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VET heads into the post-earnings session carrying a Q1 loss, rising short borrow costs, and a short position that has been steadily unwinding for weeks. Vermilion reported Q1 2026 results today, posting revenue of CAD…
VOO heads into the first full week of May with its most striking data point not in the lending market — where short interest remains negligible — but in options, where positioning has undergone a dramatic one-session…
Tesla closed the week at $389.37, up roughly 3.5% on the week but slipping 0.8% on the final session — a mildly skittish finish that captures the ambivalence traders have carried since Q1 earnings. The most interesting…
FN just delivered a textbook beat-and-dip. Q3 adjusted EPS of $3.72 topped the $3.56 consensus, and revenue of $1.21 billion cleared estimates by $33 million — yet the stock fell 6.5% the day after results and ended…
VEON reports Q1 2026 results on May 11 — five days out — and the setup is more sanguine than stressed, with options positioning turning notably constructive even as the stock drifts lower on the week. The clearest…
SOXL has just posted one of the most violent two-week recoveries in its history, but the short side isn't backing down quietly. The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF gained 13% on Tuesday alone and is up 32% on…
Aviat Networks just delivered one of its worst trading sessions in memory — a 33% collapse on May 5 after a Q3 2026 earnings print that missed EPS estimates by $0.36. The stock closed at $15.09, having shed roughly 30%…
MXL has just delivered one of the most violent post-earnings re-ratings in recent semiconductor memory — a 78% single-day move last week that has left the stock trading well above where even its most bullish analyst…
ADUS heads into the week after its May 4 earnings print with short sellers pulling back and options traders showing little alarm — yet analyst target cuts keep arriving, keeping the stock well below where most of the…
Suncor Energy reported Q1 2026 results on May 5, and the story is one of operational excellence running slightly ahead of the Street on revenues but falling just short on the bottom line — all while the stock climbed…
BLDP just delivered one of the most dramatic weeks in the hydrogen sector, surging 38% in five sessions after a better-than-expected earnings report sent the stock to a fresh 52-week high. The catalyst was an earnings…
SCO, the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF, has had a turbulent fortnight — and the data tells the story of a crowded bet that is rapidly unwinding. The fund's price captures the arc perfectly. SCO closed at…
Primoris Services Corporation spent the past month rewriting expectations. The stock gained 37% over 30 days, closed at $202.92 on May 5, and jumped another 9.4% that session — only for Q1 2026 results, released after…
DIN reported Q1 2026 results this morning, and for the first time in a while the news was unambiguously better than the Street had prepared for. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.07, beating the $1.01 consensus. Revenue of…
GLD enters this week with an interesting divergence: the price of gold has slipped, but short sellers are moving in the opposite direction — quietly rebuilding positions abandoned during April's gold rally. Short…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies is at the centre of one of the more unusual stories in US equities right now — a company that has effectively become a leveraged Ethereum treasury play, and one where short sellers are…
Visa Inc. enters the first week of May riding its strongest one-week gain in months, with the Street firmly behind it after a blowout earnings print — but options traders have already rotated back toward calls, and the…
Broadwind, Inc. just made its biggest strategic move in years — and it came without a safety net. Last Tuesday, the company announced the sale of its Abilene, Texas wind tower manufacturing facility to an IES Holdings…
SATS enters its May 8 Q1 earnings call as one of the most shorted large-cap names in the satellite and cable sector — and shorts have been accelerating their bets all month. Short interest has climbed sharply, and the…
QQQ has had a strong week on the surface. The Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF gained 3.7% over five sessions, closing at $681.61 on Tuesday, and is up 16.5% over the past month as tech rebounded sharply. But under the hood,…
