How do we know this? Maybe scroll through and read long posts of the longs. I have been keeping a spreadsheet of what longs hold for about 6mo. These number are real and as accurate as investors are willing to share. Of course there are others with holdings that I am not aware of. BTW this is the 3rd time I have posted this today.
Please look at the ibox and all stickies for information. cvette gets a list of people making purchases that aren't flipping and has a running count, that is how we know about O/S. Brad has mentioned why O/S and A/S have increased which can be found in the video's and tweets. Short answer is O/S because of shady lender that they have a lawsuit against and A/S in anticipation of reg A filing. I know there is a bunch of info to go through so I thought I would give the tldr for you.
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