Short up date % Looks like something or some entity is hard at work suppressing and controlling the pressure!
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Aggregate Short Volume Data Reported to FINRA
Date Short Volume Total Volume Short Percent
04-24-2018 80,544 149,751 53.79%
04-23-2018 71,880 147,324 48.79%
04-20-2018 188,049 313,207 60.04%
04-19-2018 170,229 214,130 79.5%
04-18-2018 44,377 117,033 37.92%
04-17-2018 106,766 220,417 48.44%
04-16-2018 66,582 157,768 42.2%
04-13-2018 130,766 222,878 58.67%
04-12-2018 63,764 121,810 52.35%
04-11-2018 46,914 76,945 60.97%
04-10-2018 42,420 187,958 22.57%
04-09-2018 39,544 128,415 30.79%
04-06-2018 87,497 147,505 59.32%
04-05-2018 88,045 109,112 80.69%
04-04-2018 93,889 145,647 64.46%
04-03-2018 65,715 131,394 50.01%
04-02-2018 243,009 382,896 63.47%
03-29-2018 71,177 133,752 53.22%
03-28-2018 148,919 271,646 54.82%
03-27-2018 134,724 374,762 35.95%
Statistics
Most recent short volume percent (04-24-2018) 53.79%
Average short percent last 20 days 52.9%
Percentile rank of most recent short volume percent 50%
Short percent standard deviation 14.51%
Number of standard deviations away from mean 0.06
In truth, much of the short volume is due to market makers selling into the market a few fractions of a second/minute/hour before they close their position by executing a broker order. Due to the fact that market makers cover many of their positions seconds later, much of the short volume isn’t necessarily an indication of useful bearishness. The fact that a market maker is willing to sell and cover seconds later doesn’t do an investor holding the stock for the long term any good. The market maker could be bullish on the stock long term, and still be willing to short temporarily to satisfy a client request. Similarly, many market makers often have to go short in a fast market in order to fulfill their job of providing liquidity. Other market makers will widen their bid ask prices enough to get out of that scenario.
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