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Shift4 Payments is caught in a rare crossfire. Short interest sits at 24.9% of free float. Borrow availability has all but vanished. Yet options traders are piling into calls at the most aggressive pace in over a…
Why this matters: RBC Bearings has climbed 16% in a month. Now three distinct data streams are flashing at once — short sellers are building positions, options traders are hedging, and insiders have been selling into…
Three data streams on XLE just flipped in the same direction. Short sellers are covering. Options traders are turning bullish. The borrow market is loosening. That is a notable shift from the accumulation trend…
Options traders have spent four consecutive sessions building put protection on KEYS. The put-call ratio has climbed from 0.75 to 0.97 since June 22 — now 2.1 standard deviations above its 20-day mean and at its…
Options traders have turned sharply defensive on CMG. The put-call ratio hit 1.296 on June 25 — just shy of the 52-week high of 1.302 set the day before. That reading sits 2.2 standard deviations above the 20-day mean…
Put buyers are circling VLO just as short sellers make their boldest move in months. The put-call ratio hit 0.79 on June 25 — 2.0 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.70. At the same time, short interest…
Three distinct signals have converged on PCG in a single session. The borrow market tightened sharply overnight, short interest jumped 25% in one day, and options traders are piling into calls at near-record pace. Cost…
Why this matters: Three distinct signals have converged on OTIS this week. Options traders loaded up on downside protection. Short sellers added positions at the fastest one-day pace in recent history. Yet the borrow…
Why this matters: Since June 9, SOXQ has seen short interest climb nearly 300% in a month. This week brought another lurch higher — up 55% in seven days to 12.94% of float. The borrow market is tightening fast. Options…
Tech megacaps are under pressure today. Analyst Dan Ives flagged that META and MSFT are being "treated like bear market stocks." The warning adds to a broader unease in large-cap tech. GOOGL, AMZN, and MU are all…
ON Semiconductor grabbed the most analyst attention today. Two firms raised their price targets in quick succession. Evercore ISI lifted its target to $137 from $121. Needham followed, moving from $110 to $130. Both…
Insider filings this week show a wave of selling at major US names — with one notable exception. ASTS founder and CEO Abel Avellan filed on June 23, disclosing he sold 2.5 million shares on June 22 for $146.7 million…
Wolfspeed is the most shorted mid-cap in the US right now. Short interest hit 117% of free float — and availability has fallen to zero. Borrowing costs stand at 9.2% APR. Bears have added a further 16.5 percentage…
The last trading day of June brings major earnings into focus. NKE reports Q4 2026 results after the bell today. Options activity on the June 26 expiry chain is intense. Traders are betting on a big move. STZ also…
NKE dominates options desks today as the sneaker giant reports Q4 earnings after the close. Options expiring June 26 are the most active chain. Short interest sits at 4.1% of free float — modest but up from 3.8% two…
Three major US consumer brands headline a busy earnings week. NKE, STZ, and GIS all report Monday, June 30. Nike is the marquee name. The sportswear giant releases Q4 2026 results after the bell. Short interest sits at…
Barclays upgraded both United Airlines and Southwest Airlines to Buy on Friday. The bank lifted its United target sharply to $175 from $150. Southwest got a new target of $65, up from $56. Analyst Brandon Oglenski…
Fresh filings this week reveal a wave of insider selling across US markets. The biggest headline: ASTS founder and CEO Abel Avellan filed on June 23, disclosing a $146.7 million sale. He dumped 2.5 million shares at…
WOLF tops the short interest charts this week. SI hit a staggering 117% of free float — up 16.5 percentage points in seven days. Availability is zero. That means there are no shares left to borrow, and the cost to…
The Procure Space ETF UFO has seen a dramatic reversal in short positioning over the past month. Short interest has collapsed 71% since late May. Options traders are now the most bullish they have been in weeks. SI hit…
