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Sable Offshore Corp. now faces pressure from every direction. The cost to borrow has exploded. Availability hit a new 52-week low. Short interest reached 23.4% of free float. And Roth Capital just slashed its price…
The borrow market story for BLSH has shifted again — and the cost-to-borrow spike now overtakes availability as the headline signal. Since yesterday's note flagged near-total lending exhaustion, one key metric has…
Frontier Group Holdings was already the most-watched airline short this week. Now the borrow market is starting to reflect it. The cost to borrow ULCC jumped to 1.61% on July 1 — up 179% in a single week. That follows…
Short sellers are piling into GDXJ even as junior gold miners rally. The borrow market tells the story: availability has collapsed to 8.5%, and the cost to borrow has surged more than tenfold in a week. Availability…
Cost to borrow PLBL has exploded to 243.7% — up 158% in a single week and more than 300% over the past month. That makes Polibeli Group one of the most expensive stocks to short on the market right now. Availability…
A 51% stock rally in one week has not deterred short sellers in BOT. It has emboldened them. Short interest in Robostrategy, Inc. has risen 85% in a single week to roughly 1.53 million shares. Meanwhile, the cost to…
The EU's top court upheld a €4.1 billion Android antitrust penalty against GOOGL this morning. The ruling ends years of appeals. It is the largest tech antitrust fine ever confirmed in Europe. The decision adds…
TSLA dominated the news feed Wednesday. NHTSA closed its phantom braking probe into 2021–2022 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. Elon Musk also denied reports of a SpaceX AI handheld device. Both headlines drove call-side…
The first full trading week of July is light on blockbuster names. No IPOs are scheduled. The action centres on a handful of consumer-facing companies due to report in the coming days. Today — July 2 Two earnings calls…
Analysts lifted target prices across the airline sector today. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all saw consensus targets move higher. Delta's average target rose to $88.33, up from $86.89.…
A wave of insider selling hit US markets over the past month. Three names stand out: BABA, AMAT, and DELL. Alibaba president sells $66M. J. Michael Evans, President of BABA, filed on July 1 to disclose a $65.8M stock…
Short sellers turned aggressive in the week to June 30. Four names saw SI % of free float jump sharply. The moves stand out against a quiet backdrop for perennial meme favourites. Wolfspeed leads all US stocks with SI…
Options traders are calling a different tune from short sellers at FMC Corporation. The put/call ratio just hit its lowest reading in two years — even as short interest sits near a multi-year high. The PCR closed at…
Why this matters: Three distinct signals are aligning on ARM in the same direction. Short sellers are reducing exposure. Call buyers are dominant in the options market. Borrow costs are rising even as the lending pool…
The day after Sable Offshore Corp. crashed 56%, it bounced 43%. Now the options market is flashing its most bullish reading in months — even as the short position remains near record highs and the borrow pool has not…
Intercontinental Exchange is down 14% in a month to $126.73. Two major banks have slashed their price targets in the past two weeks. Yet options traders are the most bullish they've been all year. That contradiction is…
Two names dominate the short interest picture today. Wolfspeed sits at a staggering 115% SI % FF. Availability has fallen to zero. Hertz is not far behind at 47.5% SI % FF, also with zero availability. Both stocks…
Today is a busy one. BSET — Bassett Furniture — holds its Q2 2026 earnings call this morning. So does CULP, reporting Q4 2026 results. Both are niche consumer names worth watching for spending signals. LNN — Lindsay…
Analysts made two clean rating calls on Wednesday. Hasbro was upgraded, while Paychex and Linde both received downgrades. Hasbro gets a lift. The toymaker moved up to a Hold consensus. Its average target price sits at…
Kura Sushi USA reports after the close today with the Street freshly cautious, shorts sitting on an elevated position, and the stock coming off a strong week — a combination that sets a high bar for the print. The…
