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Three distinct signals have converged on ASX this week. Short interest is rising fast. The cost to borrow has nearly doubled. And options traders are hedging at their most aggressive pace in over a month. The clearest…
Viasat is up 40.6% over the past week. Short sellers are adding positions. Options traders are trimming downside hedges. All three signals are pointing in different directions — and that tension is worth watching. The…
Five executives sold shares on the same day. Options traders are buying puts at a 52-week high rate. Short sellers are adding positions into a 30% weekly rally. Definium Therapeutics is flashing a rare convergence of…
Every share in NVCT's lending pool is now deployed. Availability has collapsed to 0% — the tightest the borrow market has been in the stock's recorded history — as a 97% weekly rally drew a wave of new short positions…
META lost its bid to dismiss a multi-state lawsuit today. A judge ruled the case — over Facebook and Instagram addiction claims — will go to trial. The news lands as Meta trades near all-time highs. Legal risk is now…
Chip stocks and consumer names are drawing the most attention in options markets as July opens, with diverging signals worth watching. NVDA leads the semiconductor complex with 24 active expiry dates. Options chain out…
Three major US companies report earnings today, July 1, kicking off a packed week. STZ — Constellation Brands — holds its Q1 FY2027 call at 8am ET. The $24bn drinks giant has seen its stock under pressure. Short…
Wall Street is losing patience with NKE. The consensus target price dropped to $53.44, down from $55.22. That's a meaningful cut for a brand that once commanded premium valuations. With 12 sell ratings now on the…
Fresh filings show a clear divide: insiders at hot tech firms are selling, while founders at beaten-down names are stepping up. Stefan Persson, close family to H&M's founding dynasty, filed Monday that he bought 6.5…
Short sellers dramatically increased bets against WOLF and HTZ over the past week. Both names saw SI % of Free Float spike sharply. Wolfspeed now carries a staggering 132% SI % FF — up nearly 28 points in seven days.…
Three data streams are moving at once for SAN. The options market is skewing bullish, cost to borrow has jumped sharply, and availability is widening — an unusual combination for Banco Santander's NYSE-listed ADRs. The…
HSAI is sending three conflicting signals at once. Short sellers are piling in. The borrow pool is nearly empty. And options traders just loaded up on puts — on the same day the stock surged 15.6%. Availability has…
Options traders are loading up on puts. Short sellers are adding positions at the fastest weekly pace in months. Yet the borrow market is saying the opposite — availability has loosened, not tightened. That…
Short sellers are entering H2 with conviction in a handful of distressed names. WOLF now carries short interest at 132% of its free float. That jumped 27.5 percentage points in a single week. Availability has hit zero…
Q3 earnings season kicks off this week. Options markets are already picking sides. Ambarella is the top trending name overnight. The chip designer carries just 7% SI % FF. Its options chain runs only to late August.…
Today marks the opening day of a busy earnings stretch. Several well-known companies report results on July 1, kicking off a week that includes consumer staples heavyweights and industrial names. STZ hosts its Q1…
Analysts turned bearish on chemicals Tuesday. Dow Inc. was downgraded, with the consensus target price cut from $41.88 to $40.06. The move reflects mounting pressure on commodity chemicals amid weak industrial…
Corporate insiders made headlines this past week with sharply contrasting moves across the market. The Walton family trust filed sales of WMT stock totalling over $532 million, disclosed June 18. The trades took place…
Short sellers had a busy week. The data through June 29 shows some sharp moves heading into the second half of 2026. WOLF leads all movers. Short interest in the beleaguered chipmaker jumped +27.5 percentage points in…
Constellation Brands heads into Tuesday's rescheduled print with the positioning picture notably calmer than it was ahead of last week's aborted report — but not entirely relaxed. Options defensiveness has eased from…
