with 100% of…
Today sees two high-profile confirmed earnings reports. CSCO releases results after market close. COHR also posts numbers today. Both are Nasdaq-listed names with significant market caps. Cisco, valued near $475bn, is…
Short sellers are piling into SECZ at the worst possible moment for borrowing. Securitize Corp. reports earnings tomorrow. The lending market is nearly locked up. Short interest jumped 20.7% in a single day on August…
Analysts are pushing price targets higher on several names this week. The moves are broad but a few stand out. Super Micro Computer drew the most action. Citigroup's Asiya Merchant lifted her target to $39 from $33,…
A wave of insider selling has hit US markets this week. Filings show executives and board members moving fast to reduce holdings. The biggest named executive move: EHC CEO Mark Tarr filed on August 11 that he sold…
Short sellers are moving fast this week. Chewy leads all large-cap names. SI hit 95.6% of free float. That is a remarkable level for a $9.2B retailer. Availability sits at 477% — borrow is easy. Bears keep…
OKLO has bounced 8.5% on the week to $47.01, but the short interest data tells a more complicated story: bears added positions even as the stock recovered, leaving the setup more charged now than before the August 7…
NCH2 is caught in a persistent contradiction: the stock is quietly drifting higher while its lending market remains one of the most stressed in the European universe. The borrow picture has not materially eased since…
