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Short sellers are busy this week. Data as of August 4 shows sharp moves across several well-known names. SoundHound AI tops the heat map. Its SI % FF stands at 43.1%. The cost to borrow is 13.2% APR. Availability of…
Flutter Entertainment has already delivered one earnings reaction this week — and it was ugly, leaving the stock down 11.5% on Wednesday and off 13.8% over five days to $92.91. The move itself explains the options…
Tenaris reports today with options positioning leaning more constructive than the recent past — a notable shift from earlier in the summer. The clearest change in positioning is in the options market. The put/call…
CACI International reports its latest results today against a backdrop where bullish options positioning has held firm — but the fundamental debate has sharpened considerably since the last preview. Options traders…
Watts Water Technologies heads into its Q2 earnings release today having already won much of the analyst argument — the question now is whether the numbers back it up. The stock has done real work since the last…
ORIX Corporation reports first-quarter results today with short sellers having extended their retreat even further since the last preview — positioning remains among the cleanest of any diversified financial heading…
OXY enters its Q2 results today having given back some recent gains — down 2.3% on the day and 4% on the week to $53.81 — but the positioning data tells a story that is still more constructive than cautious. The…
Motorola Solutions reports its Q2 results today with the same low-tension positioning that defined the pre-print setup four days ago — short sellers still absent, options still call-heavy, and the Street still lined up…
MetLife reports Q2 results today with options traders showing the most defensive positioning in weeks — even as the analyst community remains uniformly bullish. The clearest signal heading into the print is in options.…
International Flavors & Fragrances has delivered back-to-back earnings beats, with the stock jumping another 9% after today's Q2 print — but the positioning picture after the pop tells a more nuanced story. The stock…
GPN reports today with the debate sharpening around one question: can the Worldpay acquisition story hold up under the scrutiny of an actual quarterly number? The positioning picture has shifted modestly since the…
EOG Resources heads into its August 7 print in a materially different position than it occupied just four days ago — down 6.5% on Wednesday and 8% on the week, a reversal that has reset the bullish setup flagged in…
CW heads into today's Q2 release with options sentiment having swung decisively toward the bullish side — a sharper move than the earlier preview captured. The options shift is the clearest signal into the print. The…
AXIA heads into its August 6 earnings release with the borrow market significantly looser than four days ago — and a recent earnings history that has consistently punished the stock. The most striking shift since the…
BRK.A heads into Saturday's Q2 release trading above the Street's mean price target — a configuration that puts the earnings numbers themselves under unusual pressure to justify current levels. The stock closed at…
BBD reports today with positioning data that looks materially different from the picture heading into the August 5 release — short sellers have been unwinding, not building, and the borrow market remains wide open. The…
ATO heads into its fiscal Q3 earnings release today with the same cautious options posture that defined the setup four days ago — and a stock that has drifted a little lower since. The options market remains the most…
U-Haul Holding Company heads into its fiscal first-quarter earnings today with a short position that has continued to ease but remains stubbornly large — and a stock that has rebounded sharply in the weeks before the…
Allstate reports Q2 results today with the hedging pressure that characterized the pre-earnings setup four days ago now fading — but the analyst divide it revealed has not. Options positioning has eased since the…
Albemarle reports Q2 results today with short sellers having added meaningfully to positions since last week's preview, even as the stock slipped another 1.6% on Wednesday to close at $118.84. Short interest has moved…
