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AAPL grabbed the headlines as short interest exploded 130% in a week to 107,942 shares. Energy names BP and BTI also drew heavy short attention. Borrow markets tightened sharply across several smaller names, with BOT…
The week in one paragraph — 1,172 signals fired between June 29 and July 6, with short sellers and options traders positioning hard ahead of the broadest earnings calendar in months. Energy stocks attracted heavy new…
The week of July 6 brings a pivotal combination: the first real earnings prints of Q2 season, a dense US services data slate, and some of the most extreme short-positioning setups ORTEX has flagged in months. PepsiCo…
Analysts took a knife to US trucking today. Morgan Stanley cut JBHT to Underweight, raising its price target to $200 but signalling clear caution on truckload demand. ODFL was also downgraded in the same session. Two…
The earnings season gets going this week. Big names report from Tuesday through Friday, with no IPOs on the calendar. Tuesday, July 7 brings the first mover. Enerpac Tool Group posts Q3 results after the…
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling over $49M this past week. The filings, reported July 1, covered trades on June 29–30. Dickerson sold roughly 70,000 shares across two sessions. He wasn't…
HTZ is the week's standout short target. Short interest jumped nearly 12 percentage points in seven days. It now sits at 60.8% of free float — one of the highest readings among US-listed stocks. Borrow availability has…
Why this matters: Five days ago, NVCT had zero shares left to borrow. Now availability has recovered to 40% — but short sellers haven't retreated. They've added more positions, cost to borrow has surged 83%, and the…
Bears are pressing hard on chips heading into earnings season. The SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF carries 17.9% short interest as a percentage of free float. Its cost to borrow has jumped to 2.21% APR. Borrow…
Options market signals are flashing amber in the semiconductor space. The SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF carries 17.9% short interest as a percentage of free float. Its cost to borrow has jumped to 2.21% APR. Short…
The week of July 7 brings the first major earnings reports of the summer season. Two marquee names headline the calendar. PEP reports Q2 2026 results on Wednesday, July 9. The beverage and snack giant has faced…
Analysts turned bearish on US trucking and freight on July 6. Two major names took hits while semiconductor and insurance stocks saw target price increases. JBHT — J.B. Hunt Transport Services — was downgraded by the…
The past week's filings reveal a wave of selling from top executives. AMAT CEO Gary Dickerson filed sales totalling over $55M worth of Applied Materials stock. The trades occurred June 29–30. Shares were sold at prices…
Hertz Global Holdings has shed 59% in a month. The borrow market has been at or near zero availability for over a week. Every C-suite insider who traded in the past 90 days sold. And yet options traders are still…
AI infrastructure stocks are drawing the most short seller attention right now. CRWV — CoreWeave — saw its short interest leap 4.7 percentage points in five days to 28.4% of free float. Bears are circling ahead of Q2…
The next seven days bring a mix of consumer giants, travel names, and mid-caps to the reporting stand. No major IPOs are scheduled in the window. Tuesday, July 7 opens proceedings with EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group —…
Analysts lifted price targets across the storage and semiconductor sectors on July 6. The moves point to broad optimism in data infrastructure names. Sandisk drew the highest target on the list. Analysts now peg its…
Insider filings from the past two weeks show a split market. Some CEOs are buying heavily. Others are cashing in near highs. The biggest buyer: SMMT CEO Bob Duggan filed on June 12 that he bought $50M worth of shares —…
MSA — Société d'Exploitation des Ports — reports on July 10 with the stock riding a quiet but persistent rally, even as recent commentary has flagged real pressure on the cost side. The price tells a positive story on…
AeroVironment heads into its July 8 earnings report on the back of a 40% weekly surge, with analysts still scrambling to recalibrate after a wave of target cuts and options traders turning the most defensive they have…
