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Short sellers made bold moves this week. Three names stand out for speed and scale of change. Hertz tops the movers list. Its SI % of Free Float hit 75%, up nearly 5 points in seven days. Shares to borrow are…
China pulled in $8.1B of ETF inflows in the past week. That makes it the top geographic destination globally. The US, by contrast, bled $4.0B in net outflows — a sharp reversal from its dominant $470B three-month…
This week is one of the heaviest earnings weeks of the year. MSFT Microsoft reports Q4 fiscal 2026 results on Wednesday. Markets are watching closely. The cost to borrow Microsoft shares has doubled in a month — a sign…
Earnings-linked options activity is driving unusual signals across several names ahead of a busy late-July print season. Vertiv Holdings has drawn the most attention. Options turned defensive ahead of its July 29 Q2…
COXG heads into its July 28 results with a striking contradiction — the founder has been a heavy net buyer, yet the stock has dropped 5% in a week and costs more than 36% annually to borrow. The founder and Executive…
Microsoft reports Q4 2026 results on July 29 with the stock down 3% on the week and borrowing costs quietly climbing — a notable shift from the near-zero lending rates that defined the picture just days ago. The most…
VRT heads into its July 29 earnings report with options traders the most cautious they have been in months, even as the broader short-selling community continues to pull back. The clearest signal is in the options…
Antero Midstream heads into its July 29 Q2 results with a clear insider-selling overhang and options traders leaning comfortably bullish — a combination that makes the earnings release more about validation than…
VICI Properties heads into its July 29 print with analyst targets still drifting lower, options traders notably relaxed, and short positioning that has partially rebuilt but remains thin — a setup where the income…
CVNA enters its July 29 Q2 earnings release with short sellers continuing a quiet retreat — a trend that has now held for several weeks — while the stock itself has given back ground since the prior print. The short…
Invitation Homes heads into its July 29 earnings event with a notably different options picture than the one that framed its prior Q2 preview — and analyst conviction continues to build. The sharpest change since the…
Johnson Controls International heads into its July 29 Q3 print with analysts firmly in the upgrade cycle — yet options traders just flipped sharply more bullish in a single session. The options shift is striking. The…
Fortive Corporation reports second-quarter results on July 29 with a telling split in positioning: options traders are leaning more defensive than usual, even as short sellers have spent the past week cutting…
Smurfit WestRock heads into its July 29 Q2 earnings report having surged 11% in a single session — yet options traders are now the most defensively positioned they've been in months. The shift in options positioning is…
CNH Industrial heads into its July 29 earnings report with options traders taking an unusually bullish stance — the most pronounced call-heavy tilt in nearly a year. The clearest positioning signal is in options. The…
Antero Resources heads into its July 29 Q2 earnings report with options traders positioning defensively even as short sellers have been cutting exposure at a rapid pace. The most striking signal is in the options…
MUSA heads into its July 29 Q2 earnings report with a notable wave of analyst upgrades reshaping the Street's view of the fuel convenience retailer. The analyst story has been unusually active. Goldman Sachs upgraded…
Generac Holdings arrives at its July 29 print having shed another 4% on Thursday alone, closing at $202, and the options market is now flashing a warning that was absent just days ago. The options positioning shift is…
BSBR heads into its July 29 results with options traders leaning notably bullish — an unusual stance for a Brazilian bank carrying real macro headwinds. The clearest signal is in options positioning. The put/call ratio…
American Water Works reports second-quarter results on July 29 with the options market flashing an unusually bullish lean — a notable shift for a stock that has spent most of the past month recovering from earnings-day…
