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Options activity this week skews toward protection rather than speculation, with semiconductor names attracting the heaviest negative flows as chip stocks face renewed selling pressure. NVDA, MU and AMD top the…
The week of October 13 is all about US banks. Seven major financial names report Q3 results in three days. UNH UnitedHealth Group kicks things off Tuesday, alongside WFC Wells Fargo, GS Goldman Sachs, and JNJ Johnson &…
TD Cowen analyst Gautam Khanna cut price targets across six US defence names on Friday. The sweep is the clearest single-broker signal of the week. L3Harris Technologies took the sharpest hit. Its target dropped to…
An NVIDIA director filed one of this month's biggest insider sell transactions. Mark Stevens, an independent board member, filed sales totalling $411m across late August and early September, covering nearly 1.85…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on two well-known names this week. MMED (MiniMed Group) saw its short interest as a percentage of free float jump to 102.9%, up from 78.6% just seven days ago. That 24-point rise is…
The biggest week of Q3 reporting season begins Monday. UnitedHealth Group and Johnson & Johnson both report before the open on October 13. The bank wave follows: Bank of America and State Street post Tuesday morning,…
Ambarella is the name drawing the most attention in options markets today. Traders circulated an unconfirmed M&A rumour suggesting the chip designer is seeing takeover interest. The stock carries a short interest of…
The earnings calendar gets serious on Monday. UnitedHealth Group kicks off proceedings, reporting Q3 2026 results before the open on October 13. The managed-care giant carries a market cap above $400 billion. Any…
Japan's numerically controlled machine tool orders reached JPY 193,463m in August 2026. That is a 63% rise on August 2025, according to the Japan Machine Tool Builders' Association dataset tracked by ORTEX. It is the…
Three distinct insider clusters emerged in the most recent filings, covering trades reported up to September 8. ESTC founder and CTO Shay Banon filed sales totalling roughly $44m across August 31 and September 2. He…
TD Cowen analyst Gautam Khanna cut price targets across five US defense names in a single sweep on Friday, the most sweeping sector action of the day. L3Harris Technologies took the sharpest hit. Khanna sliced its…
Short sellers added sharply to positions in MMED (MiniMed Group) this week. SI % of Free Float jumped to 102.9% as of October 8, up from 78.6% just one week earlier. That 24-percentage-point swing is the largest weekly…
Industrials claimed the top spot in sector flows this week, pulling in $2.1B net. That stands out sharply against a flat three-month trend where the sector attracted only $1.3B. Japan recorded a 63% year-on-year jump…
Apple is under pressure today after reports it cut iPhone 18 Pro component orders by 15% to 20%. The order cuts signal softer-than-expected demand heading into the holiday quarter. Options traders are already leaning…
Options market activity this week points to rising defensive bets against semiconductors and beaten-down consumer names, with negative flow dominating two sectors hit hard by geopolitical and demand pressures. Micron…
Delta Air Lines kicks off the week today. Its Q3 earnings call is the first major test of travel demand this season. Korean airport data shows seats supplied hit a record 47 million in September, underscoring the…
Analyst target prices on PEP fell twice in quick succession on Friday. The consensus average target dropped from $148.64 to $144.82 across two separate cuts. That puts the stock roughly 8% below where it stood at the…
Bill Gates filed disclosures on September 1 and 3 showing he bought $241 million of RSG stock across 14 separate transactions between August 28 and September 2. The Republic Services purchases ranged from $12.9 million…
Short sellers are turning the screws across several heavily shorted stocks this week, with MMED leading the charge on both intensity and speed of build-up. MiniMed Group's short interest hit 103% of free float on…
The biggest event of the week is earnings. Delta Air Lines opens Q3 season this morning. UnitedHealth Group, Johnson & Johnson, and Wells Fargo all report Monday. Options traders are already split on direction. Norfolk…
