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Emerson Electric heads into its August 4 earnings report with options traders notably more cautious than usual, even as short sellers and the borrow market remain relaxed. The clearest signal ahead of the print is in…
Devon Energy reports Q2 2026 results on August 4, arriving with a stock that has quietly outperformed a struggling sector — but with short sellers quietly building positions ahead of the print. The most telling…
DaVita reports Q2 results on August 4 with short sellers pulling back and analysts chasing the stock higher — yet the price has already moved well past most targets on the Street. The short interest picture has shifted…
CLX reports its next quarterly results on August 3 with the analyst community shifting more negative in the final days before the print — a meaningful development given short positioning that was already elevated…
Caterpillar arrives at Tuesday's Q2 earnings report with its stock sitting 15% below the analyst consensus target — a gap that crystallises a genuine disagreement about whether the company's tariff headwinds are a…
ITUB reports second-quarter results on August 4 with options positioning signalling more caution than the stock's recent drift higher would suggest. The defensive tilt in options is the standout heading into the print.…
BALL heads into its August 4 earnings release with positioning markedly less defensive than it was just two weeks ago — a notable shift given the stock's recent climb. The clearest change is in options. Traders have…
BP arrives at its August 4 second-quarter results riding one of the sharpest one-month rallies in its recent history — a 22% gain to $45.22 — and that price move is the central tension heading into Tuesday's…
Archer-Daniels-Midland returns to the earnings window on August 4 in a materially different position than it occupied a week ago — the stock has given back nearly all of its recent gains and now trades below the mean…
AME enters its August 4 Q2 earnings report with positioning that has grown even more call-heavy since last week's preview, as options traders continue to lean decisively bullish ahead of the print. The call-side skew…
American Financial Group reports second-quarter results on August 4 against a backdrop that is notably calm — lending conditions are loose, short sellers are quiet, and options traders are not positioned defensively…
Short sellers are on the move. The biggest story this week is the rental car sector, with bears swarming HTZ and CAR. Hertz now sits at 84.6% SI % FF. That rose nearly 10 points in just seven days. Availability is zero…
August 1 opens with markets juggling a record-heavy earnings week, fresh FX volatility, and growing bearish pressure in consumer names. Over 170 S&P 500 companies reported this week. Today's slate includes ExxonMobil,…
Rental car stocks are drawing heavy bearish attention as August begins. HTZ carries a staggering 84.6% short interest as a percentage of free float. Availability sits at 0% — shares to borrow have effectively run dry.…
Analyst target price moves on August 1 showed a clear split. Wall Street trimmed housing-related names. It raised pharma and insurance. BLDR took the sharpest hit. Builders FirstSource saw its average analyst target…
Charles Schwab is cashing out. The founder and Co-Chairman of SCHW filed to disclose $19.8M in sales over three days this week. He sold 95,450 shares on July 29 alone, netting $10.1M at around $105.82 each. A family…
Short sellers are piling into beaten-up consumer names. Hertz leads the charge, with SI % of FF hitting 84.6% — up nearly 10 points in just seven days. That's one of the biggest weekly jumps among large-cap…
Institutional money moved decisively into equities last week. A net $76.9B flooded into equity ETFs in a single week. That dwarfs every other asset class combined. The U.S. led all regions with $31.3B in net inflows…
Friday, July 31 marks one of the heaviest earnings days of the season. Over 170 S&P 500 companies report this week. ExxonMobil and Chevron headlined the morning as oil majors face pressure from weaker crude. AbbVie…
Options traders are piling into calls on AGL ahead of next week's results. The put-call ratio hit 0.17 on July 30 — down 27% from its 20-day mean of 0.23. That reading sits more than three standard deviations below the…
