Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

[LakeshoreLeo1953]

I have repeatedly stated that IMHO a discussion of
Short Interest MUST be viewed as "interest" in the Company
and not a static number.

I'll buy the fact that the shorts did not get active in AVXL
until Late Spring 2016 and not Winter that year as as I had
presumed. I use(d) 4M/36M then and 5M/46M as rounded equivalents.

However, the basic discussion of short interest is not about
shares but about influence due to "control" of Float.

If that does not agree with your philosophy then
more power to you in analysis. I still think the shorts
have had much the best of trading AVXL since let's just call
in Spring 2016. They likely have much more room before
forced covering is thrust upon them. As you note the physical
number of shares held short are more than at the point and given
that static number positions were likely widely held above $7
which was after all both the 2015 list price and last seen in 2016.

So frame your contention as you wish. I will take what I consider
a more technical if perhaps Conservative approach. I am ahead,
even with missteps, in AVXL for my life in the stock.
Would have to re enter to participate further and that may be a
possibility. Sorry if that middle of the road approach does not
meet muster with those who see only positive assertions as worthy
of discussion.