MaxLinear, Inc.
NASDAQMaxLinear enters the final week of August with a sharp internal contradiction: the stock bounced 5.7% on Tuesday after falling 8.6% over the prior week, yet the founder and CEO just sold more than $21 million of stock near the highs — and options traders are the most defensively positioned they've been in months. The most striking signal this week is the options market. The put/call…
MXL cost to borrow surges 211% in one week to 0.52%, rising from 0.16% on July 17 amid post-earnings volatility.
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumMaxLinear enters the final week of August with a sharp internal contradiction: the stock bounced 5.7% on Tuesday after falling 8.6% over the prior week, yet the founder and CEO just sold more than $21 million of stock…
Snapshot as of 20 Sept 2026
MXL enters the new week riding a 23% five-day rally to $72.72, yet short interest has barely flinched — and the stock remains more than 20% below where it traded a month ago. The most telling tension this week is the…
MaxLinear reports Q2 results tonight having staged a sharp recovery from last week's lows — and the options market has shifted decisively in the bulls' favour, even as the short base remains stubbornly intact. The most…
MaxLinear arrives at Tuesday's Q2 print having shed 16% in a week, with short sellers having rebuilt their position aggressively — yet the options market is telling a notably different story. The stock closed Monday at…
MaxLinear closes the week at $92.59, up nearly 8% in five sessions, with Q2 earnings seven days away and a short base that rebuilt sharply last week now holding flat — the key question is whether the bulls' confidence…
MaxLinear heads into its July 22 earnings report carrying one of the most dramatic weekly setups in the semiconductor space: a 32% gain over five sessions, immediately followed by a 12% single-day reversal on July 1,…
MaxLinear heads into the first week of June having shed 7.7% over the past five sessions, a notable pullback after a violent post-earnings re-rating that took the stock from the low $40s to nearly $110 in a matter of…
MaxLinear enters the final days of May with a new and sharper tension: the analyst community has begun aggressively ratcheting targets higher, yet the stock at $96 has already blown past nearly every number being…
MaxLinear is a stock where the data is now telling two clearly different stories: the options market remains aggressively bullish, while the analyst community is still catching up to a price that has left every…
MaxLinear enters this week with one of the more striking short-covering stories in the semiconductor space — a stock that has more than tripled in a month, with short sellers retreating rapidly and options traders…
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