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CLX arrives at its November 2 earnings release with short sellers cutting positions at an unusual pace, reversing a build that had been one of the more aggressive accumulations seen in the consumer staples sector this…
Church & Dwight closes out October at $107.23, up 1.9% on the week, while most of its closest peers have moved in the opposite direction. Colgate-Palmolive fell 4.3% over the same period, Procter & Gamble dropped 3.0%,…
Short sellers have more than doubled their position in ITUB over the past month, with estimated short interest rising 144% to roughly 41.6 million shares. That weekly build of 64% is running approximately two standard…
Among Ball's closest packaging peers, short interest tells a varied story heading into Monday's Q3 results. Crown Holdings carries a higher correlation to Ball than any other name in the group yet has seen more…
Archer-Daniels-Midland arrives at its November 3 earnings report with short sellers still cutting positions and options traders maintaining the most call-heavy stance the stock has seen in a year. Short interest has…
AME closed Friday at $241.12, down 4.2% on the day and 3.9% over the past month, yet options traders are not treating the pullback as a reason to hedge. The put/call ratio stands at 0.26, virtually flat against its…
American International Group reports Q3 results on Monday, November 3, at a moment when options traders are turning more constructive on the stock than they have been in months. The clearest change heading into the…
American Financial Group reports Q3 2026 results on November 3, trading at $153.87, roughly in line with the Street's mean price target of $154.50. Among its closest P&C insurance peers, AFG is neither the most crowded…
Air Products and Chemicals has gained 3% over the past week, more than three times the median advance of its closest peers, while short sellers have been trimming rather than adding exposure. Among its most correlated…
Short sellers added pressure across tech and consumer names this week. Data from ORTEX as of 29 October shows some sharp moves worth watching. Wolfspeed leads the most-shorted list on a free-float basis. Short interest…
Markets enter Halloween with a clear divide in options sentiment. Semiconductor names took the heaviest bearish flow over the past seven days. MU, META, AMD, and NVDA all saw put flow dominate, with positive options…
Options flow on Halloween flashed a clear split: semiconductor names absorbed the week's heaviest bearish bets while energy and financials drew near-pure call demand. MU led bearish notional flow over the past seven…
AAPL kicks off a packed week today, reporting after the close. The iPhone maker carries a $5.1 trillion market cap into the print. CHKP reports this morning before the open. AMGN follows after Monday's close. Tuesday…
US vehicle registration data tracked by ORTEX tells a nuanced story about the electric transition. The stock of registered non-plug hybrid vehicles fell to 14,476 in August 2026, according to state fuel-mix filings.…
Truist Securities cut its price target on INTC from $108 to $72 on Friday, the biggest target swing in the latest round of analyst updates. Truist kept its Hold rating. The 33% reduction stands out at a time when short…
NVIDIA director Mark Stevens filed to show he sold $411 million worth of shares between 31 August and 2 September. The seven-trade cluster, reported to regulators between 1 and 2 September, is the biggest disclosed…
Short sellers stepped up pressure on several mid-cap names this week, with LQDA (Liquidia Corporation) seeing the biggest notable move among larger stocks. Its SI % of FF jumped 8 percentage points in seven days to…
China attracted the most net new money in the past week, pulling in $11.1B of ETF inflows. Japan was close behind at $6.5B. The U.S. added $10.0B in net terms, but its flow imbalance score of 56.6 signals a market…
PNR closed at $65.84 on October 29, up 24% over the past month, yet the cost to borrow its shares has tripled in a week. Three distinct signals are now moving together on a stock that was near a multi-year low less…
AAPL reports after the close tonight, the single biggest earnings print of the week by market cap at $5.1 trillion. Chip stocks are live ahead of the number. NVDA carries active options expiries every few days through…
