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STMicroelectronics heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings report with the stock down sharply and short sellers simultaneously walking away — a split signal that makes the options market the clearest read on investor…
Southwest Airlines reports Q2 results on July 23 with the analyst community firmly in upgrade mode — yet the stock is slipping into the print as the broader airline sector sells off. The positioning picture remains…
SNA heads into its July 23 earnings report with options markets sending the most defensive signal seen in over a year. The options setup is the sharpest story here. Downside protection demand has exploded over the past…
SAP reports its second-quarter results on July 23 with the lending market for its shares among the tightest it has been all year — a setup that sharpens the stakes on what analysts already see as a pivotal quarter for…
CenterPoint Energy heads into its July 23 print with options positioning sharply more defensive than it was just days ago — even as the analyst community has been nudging targets higher. The options signal is the most…
RELX heads into its July 23 half-year results with bears quietly unwinding — a notable contrast to the defensive tilt visible in options. The clearest signal in the lending market is a retreat by short sellers. Short…
PCG reports second-quarter results on July 23 with short sellers backing away and the Street broadly constructive — yet the stock remains more than 30% below consensus target prices, leaving a wide gap for the print to…
Short sellers made bold new bets this week. SPCX — Space Exploration Technologies — saw the biggest move. Its SI % FF jumped from 3.7% to 27.6% in just seven days. That is a +23.9 percentage point surge. Bears are…
Fresh filings reveal a clear split this week. Insiders are cashing out of tech and energy names. One small-cap is seeing the opposite. Bessemer Venture Partners filed $66.5M in sales of TTAN (ServiceTitan) across 10…
Old Republic International reports Q2 earnings on July 23 having gained 8% over the past month, reaching $42.24 — a level that has effectively erased the analyst community's price target buffer and puts the stock in…
Norfolk Southern heads into its July 23 Q2 earnings report with options traders pushing defensive positioning to a near-52-week extreme, even as the stock has rallied sharply and analysts have been busy raising…
Short sellers made bold moves this week. Hertz saw its short interest jump nearly 10 percentage points in seven days, reaching 70% of free float. Availability is at zero — shares to borrow have essentially run…
NOK heads into Thursday's Q2 results after one of its worst months in recent memory, down 28% over the past month and nearly 19% in the past week alone to close at $10.12. The price collapse has transformed the lending…
NEM heads into Wednesday's Q2 print having given back 17% in a month, yet options traders are leaning more bullish into the release than at any point in the past year. The clearest contrarian signal is in the put/call…
NVR enters its July 23 Q2 earnings report with short sellers quietly building positions — yet the broader lending market remains far too loose to suggest any conviction behind the move. Short interest has climbed 21%…
Lennox International reports Q2 earnings on July 23 with a short base that has quietly grown over the past week, even as the stock slips into the print. Short interest has climbed to 7.5% of the free float — a…
INFY arrives at its July 23 earnings print carrying one of the most conflicted positioning setups in the IT services sector: a near-empty borrow pool, a short score near 76, and yet options traders who have abruptly…
HIG reports second-quarter results on July 23 with options traders sending an unusually bullish signal ahead of the release. The clearest positioning story is in the options market. Call demand has overwhelmed puts,…
L3Harris Technologies reports Q2 results on July 23 against a backdrop of meaningful price weakness and quietly rising bearish positioning — a combination that makes the print more consequential than usual. The stock…
Freeport-McMoRan arrives at its July 23 Q2 earnings print having shed 17% over the past month, yet with the analyst community more constructive than it has been in some time. The most striking feature of the…
