Long on AVXL since 2011. Loaded up on AVXL in early spring 2015.
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brichnyc, your 100k shares getting borrowed is not a good indicator of massive shorting. Only the interest rate is a good indicator.
The interest rate a short-seller pays is higher than the interest rate lenders get paid. For example, Interactive Brokers pays their clients 1/2 of the interest IB charges to short-sellers. E.g. If a short pays IB 8%, you get 4%.
In the two Short and Distort attacks orchestrated against AVXL in the past, the interest rates soared within a few days to well over 100%. A Short & Distort attack is a crime in which investors heavily short a stock and rely on co-conspirators in the media to attack the stock to drive the PPS down after their short positions are in place.
One example, as well as I can recall, is when AVXL was shorted extremely heavily on a Thursday & Friday before Avavex was due to release data at a conference on Saturday. The data was all positive, and very positive. Yet when Anavex issued a press release on Monday morning, within seconds, a media person released a long, baseless, extremely negative article attacking Anavex's results. He had absolutely nothing good to say about the drug, the stock, or the company. There were other negative tweets and articles that were equally baseless, and simultaneously there was a lot of high-frequency trading, the combination of which made the PPS crash. After the crash, the interest rate on borrowing shares of AVXL slowly trended back down to more normal levels.
As of this morning, IB's Stock Loan Borrow (SLB) rate for AVXL has been below 10% for over a year. That is a strong indicator that there is no massive shorting in preparation for another Short & Distort attack.
If I ever notice the SLB rate soaring for AVXL, especially prior to a data presenation, I will post the information on this board.
Edit to add: If your stock is borrowed on one day and returned two days later, that does not mean the same investor was borrowing it on both days. The broker managing the loan could have one shorting client borrow it on day 1 and a different shorting client borrowing it on day 2. Also, the managing broker could be dividing it between any number of shorting investors.
One last edit to add: For anyone with an account at Interactive Brokers, you have a switch you can use to turn lending on or off. It's all your stocks or none, you can't switch it on and off for individual stocks.
The low interest rate for shorting is a combination of plenty of shares available to be lent, and low demand to borrow those shares to short, which means the current shorts are having no impact other than trollish posts on investor boards.
AVXL's SLB rate is still low and flat
For anyone interested, the Interactive Brokers' Stock Loan Borrow (SLB) rate for AVXL has been low and steady for a long time, and today's volume and price increase didn't change it. It is below 10%, which is insignificantly low, and a very strong indicator that there is no large-scale shorting of AVXL.
I agree "our great science," along with great company management, will determine the long-term outcome of the stock.
And I'm glad you're aware that "may" necessarily implies "may not."
However, I think it is obvious that our great science did not cause yesterday's dramatic increases in price per share or volume. Something did cause it, and although I'm an investor, not a trader, I know that there are traders on this board, and I thought some of them might be interested in what I noticed.
Our science and management will determine the long-term outcome of AVXL, but traders are a major factor in controlling day-to-day variations in AVXL, and they usually rely on technical analysis.
I will here speculate that one or more AI trading algorithms may have leveraged a non-traditional Golden Cross, based on what I perceive as an improbability that human traders would track or care about technical analysis this far outside the mainstream.
Non-traditional Golden Cross yesterday, 30-minute periods
I can't help but wonder if yesterday's dramatic rise in price per share and volume was related to a non-traditional Golden Cross.
"The golden cross is a candlestick pattern that is a bullish signal in which a relatively short-term moving average crosses above a long-term moving average. The golden cross is a bullish breakout pattern formed from a crossover involving a security's short-term moving average... breaking above its long-term moving average..."
The most common calculation of a Golden Cross is with a 50-day short term moving average and 200-day long-term moving average. That happened on 3 April 2019 for AVXL, with no significant market reaction.
However, looking at 30-minute periods, AVXL's 50-half-hour moving average came up to meet the 200-half-hour moving average on Monday afternoon, and they stayed roughly equal for all of Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Then with a little rise in PPS on Wednesday morning, they parted, with the 200 period MA rising above the 50 period MA. That's exactly when the large volume and PPS began to spike up.
Excerpt from today's presentation, page 14 (emphasis added):
"AD patients with wild-type SIGMAR1 gene were found to have improved benefit from ANAVEX®2-73
"AD patients with a variant of the SIGMAR1 gene (rs1800866), were found to have a limited benefit from ANAVEX®2-73
"Majority of AD population, about 80% has no variant SIGMAR1 gene, hence the majority of patients is expected to benefit from ANAVEX®2-73"
AVXL Golden Cross ETA ~1 month if trend continues...
The 50 & 200 day SMA gap had been slowly narrowing for months, with both declining, but the higher 200-day SMA declining slightly more rapidly, on average.
The 200-day SMA has been almost flat since about 1June, but the 50-day SMA began to increase about 1June, and the major activity of 4June has magnified the increase.
If the 2 paths continue on the trend since 1June, they should form a Golden Cross in about a month.
SLB chart, updated EOD 11Jan2018, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that.
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 4Jan2018, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that.
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 27Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that.
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 26Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that.
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOW 22Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 21Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
This chart dates back to the NASDAQ uplisting.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 20Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 19Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 18Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOW 15Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 14Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 13Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 12Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 11Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOW 8Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 7Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 6Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 5Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 4Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOW 1Dec2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 30Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 29Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 28Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 27Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 24Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 22Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 21Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
[Thanks to those who wrote that they appreciate these posts. I assume the critics have either not experienced a Short & Distort attack or they would like to perpetrate one without their potential victims being warned ahead of time. Happy Thanksgiving to all!]
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 20Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 17Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 16Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 15Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.
SLB chart, updated EOD 14Nov2017, no significant change in SLB rate from last post.
The purpose of this chart is to try to warn against another criminal Short & Distort attack, if one occurs.
It is of equal value by showing that such an attack IS or IS NOT forming.
(The golden and death crosses have no direct relationship to the SLB rate and are included for my own curiosity.)
If I forget to post an update, note the volume traded since my last update. SLB cannot change dramatically without large trading volume.
SLB stands for Stock Loan Borrow, and is a fee rate that indicates current demand for shorting vs the known available supply.
This SLB fee rate data is from Interactive Brokers, the most comprehensive source available.
Every share legally sold short must be backed by a borrowed share, and the account that is shorting pays interest on the borrowed share.
This fee rate is annualized, and applies every day including non-trading days, until a share is bought-to-close the short share.
The higher the fee rate, the greater the demand for shorting; The lower the fee rate, the lower the demand for shorting.
As long as the SLB fee rate does not go over 125% in a short period of time, a Short & Distort attack is probably not imminent, although normal shorting should be expected whenever a consensus forms that a peak in price-per-share has been reached.
SLB has no ability to predict price manipulation by high-freqency trading (HFT) or similar techniques.
For weeks dating back to NASDAQ uplisting, see copies of this chart posted in May2017.
The last candlestick is only for the part of the week that has transpired so far.
Green candle = closing price higher than open; Red candle = closing price lower than open.
The Golden Cross and Death Cross use the most common formula which uses 200 & 50-day simple moving averages.
Option volume and options Open Interest is included. Buying long Puts or selling short Calls can act as a substitute for short-selling.
The top of this SLB graph is actually clipped, the top line is about 120%, and twice it went way above that (once in this chart).
The bottom of this SLB graph is about 10%.