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PEPEBOConfluence · Nasdaq
PEBO shorts hit a year high as options flip to extreme bullish
Short sellers have built their largest position in Peoples Bancorp in at least a year. Short interest stands at 6.14% of free float, up 9.6% over the past week and 23.9% over the past month. Bears pile in, buyers dominate options The weekly build has been consistent. Short shares rose from roughly 1.86 million in early October to 2.15 million as of October 21. The month-long…
22 Oct 2026, 13:36·1 min read
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Biggest short-interest movers, October 21, 2026: InnovAge leads the builds, LEG Immobilien tops Europe
US Short sellers added most to InnovAge (INNV): short interest rose 2.3 points in a session to 10.4% of free float, the highest reading in at least a year. The largest cover was in Legend Biotech (LEGN), where short interest fell 2.4 points to 19.6%, while the stock lost 2.2% over the week. Across the 2180 US stocks above $1B we track, short interest rose…
22 Oct 2026, 12:51
Comcast Charges, Chips Slide, and Autos Brace for Thursday
Comcast Charges, Chips Slide, and Autos Brace for Thursday US: Comcast and the Chips Comcast landed the sharpest corporate headline of the morning. The media group said it expects a significant restructuring charge in Q4 as it redesigns its organisation. The announcement hit alongside a broader defensive tone in markets. NVDA and AMD options flow…
22 Oct 2026, 12:51
DRTSConfluence
DRTS borrow pool nearly dry as retail attention spikes 5.4 standard deviations
Three distinct signals on DRTS converged this week. The borrow market tightened sharply. Options positioning flipped in a single session. And retail attention hit its highest reading in months. Borrow availability collapses The most abrupt move is in the lending market. Availability on DRTS stood at 79.8% on October 15, meaning roughly four shares were available to borrow for…
22 Oct 2026, 12:49
Puts Pile In as Chips Slide and Iran Fears Grow
Puts Pile In as Chips Slide and Iran Fears Grow Options sentiment turned defensive on Thursday as Middle East tensions rattled markets and chip stocks faced a second wave of selling pressure. SPY futures dropped in early trade, with S&P 500 puts dominating flow. The Asian tech sell-off bled into US names, with NVDA and AMD both seeing heavy negative…
22 Oct 2026, 12:41
Big Week: Autos, Banks and Tech Report
Big Week: Autos, Banks and Tech Report Today brings a broad sweep of confirmed earnings. Swedbank reports this morning, one of the largest Nordic banks at $44.8bn market cap. Sandvik also posts today. In Europe, Schindler and Rentokil Initial are out now. Thursday sees the auto sector take centre stage. Volvo Car…
22 Oct 2026, 12:41
IBM Leads as Analysts Lift Targets
IBM Leads as Analysts Lift Targets Analysts raised their consensus target price on IBM to $252.09 from $243.09 this week. That is a $9 jump and the sharpest single-week move among the large-cap names in the latest round of changes. The stock carries a market cap of $228bn and short interest of just 2.5% of free float, giving bears little hold on the name. The upgrade in IBM…
22 Oct 2026, 12:21
Insiders Buy as Financials Rack Up Record Buybacks
Insiders Buy as Financials Rack Up Record Buybacks Open-market insider data from the vendor table covers trades filed through 8 September 2026. The SEC EDGAR first-party tables were not accessible in this session, limiting granularity on C-level names and 10b5-1 flags for US stocks. With that caveat noted, the broadest signal in the insider landscape right now comes not from individual…
22 Oct 2026, 12:12
ADMConfluence
ADM shorts retreat while options traders pile into calls
Archer-Daniels-Midland has shed 5.1% over the past week to $79.36, roughly in line with its closest peer group. Beneath the surface, short sellers are cutting positions and options traders are buying calls at some of the most aggressive levels of the past year. Short sellers step back Short interest fell 8.2% over the past month to 2.64% of free float, its lowest level in recent…
22 Oct 2026, 12:10