Shorters appear to be reducing downward pressure. August 9, the day of the 1Q Report Short Sales pressure was running at about what it had been for 2.5 weeks; -105(Long Squeeze territory).
(Short Sale Ranks:0 is neutral and positive numbers are in Short Squeeze territory, negative numbers are in Long Squeeze territory.)
On Friday, after the 1Q, Volume jumped as PPS tumbled but Shorters took a relative small percentage(10.89%) of the Daily trades. However downward pressure jumped about 50%; from a steady -105 Short Sale Rank to -151, most likely aided by retail jumping out Friday.
This week Short Sales are a different story. Even as Shorters took a larger percentage of Daily trades Tuesday(51.27%), downward pressure (SS Rank) fell off 50% from Tuesday and 28% from the last 2.5 weeks at -72/-76.
Just a guess, but I am thinking that the major Institutional Shorters aren't earnestly trying to drive the PPS down much harder beyond what the PPS is right now.
Of course, a rotten market day might change that......
Last Week's Short Sales:
Day...Daily Vol.....Short Sale Vol...SS % of Daily Vol...SS Rank Aug 06.....897,113......210,463...........23.46%............-105 Aug 07..3,471,910...1,317,243...........37.94%............-105 Aug 08..1,235,560......524,495...........42.45%............-105 Aug 09..2,140,818......708,611...........33.10%............-105 Aug 10..3,528,695......384,275...........10.89%............-151
This Week's Short Sales:
Day...Daily Vol.....Short Sale Vol...SS % of Daily Vol...SS Rank Aug 13..1,510,440......322,479...........21.35%.............-72 Aug 14..1,664,421......853,349...........51.27%.............-76 http://shortsqueeze.com/
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