Now Srinsocal, you know full well that those trades will be covered and closed well before the required time period, most likely within minutes. That is why there will not be any “fail to delivers” on the monthly short interest report ( the one that matters, as opposed to the daily report you are so fond of). This has been discussed as nauseam.
The point is that some one sold all of those shares at a very low price. Whether the MM had the shares in their account at the moment of the sale, or a minute, or a day later doesn’t change any of the facts.
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