The stock is down because of shorting, it was the only way the Institutions could get a toehold. On the verge of commercialization the short interest is extremely high and they are unable to cover.
Note that short interest was bumped up from 12/15 to 12/30 to take the stock below $5. Short count continues to rise while the number of shares traded continues to decline. In the summer of 2022 short interest was at 20 million for three reporting periods, then they were able to cover about two million. Short interest went back to the $19-20 million range for the EOY dump and has remained there for six reporting periods. Only 6/30/22 had a higher short interest than the current count.
Settlement Date/Short Interest/Percent Change/
Average Daily Share Volume/Days to Cover
03/31/2023 20,325,220 1.87 671,254 30.28
03/15/2023 19,951,615 (0.69) 594,548 33.56
02/28/2023 20,090,333 2.05 482,648 41.63
02/15/2023 19,686,886 1.20 566,324 34.76
01/31/2023 19,453,568 (2.05) 535,632 36.32
01/13/2023 19,861,250 3.71 792,682 25.06
12/30/2022 19,150,187 3.67 1,285,439 14.90
12/15/2022 18,472,956 2.54 599,737 30.80
11/30/2022 18,014,908 2.62 519,921 34.65
11/15/2022 17,555,582 (1.41) 602,853 29.12
10/31/2022 17,806,460 0.09 701,576 25.38
10/14/2022 17,789,950 (0.63) 651,652 27.30
09/30/2022 17,903,415 (0.75) 648,513 27.61
09/15/2022 18,038,444 3.00 677,288 26.63
08/31/2022 17,513,561 (2.28) 766,506 22.85
08/15/2022 17,922,814 (3.15) 650,757 27.54
07/29/2022 18,506,638 (5.50) 750,589 24.66
07/15/2022 19,584,292 (5.88) 1,043,751 18.76
06/30/2022 20,807,845 6.79 2,426,677 8.57
06/15/2022 19,485,684 10.05 1,865,235 10.45
05/31/2022 17,706,834 9.34 1,427,860 12.40
05/13/2022 16,194,010 8.82 1,715,225 9.40
04/29/2022 14,881,642 12.40 1,063,592 13.99
04/14/2022 13,239,579 3.50 678,095 19.52
03/31/2022 12,791,395 10.45 875,640 14.61
03/15/2022 11,580,686 5.05 890,355 13.01
02/28/2022 11,023,861 4.63 872,453 12.64
02/15/2022 10,536,146 28.11 977,195 10.78
01/31/2022 8,224,272 67.06 1,996,611 4.12
01/14/2022 4,922,847 9.97 1,113,918 4.42
12/31/2021 4,476,575 102.34 1,842,236 2.43
12/15/2021 2,212,448 28.67 1,649,231 1.34
11/30/2021 1,719,480 (5.48) 944,571 1.82
11/15/2021 1,819,143 (5.38) 715,036 2.54
10/29/2021 1,922,613 (9.60) 403,339 4.77
10/15/2021 2,126,831 38.81 477,119 4.40
09/30/2021 1,532,236 (16.60) 846,969 1.81
09/15/2021 1,837,252 367,816 5.00
Quarterly institutional interest.
June 30, 2021 383,488 0.34% (ex 13D/G)
Sept. 30, 2021 1,572,492 - 1.39% 4x
Dec 31, 2021 10,650,274 - 9.44% 6.75x
March 30, 2022 16,023,079 - 14.20% 1.5x
June 30, 2022 25,953,669 - 23.00% 1.5x
Sept 30, 2022 26,398,135 - 23.39% 1.017x
Dec 31 2022 28,059,197 - 24.87% 1.0629x
Currently - 27,656,604 - .975
(note that stock price went to 12 to get the small increase in September 22 and to $3.91 on 12/27/22)
Original post on this with chart:
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=170887016
Shorting charted, while I'm unable to update this chart right now please note that there has been little short covering in spite of recent lows in price, that's because folks that own the stock aren't selling.:
