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Considering that about 55% of todays selling volume was Shorting...stock held up nicely...and projects a favorable future, IMO
Good weekend, all...
Off-Exchange Short Volume 11,376,694 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 49.08 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
8-27
ya...I know...I am only talkin to myself...but...who are these guys that Short this stock...??!...and why...???
Besides paying borrowing fees...and paying a 12% dividend for most of the year...Dr. Phil asks..."How's That Workin' For Ya"...???
sorry...bad humor...
that nobody reads anyway
Tis the Season...for the Squeezin...???...U talking bout GME?
or maybe...look at-
Been in this one...for almost 2 years...Finally a turnaround...and the shorts have gone wild and overplayed their game...Take a look at all the In the Money Call options...all the way to Jan 17 25...Somebody is way out of position...and eventually...a Huge Squeeze is likely...maybe better than the Gamestop one...JMO
lumen technologies...
anyone watching?
Its been quite a ride for me....
I bought shares in the mid-$8s..and .soon after they cut the divvie...I thought it would take a couple years to be "break-even"...but
I am doing just fine now...I try to have Fun with my posts...and my trading...
I have a strong hunch we go a Lot higher...one of these months...
Ya know...'to da moon"...!!!
Yahoo is yahoo...I deal with it...
the Tuesday daily short report- 44%
Off-Exchange Short Volume 5,607,566 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 44.00 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
hey Nuke...
welll-come back...???...I have been posting HERE since 2022...
and I was just about the Only one posting HERE...until recently...
I Finally "dared" to go to Yahoo...because there actually is a Big audience of Viewers there..and I want others to "see" my perspective...if helpful...
Check out all the posts I made here-
Here's an older one-
jeffree
Re: Ecomike post# 226
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keep posting...an Interesting situation here...with LUMN for the future...
A LOT of disappointment by those with "dividend-interest" in mind...so expect sporadic selling til end of year...???..
I hope the Company starts buying back shares at Every opportunity to garnish Bargain priced shares...
If so...and there is reasonable profitability next year (2023)...I believe a Double or More in SP is quite possible...
JMO
yesterday-
46% short sells
Off-Exchange Short Volume 7,669,728 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 45.97 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Today's number should be interesting...
Also, for U new kids...check out just how many Call options contracts are currently In the Money...
More than 2X BETTER than any CD....another Dividend soon...
thanks...BBDC
The Daily Short 8/15
Off-Exchange Short Volume 7,450,432 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 44.24 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
"I see dead people"...😏
44% of volume...short sells today...
Off-Exchange Short Volume 12,579,405 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 44.34 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
"Look what they've done to my board, Ma"
..jk...
short daily report...
Off-Exchange Short Volume 10,113,336 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 46.15 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
may they Never cover
Place Ur bets...I say this Friday's closing price...$5....barring any major news...maybe not Exactly $5...but close...options guys are abusing their power...🙃...now...IF the company says anything Positive tomorrow...well...ya know what...
Lumen Technologies to Present at the TD Cowen 10th Annual Communications Infrastructure Summit
9:15 AM ET, 07/25/2024 - PR Newswire
DENVER, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) ("Lumen"), a global integrated network solutions provider that unleashes the world's digital potential, today announced that Satish Lakshmanan, Lumen's executive vice president and chief product and strategy officer, will present at the TD Cowen 10th Annual Communications Infrastructure Summit on August 13, 2024. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 5:40 p.m. ET.
A live webcast link to the investor presentation will be made available on the Lumen Investor Relations website at https://ir.lumen.com/events-and-presentations.
for those who Can handle the truth....the shorts only Win when they have Covered their positions at a lower price than when shorted...Moving the SP down without covering is just Temporary Manipulation...and only makes things worse for them later...Why would there be so Many yahoos trying to get you to sell your shares...do they really care about YOU?...nope...Not enough volume for significant covering...I am Buying...and will be buying back covered call options into the close...Keep shorting, y'all...???...watch what happens...sooner...or later...?...but Eventually...🤨"Hold the Line...love isn't always on time"...
"I can see clearly now"...
this weekend, ponder my reasoning...???
Those who attempt to make money on this stock by shorting...basically are creating shares of stock that do Not exist...and then Selling them...to others who Buy those shares...Pretty simple, right...???
Also, there are Potential buyers of this stock, who purchase Call options contracts...typically 100 shares/per contract...which when exercised, become shares Bought...Sellers of Call options...?...some are written (sold) by owners of shares...Covered Calls...but Many are Not covered, but written "naked"...Unbacked by shares..and in that case become non-existent shares created and then sold...like the others mentioned...
Friday's expiry had a large number of Call contracts exercised at $5.50 per share and Lower...
I find it important to monitor the approximate number of "non-existent" (shorted) shares for good reason...it is heavily weighted in the creation of my trading strategies...
Now..the way shorters close out their positions is by buying in the market from others who are Selling their shares...legitimate shares...or from others selling more Non-existent ones...shorters covering from other shorters..it does happen...There are only So Many legitimate shares, right...???
Well, it isn't easy to figure out the exact number...of lets call them "fake shares'...haha...but we can guesstimate...
The last report from FINRA showed 112,000,000 shrs short as of july 31...so some covering took place in late July..We get another report in 2 weeks...
The Daily Short Report shows a lot of continuing shorting..but also some days possible covering...
I looked at OI (open interest) for Call contracts that I consider "in play"...those up to the $7 strike...and even After yesterdays expiry..there are close to 140,000 open contracts...(doesn't include the Many more at $7.50 strike and higher, which Could easily come into play)...
I'm sure a certain % of in-play contracts are written as "covered calls" by share owners...I have done so myself...but a lot of them are Not covered...
So...as we all know...IF nobody Sells legitimate shares...and more New Buyers are creating positions...and exercised non-covered calls are scooping up shares..where/when/how do the shorters ever cover..?...besides buying/exercising Calls themselves and shifting their short to others..?...
And here we are...If Institutions decide to move in and buy a large number of shares...(I believe they will)...and Call owners who become new shareholders hang on to their shares...well...Ya Remember Gamestop, which had a horrible business...?...I believe we could do better...There is a "tipping point"...where just about Everybody sees the squeeze happening...We are Not there yet...We may Not get there...but we Easily Could...IF we Do, hold on to your hats..We'll be Flyin'...
just My opinion
When the Remaining shorts cover...finally...we will have to say...
"We Need a Bigger Chart"...!!!
Most recent bi-monthly report showed 112,540,000 shares short...as of July31...
Today's FINRA report- 41% of sells...and stock still went Up...
Off-Exchange Short Volume 12,222,899 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 40.89 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
see ya next week...
...jk..
"Oooooo ooo oooo ooooo...I'm missing You"...
If U R missing me...I have gone to the darkside board (Yahoo) to cause the shorts there maximum grief...
btw...check the open interest on Call contracts that are in the Money...for Today...next Friday...and the Friday after...
about 110,000 contracts..there...saved U the work...
GL
Wanna short squeeze now...and IDCC later...???
last call...
my Last post here..
GL
I may be Done trading GME...
though I had fun with it in its "heyday"...
Last Chance...to squeeze some money...???
I like squeezes...do you...???
I am Not a chartist, but look at this one...my next "squeeze"...
(in replied-to comment,,,thank me later?)
JMO
..."Dumb Money" is a fun movie to watch...Not a great film...but...
OK, especially if U traded GME back then...(I did a few small-share trades)...
"The Biggest Lumen" story is one I am deeply Involved with at this time...LOL...
now..back to biznez...
Some legitimate selling today...but NO, the Shorts have Not covered...
Off-Exchange Short Volume 25,521,808 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 35.87 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
25,521,808 shares were recognized as shorted today...about 36% of all sells...
I will HOLD all my shares for a while...I DO sell covered calls regularly...I Do sell PUT options occasionally...I DO buy back calls I have previously sold...and roll out positions...Options on LUMN used to be not So Important...but lately...WoW...!!!...That's a lot of what this day's sell-off is mainly about, IMO...
The potential for a Serious short squeeze is very present...no matter What the jackals on Yahoo say...
I await the Next POSITIVE news release of significance...THAT Should get this rocket ship fired up and launching...
All just My opinion...Make your own strategies work for you...
GL
"All in all...It's just another Brick in the Wall"....
but...There is no stopping this juggernaut...
I said August would be Volatile...of that I am correct...
now...just to be correct on the "rest of the stuff"...jaja
We Shall See
the Big Squeeze,,,coming soon...to a theatre near YOU...😃
It will be even better than The Big Short
Good morning all...just a Fun Fact....there are now about 480,000 ITM Call options contracts...hmmm...at 100 shares per contract...let me see...oh...That's 48,000,000 Shares..."lions and tigers and BEARS, oh my"...!!!...😵
...some yeahoos on Yahoo...claiming the shorts have already covered...
..NOPE...
Todays FNRA report-
Off-Exchange Short Volume 57,812,357 shares - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
Off-Exchange Short Volume Ratio 47.35 % - source: FINRA (inc. Dark Pool volume)
over 47% of sells were short...That is lower % than most days...but...
only IF long shareholders give up a LOT of their Shares, can the shorts EVER Cover...
I suppose thats what the yeahoos are trying...to get longs to part with their Valuable, and Scarce shares...
I'm getting a vision of $14/shr. for starters...and maybe $19....without having to wait years...
JMO
"I Like dreamin"
I was Very Disappointed...when I first heard Kate speak
at a conference call for Q earnings, last year...It was awful...but
Listening to her on CNBC...she Nailed It...!!!
Well-spoken, calm and Confident...
Just what I wanted to hear...
Kudos Kate...👍️
"Say say say...what you got to say"...
LUMN CEO on CNBC any minute now....
"Katie bar the door"...!!!
or rather, slam it on shortiy's fingers...??!!
150,000,000 shares effectively short now...???
we shall see in a couple weeks...
..."Time has come today...there Are things to realize"...
good timing...but Bad for shorts...Cost to borrow shares has recently almost Doubled...
https://www.iborrowdesk.com/report/LUMN
annnnnd...after the 8/16 options expiry...short interest may go Waaay Up...
I WILL be Watching...
oh, BTW...the first shares of LUMEN I purchased were $8.76 I think...
"It may sound funny, but he took all my money...and I come to get my money back" (Jim Croce)
"You may be right...I may be crazy...But it just might be a lunatic you're lookin for"...
From MY observation point...I actually think "The Biggest Lumen"...may be a Bigger story than Gamestop was....
There are several groups of shorts...and they can play "hot potato" with their positions...but there is NO Escaping some severe losses...but who will get hit the hardest...???
An options trade went thru earlier today for 89,000 call contracts at the $6 strike...
Who sold them...???...well...they just may be in deep doo-doo..along with the hedgie shorts...and individual gamers...
The ONLY Play, as I see it, is to keep shorting...and keep shorting...cause any Serious covering will Spike the share price so quickly...
BTW...I played the GME game several times a few years ago...pretty exciting...but I like THIS ONE even better..
GL
3 Huge Factors...IMO
A HUGE Short Interest...that may actually have been Increasing lately...
A HUGE Quantity of CALL Options that are In the Money...major increases lately...
A HUGE amount of New Buying...maybe Institutions, hedgies and individuals increasing positions...
also...the Cost of borrowing shares has gone up...Not Good for shorts...
Personally, I WANT SI to go higher...
I have some more Work to do...before the Big Squeeze starts...
lol
...jk...
hmmm...400,000,000+ Volume today...???...really?!
...NEW Money comin' in..???
Institutions can now "legally" buy back in...???
ExSqueeze me...I have to make some adjustments to some Options positions...
jaja
Yesterday....all my troubles seemed so far away....
from FNRA Daily short #s
20240806|LUMN|75619229|8093376|134660689|B,Q,N
Looks like about 58% of selling was still the shorts...???
The ONLY way they will cover...?...is when they get margin calls...???
at $20...??
$30...??/
$40...???
Who knows...but I think its HODL time..."FIBRE HANDS, y'all"...!!!
haha
JMO
Always wanted to see IDCC do a "squeeze"...still want to see one....
If not Here...well, then where...???
I think I am seeing one...(only sharing with "old friendlies"...)...😃
Click the link to post I am replying to...if you wish to see a squeeze...
...jk...
GME...diamond hands...???...or
what about "fiber hands"...?
Anybody check out the link for the chart..posted a while back...???
If not, check again...the "squeeze potential" still exists-
but be Careful out there..😏
WoW, huh?
my only advice....."It's your thing...Do whatcha wanna do....
I can't tell you who to sock it to"...
I checked out the Yahoo Finance comments on LUMN discussions...
"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...Here I am, stuck in the middle with you"...😁
I have my Personal Strategy in place...I will be watching Very Closely the trading...especially the options...
GL to all the
LONGS...
so far...so FAR...!!!
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LUMN/chart/#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-
🙂
.."It's a Beautiful Morning...think I'll go outside for a while...and just Smile....
...Breath in some clean fresh air"....
(song for this morning)
🙂
"Short people got no reason"....
They may SAY that they have covered..but I say nay...
FNRA also says today's Shorts accounted for about 63% of volume...
so who am I gonna believe...??
ME of course...
"Learning to love yourself...it is the greatest love of all"...(thanks Whitney) 😇
"Its all right...all right girl...You're hurtin me...but its all right"...😄...
Tomorrows anutha day...
When will we see a day's volume of 200,000,000+...???
Maybe tomorrow...???
Wednesday...???
Gettin pretty exciting...right...???
Don't Stop Believin...we're on an incredible Journey...
"Lovin, touchin, SQUEEZIN"....
na na na na na na ...na na na na na...na na na na na..... na na na na na na ...!!! 😁
I shorted SPY a few years ago...ya know that year when it made 57 all-time record highs...???...sheesh...and I Don't short...actually often despise them...
Well it took almost a full year until my "strategy" finally worked...and i made a few bucks...
I played GME back then, on the long side...but only with a small investment...Being in on a Short SQUEEZE is a lot more fun, ya think...???
I have a small position currently short SPY, just as a hedge using SH...which is usually crap...but wth...
What IS fun is...the one company in the early phases of a potentially Huge squeeze...
wanna know which one?
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Check out a 3-month chart..
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LUMN
U R welcome.🙂
Some of you do...some do Not...deserve this...
I played GME a couple years ago...for relatively Small profits...
For those deserving...and still willing to take a risk...
Check out the chart in the post replied to...
"Don't stop Believin"
JMO