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Super Micro Computer is caught between a Street that turned more constructive this morning and a short base that has barely budged despite the worst monthly price performance in the group. The analyst moves are the…
Deutsche Bank reports Q2 earnings on July 29, and the most striking feature of this week's setup is not what bears are doing — it's what they aren't doing. Short interest is negligible by any meaningful measure. Borrow…
MBG enters its July 28 earnings release as the clear underperformer in its own peer group — down half a percent on the week while every major European auto name posted gains. The peer divergence is striking. BMW added…
SAP SE heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings print with the lending market doing something notable: the extreme tightness flagged in Sunday's preview has reversed sharply, leaving a very different setup than the one that…
WU enters Thursday's Q2 print — due July 24 — with a sharp 19% one-month rally behind it, a wall of bearish analyst coverage ahead, and options traders the most bullish they've been all year. The options signal is the…
Travel + Leisure Co. enters the back half of July with a striking divergence: short sellers have sharply rebuilt positions over the past month, yet options traders have just rotated to their most bullish stance in…
Logitech heads into its July 28 earnings release with the stock quietly outperforming a rougher week for hardware peers — and with short sellers showing no particular conviction either way. The peer divergence is the…
TotalEnergies reports second-quarter results tomorrow with the same broad setup that defined the pre-earnings note earlier this week — but the stock has added another 2.3% since Tuesday's close, and the borrowing…
QTEC heads into late July with its most striking signal coming not from the lending market, but from options — where traders have sharply pivoted away from defensive positioning even as the fund pulls back on the…
QQEW, the First Trust Nasdaq-100 Select Equal Weight ETF, enters the week with a striking disconnect: options flow has turned sharply bullish while short interest quietly ratchets higher from a very low base. The…
USO has risen 7.2% this week to $128.85 — and the short-covering story that defined the previous two weeks has abruptly reversed course, with shorts rebuilding and the borrow market tightening to near-emergency…
Duke Energy heads into its August 4 Q2 earnings with short sellers unwinding positions and the Street broadly constructive, but dividend growth concerns keeping a ceiling on enthusiasm. The most notable move in the…
FDL, the First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund, is one of the quieter corners of the ETF market this week — yet beneath the calm price action, the lending market is telling a mildly interesting story. The…
Chipotle Mexican Grill enters Thursday's Q2 print with one of the most striking splits in positioning data seen all year — options traders piling into calls at the exact moment short sellers quietly rebuild their…
Live Nation Entertainment arrives at its July 30 earnings date with options markets flashing the most defensive signal of the past twelve months — even as the analyst community has been busy raising targets. The most…
AMSF has reported Q2 results with the stock slipping 0.9% on Tuesday to $33.98, a muted reaction relative to the split performance seen across its insurance peer group. The peer picture is the most interesting contrast…
AT&T reported on July 22 with the stock up 4.6% on the week to $22.26 — and the options market, which had been leaning bullish ahead of the print, has now delivered its most call-heavy reading of the past year. The…
BIDU heads into its August 21 earnings date with borrow availability still historically tight, a fresh wave of analyst target cuts, and options positioning that has tilted more defensive than at any point in the past…
IGPT, the Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF, has reversed course sharply since last week's note — the short pressure that was building through early July has unwound almost as fast as it arrived. The story in the…
DiamondRock Hospitality heads into its July 30 earnings report with the stock at a 30-day high, three bellwether analysts raising targets in the past week, and options traders more bullish than at almost any point in…
