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A contradictory set of lending signals is emerging on IYH, the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF. Short positions unwound sharply on August 7. But the borrow market tells a different story. Short interest fell 18.5% in a…
GRPN fell 8.3% on its Q2 print. The stock is down 9.2% on the week. But the short base that defined the entire summer run has not moved. The structural problem for bears is identical to what it was before the earnings…
SOXL has staged a sharp reversal. The 3x semiconductor ETF is up 15% on the week. Yet options traders are the most bearish they have been all year. That tension is the story right now. A week ago, short interest sat…
Options positioning on NBIX has flipped sharply since earnings. The put-call ratio hit 1.00 on August 6 — the highest in three months and a z-score of 3.3 standard deviations above the 20-day mean of 0.85. That is a…
T1 Energy reported this morning with its lending market at the most extreme readings in its history. Three separate signals converged this week — short interest, borrow availability, and cost to borrow — all pointing…
Options traders are piling into calls on ASPI. At the same time, the stock's lending market is under serious strain. Both signals are pointing in the same direction — with August 14 earnings just eight days away. The…
Dynatrace has moved fast since its August 5 print. The stock is up 11.3% in a single day and 15.9% over the past week. Now three distinct data streams are aligning in the same direction. The post-earnings analyst…
TASK reports earnings tonight. Short sellers have spent the past two weeks building aggressive positions — and now the borrow market is nearly locked shut. Short interest has surged 40% in a single week to 10.5% of…
SNAP surged 14.9% on August 4 and 21.4% on the week. Ten analyst firms updated their targets the same day. None upgraded the stock. The analyst response after earnings was uniform in direction — and cautious in tone.…
Ten analyst firms slashed targets on SRAD in 48 hours. Options traders promptly ignored them. That split is the defining tension in Sportradar right now. The wall of target cuts tells one story. A put-call ratio at its…
The lending market for BBDO has flipped completely in three weeks. Availability has collapsed from effectively unlimited to just 33% — and every share in the pool is now lent out. That is a dramatic reversal. As…
Options traders turned more bearish on INGM this week. That's happening just as short sellers quietly step back and the borrow market floods with supply. The put-call ratio hit 0.0245 on August 3. That's 2.7 standard…
Options traders are turning bullish on TQQQ at the same time short sellers face a tightening borrow market. The put-call ratio has hit its lowest point in 20 days. Meanwhile, availability in the lending pool keeps…
Three signals are now moving in the same direction on VERX. Short sellers are covering, borrow costs have collapsed, and yet options traders just printed the most defensive read in months. The data points don't fully…
TLRY is flashing a rare split signal. The lending market is near its tightest point on record — yet options traders are flooding into calls, not puts. Availability has fallen to just 3.5% — meaning roughly one share…
Arista Networks reports after the close today. The data going in tells one clear story: bulls are in control. Six firms raised price targets on ANET in July alone. Needham lifted its target to $200 on July 22. Wells…
HealthStream reported earnings on August 4. Ahead of the print, short sellers made their most aggressive move in months. The convergence of rising shorts, elevated put demand, and a cost-to-borrow spike tells a…
Options positioning and short interest are moving in the same direction on CRDO. The put-call ratio hit 0.92 on July 31 — 2.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean. Short interest climbed 15.3% in a single week.…
Post-earnings, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners shows a rare alignment: analysts raising targets, options markets staying decisively call-heavy, and a borrow market so loose it barely registers. Two firms lifted…
Options traders are leaning bullish on Agilent Technologies as the stock builds toward its August 20 earnings date. Three distinct signals are now pointing in the same direction. Why this matters: The put-call ratio…
