Where did those shares come from? Without evidence to the contrary one would have to say they came from someone wishing to sell his shares. If you noticed, each time some shares were sold the number remaining magically went down by the same number.
Anticipating good news they took the shares off the market. I wouldn't be surprised to see the back again.
By the way if they were shorters, why didn't they try to sell when the sp went up? Wouldn't that have been more profitable?
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