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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…
Banks and healthcare giants report earnings this week. Options traders are taking sides early. Norfolk Southern shows a 0% positive options bet ratio over the past seven days. Every tracked order leans bearish. The…
The Q3 earnings season hits its stride this week. Banks and healthcare giants lead a packed calendar from Monday through Thursday. Delta Air Lines opens today with its Q3 2026 earnings call at 10am ET. The airline…
Japan's numerically controlled machine tool orders hit 193,463 JPY millions in August, a 63% jump on the same month last year. Domestic orders by ordering industry rose 62% over the same period. Both figures come from…
Analysts moved the most on energy names this week. Marathon Petroleum and Phillips 66 both received upward target price revisions, with MPC's consensus target rising to $400 from $397.39. PSX's average target moved up…
UBER President and COO Andrew MacDonald filed on September 8 showing he bought 54,325 shares on September 4. The trade cost $4.1 million at market prices. That is a meaningful open-market purchase from a named…
MiniMed Group is the week's standout short interest mover. Its short interest as a percentage of free float jumped to 99%, up from 77% just seven days ago. That is a 22-point swing. Availability of shares to borrow has…
Active ETFs dominated the past week. They pulled in $79B net over seven days, with a flow imbalance of 86.5. That is the strongest buying pressure of any strategy category. Over three months, active funds drew $174B.…
The week ahead is defined by one morning: Monday, October 13. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, and UnitedHealth Group all report on the same day. JPM has drifted to an RSI of…
Options markets are in focus ahead of a bank-heavy earnings week. JPMorgan Chase hit an RSI of 32 this week. That is deeply oversold territory for the largest US bank by assets. The stock is up just 2.3% year-to-date…
Delta Air Lines kicks off today with an earnings call at 10am Eastern. The airline sector will be watching closely after a volatile summer for travel demand. The real action arrives Monday. Six of Wall Street's biggest…
AppLovin took the sharpest analyst hit of the day. Jefferies analyst James Heaney cut his price target from $550 to $375, a drop of $175, while keeping a Buy rating. The ad-tech company carries an $85.6 billion market…
An NVDA director filed a flurry of sales in early September. Mark Stevens, an independent director at NVIDIA, reported selling roughly 1.85 million shares across several transactions filed on September 2. The total…
Short sellers have turned dramatically negative on MMED (MiniMed Group) in recent weeks. Short interest as a percentage of free float jumped from 26% to 99% in just 30 days. The ORTEX short score stands at 92 out of…
DAL fires the first shot in Q3 earnings season today, reporting at 12:30pm ET. The heaviest week lands Tuesday. JNJ, WFC and UNH all report before the open. UNH carries a $337 billion market cap. Its medical cost ratio…
Q3 earnings season opens this week. Banks and big pharma dominate the calendar, and options positioning is already shifting. UNH, WFC, BAC, JNJ and STT all report in the coming days. Negative options bets have…
Earnings season kicks off in earnest this week. Over 340 US and Canadian companies are scheduled to report between Friday and Thursday. DAL fires the starting gun today, releasing Q3 results at 12:30pm ET. The airline…
Japan's machine tool sector posted its sharpest year-on-year jump in recent memory. Numerically controlled machine tool orders hit 193,463 JPY million in August 2026, up 63% on August 2025, according to the Japan…
Jefferies trimmed its target on APP sharply. The price target fell from $550 to $375, a drop of 32%. The Buy rating was kept, but the move signals growing caution on the ad-tech name after a strong run. WDAY also got a…
