bnfkdb4 - it might have nothing to do with a shorter...or at least very little.
PSC and other "significant" holders of AWSL shares can sell at any time and the longs will have no idea when they pass through.
sooner or later the excuse of shorting and naked shorting of shares and the such will have to go by the way side for longs. this is still a volatile stock and the pps will go up and down,...especially with the float being as small as it is.
many traders will swing trade or channel trade this stock for a continuous stream of profits. a few hundred here and a few thousand there and all of a sudden the brokerage account is up several thousand in one week.
the reality is there are individuals that will hold and add to their holdings and not sell a share and other individuals that will momentum or swing or channel trade this according to PP or Fibs...