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Take-Two Interactive enters the final stretch before its August 3 earnings report with the stock up 12% in a month, analysts lifting targets, and short sellers caught leaning the wrong way into a rally. The most…
NUE enters the July 27 earnings window after its sharpest weekly decline in months — down 11% to $220.75 — yet the Street has spent June aggressively raising targets, creating a notable gap between analyst optimism and…
McDonald's heads into Q3 with options traders their most bullish in a year and the stock up 6% on the week — a sharp divergence from an analyst community that has spent two months trimming targets. The options market…
Deere & Company enters the July 4 holiday week with a notable divergence: the stock slipped 1.5% on the week to $621.27, yet held up far better than most of its industrial peers while attracting a fresh bullish call…
LULU is trading at $118.43 after a 5.7% weekly rebound, but the short side has been quietly rebuilding throughout June — and the Street's post-earnings target cuts have yet to find a floor. The positioning picture has…
AXON just delivered one of its sharpest weekly moves of the year, up 34% to $597, and the short-side rebuild that had been quietly accumulating all month is now visibly unwinding. The story here is a clean…
Capricor Therapeutics enters the July 4 week having shed another 24% on the month to $23.21, with a fresh cluster of insider selling landing precisely as the bear thesis continues to play out. The insider activity is…
US markets are shut for Independence Day. But under the surface, positioning is moving fast. HTZ is the standout short of the week. Short interest hit 59.2% of free float — up 11 percentage points in seven days.…
Markets are closed for Independence Day. But short sellers are not resting. HTZ — Hertz Global Holdings — leads the pack. Short interest hit 59% of free float as of July 2. That's up sharply from 44.5% just three weeks…
July 4th is a US market holiday. Trading resumes Monday, July 6. The biggest name this week is PEP. PepsiCo reports Q2 2026 results on Wednesday, July 9. The pre-recorded earnings call drops the same day. Investors…
Wall Street spent Friday trimming targets on consumer staples while nudging up price goals for technology names. The split mood reflects a broader rotation trade gaining momentum heading into the US holiday…
Significant insider selling dominated filings this week. Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson filed $55M in stock sales. The trades occurred between June 18 and June 29. Dickerson sold shares at prices ranging from…
US markets are closed for the July 4th holiday. But beneath the quiet, ORTEX data reveals real stress building in several names heading into next week. HTZ is the week's starkest short story. Short interest hit 59.2%…
Markets are closed for July 4th. But short sellers were busy heading into the break. HTZ carries the heaviest short burden of the names tracked today. Short interest hit 59.2% of free float. Available shares to borrow…
US markets return from the Independence Day holiday with a packed earnings slate. The week kicks off Tuesday with EPAC — Enerpac Tool Group — dropping Q3 results after the close. Wednesday is the busiest day. PEP —…
Selling dominated insider filings this week. Executives and major shareholders unloaded positions worth hundreds of millions of dollars across multiple sectors. The biggest US move came from ASTS. Founder and CEO Abel…
Analyst target price moves are hitting several sectors at once this week. The most notable: CrowdStrike Holdings saw its average target nudge up to $179.69 from $179.24. The cybersecurity giant carries a $197.5 billion…
Insiders at two US companies filed over $200 million in sales last week. The moves stand out for their scale and coordination. At ROIV, Roivant Sciences, three insiders dumped a combined $154 million in shares between…
Short sellers turned notably more aggressive this week. Two names stand out heading into the July 4 holiday. HTZ is the most dramatic mover. Short interest hit 59.2% of free float — up nearly 11 percentage points in…
US markets are closed for Independence Day. But the signals heading into the break tell a busy story. HTZ is the week's most explosive short setup. Bears pushed SI % FF from 48% to 59% in seven days. Zero shares remain…
