Meta Platforms, Inc.
NASDAQMeta Platforms adds 9.3% on the week to $670.24, but the most interesting signal right now is not the rally — it is the sudden uptick in options defensiveness against a backdrop of historically thin short conviction. The options market flagged something different on Tuesday. The put/call ratio jumped to 0.477, almost exactly two standard deviations above its 20-day average of…
META cost to borrow surges to 0.56% — up 182% in one week as short sellers face rising lending costs.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumMeta Platforms adds 9.3% on the week to $670.24, but the most interesting signal right now is not the rally — it is the sudden uptick in options defensiveness against a backdrop of historically thin short…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
Meta Platforms has added another 1.5% this week to close at $578.54 — a quiet grind higher that extends the recovery from the August trough but leaves the stock still trading at a 23% discount to the Street's mean…
Meta Platforms has clawed back $26 in two sessions, closing Tuesday at $570.05 — a 4.9% weekly gain that takes the edge off the worst of the trial-driven selloff, but leaves the stock still 32% below the Street's mean…
Meta Platforms has dropped another leg lower — the recovery narrative that looked possible at $599 last week is gone, with the stock now at $543.67 after a 9.3% weekly decline and 4.4% fall on Tuesday alone. The shift…
Meta Platforms has pushed to $599 — up 1.9% on the week — and the most striking development is not the price but what options traders are doing while it climbs. Call demand has hit an unusual extreme. The put/call…
Meta Platforms has clawed back to $587.94 this week — a meaningful but incomplete recovery from the post-Q3 low near $539 — and the central question now is whether the Street's unshaken conviction can pull the stock…
Meta Platforms exits its Q3 earnings call at $593 — down 8% on the week — leaving investors to reconcile a Street still firmly in the bull camp with a stock that has now shed roughly $75 from its pre-Q2 high in six…
Meta Platforms enters its July 29 Q3 earnings preview in a materially different position than it held just a week ago: the stock has fallen roughly 8% in a single session following the Q2 report on July 22, closing…
Meta Platforms enters its Q2 earnings release tonight with analysts moving targets higher on the day of the print — a rare show of conviction that sets a demanding bar for the result. The analyst moves are the defining…
Meta Platforms heads into Wednesday's Q2 print having given back some of the ground it covered during last week's sharp recovery. The stock closed Thursday at $646, down roughly 3.5% on the week after touching $669…
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