Short sellers are getting squeezed, and you can see it.

These investors have been caught offside, and they're being forced to liquidate their short positions.

They're suffering right now, and that's precisely when we want to come in with the Freshly Squeezed strategy.

Here's our latest Freshly Squeezed table: 

As you can see, Hims & Hers Health $HIMS, Sezzle $SEZL, and Porch Group $PRCH are at the top of the scan. 

Over the last 10 trading sessions, they've rallied 85%, 81.6%, and 74.5%, respectively.

We also have tables sorted by short interest and days-to-cover.

Now, let's talk about today's setup and why we think the short sellers are about to get their faces ripped off.

First, here's some context 👇

Sezzle $SEZL is an emerging "buy now, pay later" platform based in...

Today's number is... 2025

In 2025, we’re in historic territory for bearish sentiment.

We’ve now seen 14 consecutive weeks where AAII Bears have outnumbered AAII Bulls. 

And it gets even more extreme with the AAII Bears, which have stayed above 50% for 11 straight weeks.

Here’s the chart:

 Let's break down what the chart shows:

• The red line in the top panel shows the number of consecutive weeks where AAII Bears > AAII Bulls.
• The red line in the bottom panel tracks the number of consecutive weeks where AAII Bears have remained above 50%.

The Takeaway: This is a prolonged period of pessimism that deserves attention. We have seen 14 consecutive weeks during which the AAII Bears have outnumbered the AAII Bulls, marking the 5th longest stretch of bearish sentiment on record. 

The extreme data does not stop there; we have also seen that for the past 11 straight weeks, the percentage of AAII Bears has exceeded 50%. This level of bearish sentiment has never persisted for this length of time before.

When...

Every weekend, I dive into our insider activity tracker looking for the most interesting and bullish buys — and let me tell you, this week stood out with a rare mix of high-conviction buys.

Let’s break it down:

The most important insider buy this week came from Organon & Co $OGN.

Both the CEO and CFO stepped in together, scooping up nearly $400K worth of stock. 

You don’t often see that kind of coordinated action from the top two execs — and when you do, it usually means they’re expecting significant upside, and soon. 

Next, we’ve got MiMedx Group $MDGX, where the CEO Joseph H. Capper bought over $1.2 million worth. 

That’s a strong show of confidence in a biotech name that’s been flying under the radar.

Hillman Solutions $HLMN also saw some bullish buying — their CFO & Treasurer reported nearly...

I’m always thinking about where the next big winners will come from.

Who will be the secular leaders of tomorrow?

What will be the next mega trend?

Who has the scale and the reach to dominate an industry?

What are the big ecosystem plays of the future?

But, I’m not only thinking about the fundamentals. It has to be confirmed by the technicals.

I love a good growth story as much as anyone, but I’m not going to fly blind with it.

One thing I know about stocks like the Magnificent Seven is they didn’t get to their size by accident.

The best stocks consistently outperform the overall market. That's what makes them the best!

So, I’ve learned to look out for this kind of thing. I never want to miss these trends.

The...

Last week was packed with earnings events.

We heard from some of the biggest names in the market - including several Magnificent 7 giants, the world’s largest financial company (Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A / $BRK.B), and plenty more.

There were some sweet earnings reactions. 

And some pretty terrible ones, too...

Here's what we talked about last week:

• Monday:
  • Amazon.com $AMZN reported a double beat, but was punished for it. This was the 4th consecutive quarter of the market not rewarding the stock for its earnings report.
  • Apple $AAPL was also punished for reporting a double beat. The stock has experienced negative earnings reactions in 6 of the last 8 quarters.
• Tuesday:
  • Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A / $BRK.B reported a double miss and fell over 5%. This was the stock's worst earnings reaction since 2011.
  • Zimmer Biomet $ZBH reported a double beat,...

This is the weekly post that aggregates all the charts we put together throughout the week and organizes them all into one, easy to flip through deck.

More and more risk-on areas of the market are perking up with every passing day.

We’ve watched risk-appetite steal the show overseas in recent weeks, and now we’re seeing it stateside in US markets.

Small caps have outperformed off the April lows.

Speculative growth and ARK stocks have outperformed off the April lows.

Tech has led. Discretionary has led. Growth has led. High beta has led. 

All of this leadership boils down to the same thing.

Investors are embracing risk at an increasing rate. They want more exposure to the riskiest stocks and assets around the world, not less.

We just talked about this at our live event yesterday. We’re listening to the market and getting more aggressive on the long side.

When we last checked in, Crude Oil futures were falling apart as they sliced through significant levels of support like butter. 

The breakdown wasn’t subtle. It was decisive and came alongside broad weakness in the entire commodity complex.

Now, the carnage is spreading.

This week, it’s not just energy commodities that are under pressure...

It’s also the stocks tied to them.

This ratio ($RSPG / $RSP) has been treading water in a sideways range for over two years. 

It has bounced from the same support level multiple times, but that level is now under serious threat. 

We’ve got a massive topping pattern on our hands. It's rounded, heavy, and on the verge of a confirmed breakdown.

One more leg lower, and Energy’s former leadership story gets completely erased.

But that’s just the beginning…

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our International Hall of Famers list is composed of the 100 largest US-listed international stocks, or ADRs.

We've also sprinkled in some of the largest ADRs from countries that did not make the market cap cut. 

These stocks range from some well-known mega-cap multinationals such as Toyota Motor and Royal Dutch Shell to some large-cap global disruptors such as Sea Ltd and Shopify.

It's got all the big names and more–but only those that are based outside the US. You can find all the largest US stocks on our original Hall of Famers list.

The beauty of these scans is really in their simplicity.

We take the largest names each week and then apply technical filters in a way that the strongest stocks with the most momentum rise to the top.

Based on the market environment, we can also flip the scan on its head and filter for weakness.

Let's dive in and take a look at some of the most important...

Stretch your legs and call this THE RE-AWAKENING TRADE. Implied volatility is through the floor in today's name, as traders have been bored to sleep on this former high-flier, making long-term calls cheap and a great potential reward-to-risk. 

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in IBB.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. No exits since the last report.
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

Every day, we sift through the filings to spot where the real conviction lies — cutting through the noise to highlight the most meaningful insider moves.

Here's what stood out today:

📌 KKR $KKR – Director Robert Scully bought 13,250 shares, equivalent to $1.5 million.

This is the largest Form 4 of the day and a notable show of conviction.

📌 Caterpillar $CAT – Director David MacLennan disclosed a $120,000 buy, putting fresh skin in the game at this industrial bellwether.

CAT often acts as a leading indicator for the broader economy — and insider interest here could be telling.

Here’s The Hot Corner, with data from May 8, 2025:

Click the table to enlarge it.

📌 Solaris Energy Infrastructure $SEI – Millennium Management just...

Occidental Petroleum $OXY didn’t blow the doors off this quarter.

Results were mixed, with some revenue softness and a slight beat on EPS, but you wouldn’t know it from the tape.

Shares exploded higher, logging their best earnings-day reaction since 2011.

This kind of move stands out in a market that’s been punishing mixed results like this. 

It tells us one thing: positioning mattered more than the print. 

Investors were underweight, sentiment was washed out, and any whiff of stability sparked a violent unwind.

Energy’s been forgotten for months. But this might be the first sign that the tide is turning.

When a stock rips like this off mediocre numbers, it's not about what just happened...

It’s about what the market is starting to price in.

So what else did we learn from yesterday's earnings reactions? Let’s dive into the details.

*Click the image to enlarge it

Corteva $CTVA had the best reaction score...

Spec‑growth is alive and well, as more and more offensive names are taking center stage for the current rally.

We continue to find bullish themes in specific industry groups from cyber, to quantum computing, and space & exploration. 

Investors are reaching out on the risk spectrum, and we’re ready to ride these trends with them.

Nothing screams “risk-on” louder than small‑modular nukes feeding AI’s power appetite. 

I’ve been referring to this basket of stocks as the “new nuclears,” but they actually have some really cool science, not to mention- a secular trend, behind them.

Let’s dive in.

At the Index level, the Nuclear Energy ETF $NLR is shaping up and threatening to break out of a monster base. 

We’re here to make money.

That means we naturally focus on the strongest areas of the market. But there’s also valuable information—and opportunity—in watching the weakest.

When even the worst-performing groups can’t hold their breakdowns, it tells us market conditions might not be so bad after all.

Take the NexGen Economy ETF ($BLCN), for example.

It’s off to a rough start this year, down 22% YTD.

But here’s the kicker: it failed to hold its latest breakdown.

So what does it say when even the weakest thematic ETFs can’t break down?

Maybe the bears are losing their grip.

Take a moment to study this post ... https://bartscharts.com/2020/09/01/parabolic-moves/  there is a LOT going on but, basically, using geometry that we learned in Elementary/Middle school you will see the EXACT top on MO after a parabolic run.  Now, after this amazing run, we have a 'near perfect' SELL pattern.  It's ALL about balance, form and proportion.  How do you balance an emotionally fueled parabolic rally?  A corresponding THUMP that neutralizes the positive bullish mania. It HAS to be that way folks ... yin/yang, day/night, male/female, etc. etc.  It does and will balance!  For now, after the parabolic move higher and then the corresponding thump to balance the emotions we are now staring at a 'near' perfect SELL PATTERN.  Got to take this one folks ...Bart

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Everyone knows the Magnificent Seven — the giants that led the last few cycles and sit atop the market cap leaderboard.

They were the best investments of their time. 

One could easily argue they are the best stocks  of all time. 

But a new wave of leadership is emerging.

A fresh generation of growth companies are stepping up, poised to become the next global dominators.

These aren’t moonshot growth plays — they’re real businesses with solid revenue, scale, and strong momentum.

Call them the Successors, the Junior Mag 7 — whatever name sticks.

What matters is they have all the ingredients to lead...

I somehow found myself in Bangkok presenting to a room full of traders for a CMT event a few years ago.

I remember thinking how much I wanted them to like me…

And worrying that they wouldn’t because I had nothing positive to say about their local markets.

The charts were just so bad. There was no way around it.

The Thai Baht and the SET Index had just completed fresh tops. These trends were undeniably lower.

And this was really the case for all the Southeast Asian countries we visited.

Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam were in the middle of some nasty downtrends too.

I wish I had better news for everyone, but instead it felt like I was going from city to city announcing bear markets all over Asia.

I’ll never forget it. I literally felt bad. The people I met out there were trading these markets....