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Allison Transmission heads into its July 24 earnings report with short interest having jumped sharply over the past month, even as the borrow market stays loose and options traders lean bullish — a setup that puts the…
SQQQ enters the weekend with two forces pulling in opposite directions: the borrow market has become one of the tightest it has been all year, yet options traders are leaning bullish on the ETF — itself a bet on Nasdaq…
SMR heads into its August earnings with a sharp but isolated short-interest build this week, set against a stock that just posted its best weekly gain in months. The tension is straightforward. SMR rallied 14.5% over…
TLT is no longer retreating — the short rebuild flagged in this week's earlier note has consolidated, and the question now is whether bears add further or pause after snapping back 9.4% in a single week. The…
W. R. Berkley Corporation recovered 2.4% on Thursday to close at $71.61 — but the stock is still down on the week, and it walks into Monday's Q2 earnings call with the analyst community more negatively positioned than…
Horizon Quantum Holdings heads into next month's earnings with a borrow market under acute stress and short interest that has ballooned five-fold since mid-June. The lending story is the most striking feature of this…
York Space Systems has lost nearly half its value in a month, and the borrowing market is sending a clear signal: short sellers aren't done. The lending picture is about as tight as it gets. Availability has rarely…
Organon & Co. heads into its July 23 quarterly report with short sellers stepping back and options traders leaning more bullish than they have been in months — a notable setup for a stock that has spent much of the…
Seagate Technology Holdings heads into its July 23 earnings print sitting 24% below its one-month peak, yet with options positioning just flipped to its most bullish extreme of the past year. The disconnect between the…
Clover Health Investments heads into its August 5 earnings report with short sellers actively retreating and the stock trading near analyst fair value — a tighter setup than it appears at first glance. The short…
C3.ai enters the week to September earnings with one of the sharpest divergences in its recent history — short interest remains near historically elevated levels while options traders have abruptly flipped to their…
Dropbox heads into its August 6 earnings print with one of the more intriguing setups in application software: a 12% monthly rally running directly into a short position that stubbornly refuses to unwind. The short…
Howmet Aerospace heads into its August 6 earnings report with analysts raising targets faster than the stock itself is moving — a setup where the Street appears to be playing catch-up rather than leading. The analyst…
Fortinet heads into its July 29 earnings report with bears cutting positions sharply and analysts racing to lift targets — yet the stock still trades well above what most of the Street considers fair value. The most…
MGK, the Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF, is down 2.5% on the week and 1.5% on Friday alone — a soft patch after a strong mid-year run, but the lending and positioning data tell a quiet story rather than a stressed…
Energy Transfer LP heads into its August 4 earnings date with the stock at a 12-month high and an analyst community that spent the past week adding conviction — the most interesting question now is whether the…
Brookdale Senior Living arrives at its August 7 earnings date with an unusual combination: short interest that remains structurally high but is quietly unwinding, analyst targets sitting well above the current price,…
Walmart has added a fraction more ground since last week's recovery note, but the pace of repair has slowed, and the gap back to pre-earnings levels remains wide enough to keep the August 20 print as the dominant…
Valero Energy heads into its July 30 Q2 earnings report riding a 27% monthly surge, with analysts scrambling to lift targets and options traders turning more defensive after being caught flat-footed by the rally. The…
Texas Instruments heads into its July 20 Q2 earnings report with a striking disconnect: the stock has sold off sharply, yet almost every other signal points toward bullish conviction rather than fear. The price action…
