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Fed Governor Williams spoke this morning and struck a calm tone. He said monetary policy is "well positioned" and risks are balanced. He flagged that inflation remains elevated but energy price declines should help.…
EXEL is generating the loudest options signal today. The Exelixis put-call ratio hit 1.33. That is 4.1 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.65. Traders are aggressively buying downside protection. Short…
The earnings calendar heats up this week. Several high-profile names report across Tuesday through Friday. Today (Tuesday, July 7): EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group — kicks off with Q3 2026 results after the close. Tomorrow…
Wall Street lifted targets across multiple sectors on Monday. The upgrades were broad — banks, brokerages, and biotech all moved higher. HOOD led the pack. The consensus target price rose to $106.02 from $105.46.…
Insiders across multiple sectors filed notable trades last week. The biggest story cuts both ways — selling dominated, but one founder made a striking bet on his own stock. H&M patriarch backs his brand. Stefan…
Short sellers made bold moves in several names this week. Chewy leads the action — SI hit 72.4% of free float, up 3.3 percentage points in seven days. Bears are not letting up on the pet retailer despite its mid-cap…
The lending market for CHRN has tightened dramatically. Cost to borrow doubled in a single week. Availability has hit a 52-week low. Cost to borrow stood at 14.3% last Thursday. By Monday it had jumped to 31%. That's a…
Options traders have turned sharply bullish on TT. The put-call ratio dropped to 0.75 on July 6 — the lowest in 52 weeks. That sits 2.93 standard deviations below the 20-day mean of 1.03. The signal is hard to…
Why this matters: Four distinct data streams — short interest, borrow availability, cost to borrow, and options positioning — are now aligned bearishly on AST SpaceMobile simultaneously. The borrow market just set a…
Why this matters: Since the last convergence report on June 30, FIG has become materially harder to short. Availability has more than halved in a week. Options traders are now adding to the bearish chorus. And a fresh…
Sable Offshore Corp. has reached a new threshold. Availability dropped to 0% on July 3 — every share in the lending pool is now out. That is the tightest reading on record. At the same time, Jefferies cut its price…
Corporate reporting season kicks off this week with three big names on deck. PepsiCo reports Wednesday. Delta Air Lines follows Thursday. Levi Strauss posts results today after the close. Delta's read on summer travel…
Earnings season opens this week with options traders positioning across several high-profile names ahead of key reports. DAL kicks things off Tuesday. Short interest sits at just 3.5% of free float. That low bearish…
The corporate earnings season shifts into gear this week. Three household names report results in the next four days, with no significant IPOs on the calendar. Today — Tuesday, July 8 Levi Strauss posts Q2 2026 results…
Analysts made their boldest move on SPGI today. The consensus target price jumped to $500.38 from $462.67 — a $37 swing. That's a 8% increase in the average target. The ratings data, street stays firmly bullish with 23…
Fresh filings reveal a wave of insider selling at two well-known US companies, with the biggest exit coming from a chip-equipment giant. Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed $55.5M in sales last week, with trades…
Short sellers have been busy this week. CoreWeave saw the biggest jump among major names. Its SI % of FF rose to 29.4% — up 5.7 percentage points in just seven days. Bears are clearly skeptical of the AI cloud…
Options positioning just broke decisively to the bearish side for AST SpaceMobile. That shift is the new development — and it arrives on top of a short interest and borrow picture that has barely moved since last…
Three distinct signals are converging on CLVT ahead of its July 29 earnings date. Short interest is rising, the borrow market is tightening sharply, and options traders just placed their most bearish wager of the…
The first big week of the Q2 2026 earnings season starts today. EPAC reports after the close. Tomorrow, PEP leads with its Q2 results. LEVI also reports Tuesday. Analysts have lifted targets on Levi ahead of results,…
