High Short Interest Stocks

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Post by vermilingua » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:07 PM UTC

High Short Interest Stocks
highshortinterest.com

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Post by echelon » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:30 PM UTC

If a position is shorted under 100%, does that give the shorts enough wiggle room to close their position?

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#3

Post by qaq » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:32 PM UTC

Bought a bit of SPCE out of principle

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Post by cj » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:33 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #2

If a position is shorted under 100%, does that give the shorts enough wiggle room to close their position?

High or low short interest doesn’t directly/absolutely correlate with ability of shorts to close their positions.

There’s not a yes/no answer to your question.

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Post by sokoloff » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:36 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #2

If a position is shorted under 100%, does that give the shorts enough wiggle room to close their position?

There's nothing particularly different between a company having 99.99% short interest and 100.01% short interest.

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Post by torben-friis » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:42 PM UTC

qaq wrote: post #3

Bought a bit of SPCE out of principle

I actually saw that and wondered what are the chances that I wake up tomorrow with that stock high as hell as a redirection from gme buyers...

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Post by myroon5 » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:42 PM UTC

Finviz also has this information in addition to many other metrics: https://finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=131&o=-shortinterestshare

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Post by thrill » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:44 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #2

If a position is shorted under 100%, does that give the shorts enough wiggle room to close their position?

Not enough to matter. At sufficient price there will be a seller. The company can create stock and sell it if the current holders don't.

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Post by jcims » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:45 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #5

echelon wrote: post #2

If a position is shorted under 100%, does that give the shorts enough wiggle room to close their position?

There's nothing particularly different between a company having 99.99% short interest and 100.01% short interest.

If the shares were printed on stock certificates how would you get to 100.01% short interest?

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Post by xwdv » Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 11:46 PM UTC

I’m surprised this sort of attack has never be carried out before. Is it just because no one ever thought there’d be a crazy army of retail investors that could be so coordinated and so irrational and large enough to matter?