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waterchaser

10/02/14 10:28 AM

#94326 RE: specutator #94321

Accurate post regarding short interest v. short volume. Thank you.

joerich

10/02/14 10:45 AM

#94328 RE: specutator #94321

True short volume is close to zero, PPS down is always Dilution with stinky Pinks.

Matthew Berg

10/02/14 10:56 AM

#94332 RE: specutator #94321

Short interest is the total number of shares of a particular stock that have been sold short by investors but have not yet been covered or closed out. This would also apply to shares marked short by regulation and have simply not settled.

What is being represented is that this short interest are naked short sales subject to squeeze which is not the case. Quite the opposite. The way the system works there is always going to be a short interest which is simply trades pending settlement. Considering this and the fact that MRIB hovers around 500,000 short interest most months there is most likely no naked short sales whatsoever, just short marking until delivery and settlement.

It's moot anyway. Even if all shares were settled the short interest represent less than 0.1% of the stock. Hence the myth of short selling is again debunked.