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Bears Pile In: Rental Cars, Chewy, and Semiconductors

Short sellers are rotating fast. CHWY tops the weekly movers list — short interest jumped 14 percentage points in seven days. SI now stands at 80.4% of free float. That is an enormous bet against the pet retailer. The…

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Money Floods Into US and Japan, ESG Stalls

Equity ETFs pulled in $66.8B last week alone. That dwarfs every other asset class. The overall tone is firmly risk-on, with institutions rotating into equities across geographies while bonds play a supporting role. The…

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Mega-Cap Earnings Meet AI Trade War Sparks

The market faces its biggest test of the year on Wednesday. MSFT reports tonight at 5:30 PM ET. Azure cloud growth and AI monetisation are the key metrics. AAPL and AMZN follow Thursday. Apple's China iPhone guidance…

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Analysts Cut Targets on Lennox, Teradyne

Analysts trimmed targets on two mid-cap names Wednesday, while upgrades flowed into insurance and HVAC. Lennox International took the sharpest hit. The consensus target fell to $556 from $576 — a $20 drop — after the…

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Arxis Reports Today With Bulls in Clear Control

Arxis, Inc. steps into its earnings release today with short sellers already gone and analysts pointing firmly higher — the print is now the only remaining test of a clean bull setup. The positioning picture is…

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BBT Earnings: Peer Gap Persists Into the Print

Beacon Financial Corporation reports today with the stock still trailing its regional banking peers — a divergence that has only sharpened since yesterday's preview. The peer gap remains the clearest tension heading…

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WAY Earnings: Bulls and Bears Set for a Decisive Test

Waystar Holding Corp. reports Q2 results today with two directly opposing camps — aggressive short sellers and call-heavy options traders — staking out positions that cannot both be right. The short side has been the…

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FTAI Earnings Arrive — Stock Down, Shorts Still Adding

FTAI Aviation reports this morning having already dropped 7% yesterday and 11% on the week, now trading at $197.37 — a level that puts the stock 24% below its one-month high and well below where most of the…

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FBRT Bears Press Their Case Into Q2 Print

Franklin BSP Realty Trust reports Q2 earnings this morning with short sellers at their most committed position in months — and the stock already down nearly 9% over the past month to $7.53. The short-side conviction…

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Procore Q2 Results: Bulls and Bears Both Dug In

Procore Technologies releases Q2 results today with the stock up 20% on the week to $50.16 — and two sharply opposed camps now staring each other down heading into the print. The bullish signal is hard to miss in…

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GFL Earnings Day: Short Build Meets Easy Borrow

GFL Environmental reports Q2 results today with a short-selling surge already locked in — the question now is whether the print validates it. Yesterday's preview note captured the core positioning story: bears added…

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ADPT Options Signal Sharpens Further Into the Print

Adaptive Biotechnologies reports Thursday with two signals — defensive options positioning and persistent insider selling — both intensifying rather than fading since yesterday's note. The options market is the most…

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CRK Bears Hold Ground as Print Arrives

Comstock Resources reports today with short sellers at their most committed level in weeks and the Street uniformly cutting targets — the question is whether the numbers give either side a reason to move. The short…

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ILPT Reports Today as Shorts Complete Their Pre-Earnings Exit

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust enters today's print with the bearish retreat from yesterday's preview now complete — short interest has held at 1.27 million shares, 1.9% of free float, after collapsing 46%…

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ADT Earnings Land With Shorts Positioned but Bears Relaxed

ADT reports today with a clear split in the positioning data: short sellers built into the print, but the borrow market shows no sign of stress. Short interest rose 9% over the past week to 4.7% of free float — roughly…

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Cactus Prints Today With Street Bullish, Peers Selling Off

WHD reports Q2 results today against a backdrop that has shifted marginally overnight: sector peers are broadly weaker, adding a macro question mark to an otherwise constructive positioning setup. The sector tone is…

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Snap Beats — Now the Real Test Begins

SNAP reported earnings on July 30 and cleared a low bar, posting an initial 5.5% pop to $4.77 — but the data heading into that print told a divided story, and the post-earnings question is whether the relief rally has…

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FCPT Puts Stay Elevated Into the Print Despite Short Retreat

Four Corners Property Trust walks into today's Q2 earnings report with options traders still braced for a move, even as short sellers continued their retreat. The dominant setup signal remains in the options market.…

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