Good explanation per the retail side, but isn't there more?
Anyway back to the orig question.
FINRA's official definition of Daily Short Volume: Aggregate reported share volume of executed short sale trades during regular trading hours.
FINRA rep: "The amount of shares at the end of the day's tape are the result of shares shorted after any kind of covering that could have transpired for that day. Those are bottom line numbers for the day."
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