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Data-driven setups on US large-caps, published each trading day. Every idea is built from ORTEX's own datasets — short interest, cost-to-borrow, options positioning, analyst movement — and carries a dated catalyst plus a backtested historical edge. This page shows the opening line of each; the reasoning, evidence and backtest are an ORTEX subscriber benefit.
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Apparel Peers Are Beating Estimates — PVH Reports in 13 Days
Six apparel peers have already reported this earnings season, averaging a gain of approximately 8.2% on the day of their results, with 83% of companies in the same…
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IBM Short Sellers Exit at Speed as Options Market Leans Bullish
International Business Machines has seen its estimated short interest fall by approximately 35% over the past month, dropping from a peak above 36 million shares to roughly 21…
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KVYO Bears Retreat as Options Market Flips Hard to the Call Side
Klaviyo's short position has contracted sharply from its recent peak, with approximately 33% of peak short interest already covered and the remaining short base sitting at roughly 13%…
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BSX Bears Retreating Fast — Short Interest Down 32% in a Month
Boston Scientific Corporation has seen its short interest fall approximately 32% over the past month, dropping to roughly 1.4% of free float, while the stock has recovered nearly…
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TechnipFMC Faces $6.2B of Forced Index Buying With 39 Days to Go
TechnipFMC plc ([FTI](/s/us/fti)) sits at the centre of a mechanical buying event that has nothing to do with oil prices or quarterly earnings. ORTEX places an 80% probability…
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Peer Earnings Sweep Positive, Standard Nuclear Reports in 13 Days
Standard Nuclear, Inc. [STDN](/s/us/stdn) is approaching its Q2 2026 earnings call on August 27 against a backdrop of uniformly positive results from its GICS sector peers, where four…
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James Hardie Heads Into Earnings With a Perfect Seasonal Record — But Momentum Is Stretched
James Hardie Industries ([JHX](/s/us/jhx)) reports earnings on 18 August, and its same-quarter earnings history points to a consistent pattern: the stock has closed higher following each of the…
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Olin's Bears Are Retreating — Short Interest Down Nearly 20% in a Month
Olin Corporation's short interest has fallen approximately 19.7% over the past month, with roughly 3.4 million shares covered in the four weeks to 12 August 2026. That covering…
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CRC: Short Sellers Exit as Options Market Turns Sharply Bullish
California Resources Corporation is seeing a meaningful divergence between weakening fundamental factor ranks and strengthening near-term flow dynamics. Short interest has fallen approximately 23% in a single week…
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NMM Has Beaten Consensus 10 of 12 Quarters — Print Is Five Days Away
Navios Maritime Partners' earnings history points to a consistent pattern of positive surprises ahead of its upcoming August 18 report. The partnership has beaten consensus EPS estimates in…
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Csquare Set for Forced Buying as Russell 2000 Addition Looms
Csquare, Inc. faces an estimated $476 million of index-tracker buying equivalent to approximately 9.1 times its average daily volume as the company approaches a highly probable addition to…
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BXDC: $220M of Forced Buying Lands on a Lightly-Shorted Small-Cap
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. (BXDC) is forecast with 99% probability to be added to the Russell 2000 at its September 2026 quarterly review, an event that would…
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Costamare Enters Earnings Deeply Oversold With a Strong Beat Record
Costamare Inc. reports earnings on 13 August 2026, one trading day away, with the stock sitting at a 14-day RSI of 19 — deeply oversold territory — after…
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Amer Sports Peers Post Strong Beats — AS Reports in Six Days
Amer Sports ([AS](/s/us/as)) reports Q2 2026 results on August 19, and the read-through from its GICS peer group is constructive. Five comparable consumer apparel and accessories names have…
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LVS Bears Retreating Fast as Options Market Leans Heavily Long
Las Vegas Sands Corp. ([LVS](/s/us/lvs)) is exhibiting a notable divergence between mechanical buying pressure and deteriorating earnings momentum. Short interest has fallen sharply — down approximately 16.5% in…
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SQM Peers Signal Upside Ahead of August 19 Print
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ([SQM](/s/us/sqm)) reports earnings on August 19, and the read-through from its specialty chemicals and lithium peer group is constructive. Across 20 reported…
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AADX Faces $133M of Forced Index Buying With Almost No Short Base to Absorb It
Applied Aerospace & Defense [AADX](/s/us/aadx) is expected to join the Russell 2000 index at the September 2026 quarterly rebalance, an event that would require passive trackers to purchase…
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Twilio Faces $8bn of Forced Buying — S&P 500 Add Looms in September
Twilio Inc. sits at the centre of a mechanical demand event: ORTEX estimates an 80% probability that the stock enters the S&P 500 at the September 2026 annual…
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Aegon's Earnings History Points to a Consistent Pattern Ahead of Aug 20 Print
Aegon Ltd. has closed higher following nine of the last ten same-quarter earnings announcements, with an average across-the-print move of approximately 3.1%. With the next earnings report scheduled…
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TJX Has Beaten Consensus Every Quarter for Three Years — Print in Eight Days
The TJX Companies approaches its August 19 earnings report with a twelve-consecutive-quarter EPS beat record and a seasonal pattern showing nine positive closes in the last ten comparable-quarter…
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Each idea names a stock and a direction, and sets out why the setup is live now rather than on any other day. It carries the evidence it rests on, a dated catalyst the setup resolves around, the cross-checks that agree — and those that disagree — and a backtest of how the same setup resolved historically.
Ideas are generated from quantitative screens across the US $1bn+ universe and reviewed before publication. The opening line of each is public; the analysis is available to ORTEX subscribers.
Trading Ideas are informational and educational content, generated by AI from ORTEX data. They are not investment advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. Historical and backtested performance does not predict future results. Nothing here takes account of your objectives, financial situation, or needs — do your own research or consult a licensed adviser before acting.