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Danaher Corporation arrives at its July 21 Q2 print with bears in full retreat and the options market tilting modestly more cautious — a shift from the relaxed tone noted just ten days ago. The short retreat has…
D.R. Horton heads into its July 21 earnings release with options traders sending the most defensive signal seen in months, even as the broader lending market remains unusually relaxed. The options setup is the…
KO heads into Tuesday's Q2 print having shed nearly 4% on Thursday alone, handing back most of its recent gains three days before the report. The price move is the sharpest development since the last preview. KO closed…
Capital One Financial reports Q2 results on July 21 with the Street leaning decisively bullish but options traders signalling a quieter mood than usual into the print. The options setup is the clearest departure from…
Annaly Capital Management heads into its July 21 Q2 results with the analyst community turning incrementally more constructive, even as short sellers quietly build positions and options traders edge toward caution. The…
América Móvil arrives at its July 21 earnings date with options traders still leaning defensively — a posture that has barely shifted since the signal fired ahead of the July 14 release. The put/call ratio remains the…
The biggest event of the week is GOOGL on Tuesday, July 22. Alphabet reports Q2 results after the close. INTC follows Wednesday after the bell — investors want proof Intel's turnaround is real. CHTR reports Thursday…
GOOGL leads the charge this week. Alphabet reports Q2 2026 results on Tuesday, July 22, after the close. It is the most-watched print of the week. INTC follows on Wednesday, July 23. Intel reports Q2 after market…
Analysts moved decisively on financials and healthcare Friday. The upgrades and target price hikes point to a broader re-rating of the sector. Morgan Stanley grabbed the top headline. Analysts upgraded the stock…
Silver Lake Group has been filing back-to-back sell orders in DELL. The investment firm offloaded over $213 million worth of Dell shares across 114 transactions. Filings hit over the past two weeks, with trades…
Short sellers made a dramatic move into SPCX this week. Short Interest as a % of Free Float jumped from 3.7% to 27.6% in just seven days. That is a +23.9 percentage point swing — one of the sharpest weekly moves in the…
Oil traders are warning that markets may be "close to running on empty" as the Strait of Hormuz closes again. Stockpiles that cushioned the earlier shock are thinning fast. The news is adding fresh pressure heading…
Short sellers and options traders are sending sharp signals across three distinct sectors today. C3.ai scored a court victory. A judge dismissed a class action complaint in its entirety. But the legal win hasn't…
The week ahead is loaded with market-moving results. GOOGL (Alphabet) leads the charge. The Google parent reports Q2 2026 figures on Wednesday, July 22, after the close. INTC (Intel) drops its Q2 numbers on Thursday,…
Analysts made sharp calls this week. Netflix took the biggest hit — a downgrade pushed the consensus average target to $98.54. That's down from $111.03 before the change. The streaming giant's $313bn market cap makes…
Corporate insiders filed a string of large exits this week. The biggest US story involves Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire. He filed to have sold nearly $40M worth of PBF Energy shares between July 8 and July 10.…
Short sellers turned aggressive this week. Hertz Global Holdings saw the sharpest move among larger names. Its SI % of free float jumped nearly 10 percentage points in seven days to 70.1%. The rental car company has…
DigitalOcean heads into its August 4 earnings report with a sharply changed setup from last week: the stock has cratered 17% in seven days to $117.02, reversing nearly all of its post-earnings gains, while the…
GRPN keeps climbing — up 64% over the past month and another 7.4% this week to $28.58 — yet the short position is only now beginning to crack, and the borrow market remains one of the tightest in the name's recent…
SEZL heads into its August 5 earnings with a pointed internal contradiction: the stock is up 23% in a month, yet the CFO has been selling into every rally and the Street just downgraded it. The insider angle is the…
