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Duke Energy Corporation

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Duke Energy options traders have turned the most defensively positioned they have been all year. The put/call ratio of 0.70 is not only a 52-week high but sits 3.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.61, a level that points to a meaningful shift in sentiment as November 5 earnings approach. The PCR move is sharp and recent. As of October…

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$121.47+2.18% 1d+4.13% 1w+3.14% 1mClose: 16 Oct 2026
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ConfluenceDUK

DUK Options Positioning Hits 52-Week High Ahead of Earnings

Duke Energy options traders have turned the most defensively positioned they have been all year. The put/call ratio of 0.70 is not only a 52-week high but sits 3.2 standard deviations above its 20-day mean of 0.61, a…

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Trader NoteDUK

Duke Energy Shorts Build as Analysts Cut Targets

Duke Energy heads into its November 5 earnings with an unusual combination: short positions building at their fastest monthly pace in months, while a broad wave of analyst target cuts leaves the stock trading well…

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Earnings PreviewDUK

Duke Energy Bulls Stay Calm as Q2 Hits Tomorrow

Duke Energy reports Q2 results Thursday morning with options traders leaning more bullish than at any point in the past year — even as the stock has softened heading into the print. The clearest signal heading in is…

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Earnings PreviewDUK

Duke Energy: Shorts Rebuild as Analysts Diverge Ahead of Q2

Duke Energy heads into its August 4 Q2 print with a notable reversal in short positioning since the last preview — and a less tidy analyst picture than it appeared ten days ago. The most important development since the…

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Trader NoteDUK

Duke Energy Heads Into Q2 Print With Shorts Retreating

Duke Energy heads into its August 4 Q2 earnings with short sellers unwinding positions and the Street broadly constructive, but dividend growth concerns keeping a ceiling on enthusiasm. The most notable move in the…

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Trader NoteDUK

DUK slips as analysts trim targets and options hedge up

Duke Energy heads into early June with its stock down 6% over the past month and the Street quietly downgrading its near-term outlook — a tension between resilient fundamentals and a valuation reset that hasn't fully…

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Trader NoteDUK

JP Morgan cuts Duke as CEO sells and shorts rebuild

Duke Energy enters the week caught between two uncomfortable signals: the CEO just made his largest open-market sale of the year, and JP Morgan cut its price target the same day, citing a postponed North Carolina…

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