AFL reports Q3 results today with options traders tilting more defensive than usual, even as short sellers have spent the past month unwinding positions at an unusually rapid pace. The clearest pre-earnings signal comes from options. The put/call ratio closed at 0.6554 on Tuesday, well above its 20-day average of 0.55 and roughly 1.3 standard deviations elevated. That is not extreme…
AFL cost to borrow surges to 0.28% — up 804% over one week, though remaining low in absolute terms.
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AFL enters its August 6 earnings print riding an 8.7% one-month rally to $127.48 — a stock that has run well past where most of Wall Street is comfortable. The borrow market confirms this is no battleground:…
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