Alphabet Inc.
NASDAQGOOGL enters Monday's Q3 print with the short book near a post-summer low, options flicking toward their most defensive setting in weeks, and a broad analyst consensus pointing well above the current price. Options are the one signal that has shifted since Wednesday's note. The put/call ratio climbed to 0.67 on Thursday, nearly two standard deviations above its 20-day average of…
GOOGL cost to borrow surges to 1.65%, up 339% in one week — highest spike in months as short positioning stabilizes near 1.35% of float.
Snapshot as of 19 Oct 2026
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Read on ORTEX →Sign up for premiumGOOGL enters Monday's Q3 print with the short book near a post-summer low, options flicking toward their most defensive setting in weeks, and a broad analyst consensus pointing well above the current price. Options are…
GOOGL arrives at its October 20 earnings print with the short book at a six-week low, options tilting call-heavy, and analysts lifting targets across the board, a setup that reads constructive rather than…
GOOGL enters the final three weeks before its October 28 earnings with analysts raising price targets, the short book stable near its one-month highs, and Wikipedia attention running well above normal, a setup that…
GOOGL heads into the final trading day of September down 2.9% on the week, at $340.92, with short interest rebuilt at elevated levels and options traders leaning more bullish than they have in a year. The short book…
Why this matters: Yesterday's stock report noted a dramatic 40% collapse in Alphabet's short book on September 25. The latest data shows that unwind has partially reversed. Short interest is back above 87 million…
GOOGL closed Tuesday at $351.16, up nearly 1.8% on the week but giving back just over 1% on the day — a familiar pattern for a stock that is drifting higher on analyst optimism while the market remains reluctant to…
GOOGL has clawed back ground this week, closing at $344.98 after a 2% weekly gain — but the stock slipped 1.3% on Tuesday alone, and the setup heading into October 20 earnings remains one where the market is watching…
GOOGL enters the week at $332.60 — down 2.9% over five sessions and nearly 7% over the past month — with the one genuinely new development being a sudden jump in short interest that breaks a pattern of weeks-long…
GOOGL has extended its slide to $338.46, down another 2.3% on the week and 10.4% over the past month, as the market waits on a Q3 print due October 20 — and the positioning data offers little to explain or amplify the…
GOOGL has shed 3.4% on the week and 5.9% over the past month, pulling back to $335.02, as the Street waits on an October 20 earnings date that now looms as the next real test for the story. The most notable shift since…
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