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Extra Space Storage reports today with the bullish options tilt from earlier this week still largely intact — and a stock that has continued to climb. The call-heavy positioning noted ahead of Monday's scheduled print…
Waste Management arrives at its July 29 earnings event with options traders as bullish as they have been all year and short sellers continuing to cut exposure — a one-sided setup that has only intensified since the…
W. P. Carey reports Q2 results today with a bullish options skew still intact — but the stock has pulled back from its pre-earnings peak, putting the call positioning under pressure. The call-heavy options setup that…
UNM heads into today's Q2 print having recovered some ground, with the stock up 1.7% on Tuesday to $87.93 — clawing back part of a 2.4% monthly slide. Options traders are not showing much anxiety heading into the…
TXT heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings release having already delivered the verdict on the pre-earnings short build: the stock dropped 6.4% on July 28 to $89.96, validating the bearish positioning that quietly…
Sun Communities goes into tonight's Q2 print with its stock up on the day — but the surrounding signals remain more guarded than that move suggests. The stock gained 2.2% on July 28 to close at $124.09, extending a…
Procter & Gamble arrives at its fiscal Q4 2026 print having recovered from the $147 trough flagged in the last two reports, with the stock closing at $148.88 — up half a percent on the week and essentially flat over…
PPG Industries reports Q2 results on July 29 with its most notable pre-earnings story now the near-complete unwinding of the bearish positioning that defined the stock just weeks ago. Since the July 25 preview noted…
NUE enters its July 30 earnings report in a fundamentally different position than the previews published earlier this week described — the stock jumped 7.2% on July 27 and added another 7.2% on July 28, closing at…
S&P Global reports Q2 results on July 30 having extended last week's selloff, with the stock now at $424.36 — down another 3.5% on Tuesday and off roughly 1.6% on the week, adding to the pressure flagged in the prior…
Jones Lang LaSalle returns to the earnings stage on July 30 having already reported on July 28 — that print sent the stock up nearly 3% on the day, and the momentum has continued, with shares now at $343.08, up almost…
Illinois Tool Works arrives at its July 30 Q2 earnings report having already delivered 10% gains in a month, yet options traders are growing more defensive even as the rally continues. The defensive tilt is the most…
GSK reports Q2 results on July 29 having just delivered its strongest week since early 2026, and the options market is finally reflecting that shift in mood. The most striking change since the last preview is in…
FirstEnergy Corp. arrives at its Q2 earnings release today with short sellers more active than they have been in months — yet the broader positioning picture remains far from alarmed. Short interest has climbed…
Essex Property Trust delivers its Q2 results today with options positioning still at a historically bullish extreme — and short interest now moving in the opposite direction. The options story published here four days…
Short sellers made a decisive move on CHWY this week. Short interest jumped to 81.2% of free float — up from 65.8% just seven days ago. That 15-point weekly surge is the largest single-week rise across large-cap US…
Enterprise Products Partners heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings release having outpaced its midstream peers, with the positioning data reflecting confidence rather than caution. The most striking change since the July…
Edison International reports Q2 earnings on July 30 with short sellers nudging back into the stock even as the options market pulls back from last week's defensive peak. Short interest has climbed roughly 9.5% over the…
DTE Energy arrives at its July 30 earnings release with the same striking call-heavy options signal that defined the July 25 preview — but the stock has moved lower since, making the bullish positioning look more…
Church & Dwight heads into its July 31 Q2 earnings report with the stock up 4.4% on the week and short sellers showing no sign of pressing their case. The positioning picture is broadly relaxed. Short interest has…
