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Post-earnings, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shows a rare alignment: analysts raising targets, options markets staying decisively call-heavy, and a borrow market so loose it barely registers. Two firms lifted…
Chips are the week's biggest story. The semiconductor ETF SOXX just logged its worst month since 2002. Bears are piling in — options show the heaviest negative flow in SNDK, MU, NVDA, AMD, and INTC. All chip names. The…
A wave of executive selling hit US stocks last week. The filings reveal heavy selling from the top, with one airline and a major bank standing out. SKYW — SkyWest — saw the biggest cluster. CEO Russell Childs filed…
Analysts made several notable calls on Monday. Industrial gas giant LIN received a rare upgrade from RBC Capital, pushing consensus higher. Arun Viswanathan cut his price target to $553 from $576 — but another RBC…
Short sellers stepped up bets across several notable names this week. CHWY tops the liquid-stock leaderboard. Its SI % FF hit 81.4%, up 2.2 percentage points in seven days. Shares are down over 10% in three months.…
Japan and China together pulled in $26.7B last week. That single number defines the current flow story. The US led by volume with $24.7B, but the intensity of buying pressure in Asian markets — Japan at 82.6 and China…
Why this matters — Convergence signals are rare. They fire only when three or more distinct ORTEX data streams align on the same ticker within days. This week, 28 tickers hit that threshold. Earnings calendars drove…
Options markets sent conflicting signals this week. Defensive put-buying dominated earnings plays, yet a handful of names saw call positioning hit 52-week extremes. The week of July 27 produced more than 60…
Short interest signals were sharply divided this week. Big increases hit FCEL, URA, and SOLS, while covers accelerated in ASIC, FTEC, and PB. Borrow markets flashed stress in several small-caps, with LVWR and VFS…
The week in one paragraph — The last week of July delivered one of the busiest earnings calendars of 2026. Short sellers covered across dozens of names after positive prints. Options markets were exceptionally active,…
The week of 3–10 August is defined by earnings, not macro. No rate decisions are scheduled. The data calendar is light after Monday's ISM and JOLTS prints. That leaves the market focused on a dense earnings slate —…
It's a packed Monday on the earnings front. Palantir, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Marriott all report today. Tuesday brings the heaviest slate. Caterpillar and McDonald's both post at 12:30 ET. Their results will be…
Options markets are sending conflicting signals on August 3. Bearish bets are heaviest in semiconductors. Negative options flow is highest in SNDK, MU, NVDA, AMD, and INTC. All five are chip names. That is a notable…
Wall Street delivered a split verdict on Monday. Starbucks received a consensus upgrade as analysts lifted their average target price to $111.55. The coffee giant carries a $120 billion market cap. Short interest sits…
Options traders are leaning bullish on Agilent Technologies as the stock builds toward its August 20 earnings date. Three distinct signals are now pointing in the same direction. Why this matters: The put-call ratio…
Short sellers are leaning hardest into Hertz Global Holdings right now. SI hit 80.9% of free float as of July 31. That's up 2.3 percentage points in just seven days. Shares are down 74% over three months. Zero…
Three separate signals are moving in the same direction for Datadog ahead of Thursday's Q2 print. Options traders are buying protection. Short sellers are covering. Borrow costs are ticking up. Each signal tells a…
Two days after availability hit zero, KORU has not recovered a single share of lending capacity. Cost to borrow has continued rising. The squeeze on the borrow market is holding at maximum pressure. The previous note…
Eaton Corporation reported Q2 on July 31 and jumped 7.3% in a single session. Now Evercore ISI has upgraded the stock — and the options market is still digesting the move. Evercore ISI's David Raso upgraded ETN to…
A heavy earnings week kicks off today. Palantir reports tonight — markets are watching its AI-driven revenue closely. Vertex Pharmaceuticals also posts after the close. Marriott reports at 12:30 ET, offering a read on…
