Athabasca Oil Corp T.ATH

33.9m shares were shorted @ 1.2 Ave price

[PUNJABI]

In a period of one month, the short position of the stock increased by 33 968 803 which is a very big jump in a short period.

During this period 155 million shares were traded at an average cost of $1.208. The trading range for Dec 15 to Jan 15 was $1.17 to $1.39. This shorting did put pressure on the stock. The average shorting price is around $1.20



House Positions for C:ATH from 20211215 to 20220115

House	Bought	$Val	Ave	Sold	$Val	Ave	Net	$Net
53 Morgan Stanley	6,836,269	8,079,961	1.182	1,718,646	2,006,516	1.167	5,117,623	-6,073,445
80 National Bank	5,751,574	7,362,760	1.28	3,046,181	3,713,342	1.219	2,705,393	-3,649,418
1 Anonymous	49,893,434	60,313,219	1.209	48,176,330	57,997,322	1.204	1,717,104	-2,315,897
3 AltaCorp	1,727,007	1,907,734	1.105	10,000	11,000	1.10	1,717,007	-1,896,734
19 Desjardins	3,136,383	3,850,076	1.228	1,566,535	1,819,912	1.162	1,569,848	-2,030,164
143 Pershing	1,413,150	1,668,887	1.181	5,534	6,198	1.12	1,407,616	-1,662,689
33 Canaccord	6,715,820	8,135,923	1.211	5,615,206	6,751,264	1.202	1,100,614	-1,384,659
7 TD Sec	20,598,539	24,895,472	1.209	19,782,171	23,790,130	1.203	816,368	-1,105,342
14 ITG	1,077,804	1,344,968	1.248	309,992	379,565	1.224	767,812	-965,403
88 Credential	1,312,395	1,575,776	1.201	745,572	890,054	1.194	566,823	-685,722
18 Echelon	357,569	464,386	1.299	0			357,569	-464,386
73 Cormark	2,559,600	2,816,392	1.10	2,234,900	2,461,513	1.101	324,700	-354,879
13 Instinet	1,504,749	1,846,008	1.227	1,271,077	1,554,404	1.223	233,672	-291,604
57 Interactive	332,294	397,537	1.196	129,841	143,198	1.103	202,453	-254,339
70 Manulife	225,622	271,781	1.205	31,632	39,056	1.235	193,990	-232,725
89 Raymond James	308,830	362,761	1.175	152,151	189,061	1.243	156,679	-173,700
79 CIBC	23,528,823	28,274,600	1.202	23,378,795	28,291,222	1.21	150,028	16,622
28 BBS	222,464	272,196	1.224	144,886	177,521	1.225	77,578	-94,675
72 Credit Suisse	269,762	338,436	1.255	198,636	228,902	1.152	71,126	-109,534
48 Laurentian	52,900	68,570	1.296	2,000	2,460	1.23	50,900	-66,110
76 Industrial Alliance	47,550	62,145	1.307	600	726	1.21	46,950	-61,419
90 Barclays	15,300	16,955	1.108	0			15,300	-16,955
5 Penson	228,584	275,594	1.206	215,651	264,454	1.226	12,933	-11,140
25 Odlum	61,120	75,417	1.234	50,000	55,650	1.113	11,120	-19,767
87 Beacon	8,000	10,560	1.32	0			8,000	-10,560
68 Leede	8,000	9,540	1.193	1,000	1,190	1.19	7,000	-8,350
56 Edward Jones	6,801	8,283	1.218	0			6,801	-8,283
222 JP Morgan	1,969	2,269	1.152	0			1,969	-2,269
15 UBS	1,200	1,410	1.175	0			1,200	-1,410
83 Mackie	0			500	625	1.25	-500	625
84 Ind Trading	27,037	32,652	1.208	30,658	36,914	1.204	-3,621	4,262
62 Haywood	48,950	60,104	1.228	55,850	61,042	1.093	-6,900	938
124 Questrade	1,110,173	1,341,053	1.208	1,148,636	1,400,359	1.219	-38,463	59,306
39 Merrill Lynch	3,369,411	4,039,419	1.199	3,423,990	4,097,816	1.197	-54,579	58,397
59 PI	149,166	169,120	1.134	249,679	294,611	1.18	-100,513	125,491
65 Goldman	59,700	72,208	1.21	369,300	438,737	1.188	-309,600	366,529
74 GMP	55,000	67,300	1.224	503,000	548,410	1.09	-448,000	481,110
22 Fidelity	5,036	6,647	1.32	1,194,683	1,476,608	1.236	-1,189,647	1,469,961
2 RBC	8,251,479	9,944,464	1.205	9,615,345	11,565,056	1.203	-1,363,866	1,620,592
85 Scotia	4,679,918	5,649,697	1.207	9,820,731	11,650,948	1.186	-5,140,813	6,001,251
9 BMO Nesbitt	9,131,253	11,253,051	1.232	19,890,927	24,999,568	1.257	-10,759,674	13,746,517
TOTAL	155,090,635	187,345,331	1.208	155,090,635	187,345,354	1.208	0	23

Short Positions for ATH

Symbol	Report Date	Volume	Change	Shares Issued	% Float
T : ATH	2022-01-15	38,175,379	23,589,648	530,844,591	7.19
T : ATH	2021-12-31	14,585,731	10,379,155	530,844,591	2.75

Trading data for Dec 15 to Jan 15

2022-01-14	T	ATH	1.29	1.34	1.29	1.31	0.02	10,242,362	4,144	1.31	1.32	5,096,075	943,000	881,400	145,100	608,383	1,289,500	206,286			439,318
2022-01-13	T	ATH	1.36	1.37	1.29	1.29	-0.07	12,019,323	8,307	1.29	1.31	3,602,382	2,989,700	1,853,900	292,800	620,996	1,116,249	146,568			1,110,762
2022-01-12	T	ATH	1.32	1.37	1.32	1.36	0.08	10,850,504	5,770	1.36	1.37	5,223,278	1,132,230	1,510,500	233,900	988,592	1,108,500	161,510			328,314
2022-01-11	T	ATH	1.24	1.30	1.23	1.28	0.06	12,123,232	6,242	1.28	1.29	6,014,976	1,104,100	1,638,300	298,600	1,599,540	842,287	122,703			364,126
2022-01-10	T	ATH	1.21	1.23	1.18	1.22	-0.01	6,625,339	2,836	1.21	1.22	2,984,881	768,529	984,200	99,200	700,127	713,700	151,429			114,873
2022-01-07	T	ATH	1.24	1.24	1.21	1.23		4,756,366	2,233	1.22	1.23	1,945,314	381,210	708,900	73,900	414,219	418,100	138,952			584,771
2022-01-06	T	ATH	1.24	1.27	1.19	1.23	0.05	13,971,424	5,626	1.23	1.24	5,979,475	1,365,200	2,098,400	316,200	1,822,693	1,433,500	227,155			474,330
2022-01-05	T	ATH	1.24	1.27	1.18	1.18	-0.04	11,581,421	5,034	1.18	1.19	4,793,221	1,257,974	1,050,200	673,600	1,398,893	1,004,700	346,924			1,006,909
2022-01-04	T	ATH	1.21	1.23	1.20	1.22	0.03	6,307,661	3,405	1.22	1.23	2,621,347	706,040	1,149,911	118,100	675,436	596,535	85,590			224,602		200
2021-12-31	T	ATH	1.19	1.19	1.16	1.19	-0.01	1,916,554	1,302	1.18	1.19	818,310	210,380	395,100	16,300	126,606	246,600	34,000			30,258
2021-12-30	T	ATH	1.19	1.21	1.18	1.20	0.01	1,816,061	1,499	1.19	1.20	968,052	162,300	151,000	33,000	121,118	267,300	45,399			12,549
2021-12-29	T	ATH	1.20	1.23	1.18	1.19	0.02	8,289,445	3,692	1.19	1.20	3,302,532	868,580	693,800	70,100	629,101	807,100	251,716			1,234,416
2021-12-24	T	ATH	1.17	1.18	1.16	1.17	-0.02	897,790	789	1.16	1.18	551,657	43,500	105,800	1,300	47,121	107,800	26,750			3,162
2021-12-23	T	ATH	1.19	1.19	1.16	1.19	0.01	2,702,297	1,487	1.18	1.19	1,329,370	272,000	209,300	37,300	150,150	526,800	73,482			51,845
2021-12-22	T	ATH	1.17	1.19	1.14	1.18	-0.01	3,853,916	1,929	1.18	1.19	1,953,117	333,500	409,200	80,600	403,802	399,300	166,945			7,652
2021-12-21	T	ATH	1.13	1.20	1.13	1.19	0.08	6,751,345	3,531	1.17	1.19	3,692,122	711,800	607,700	227,500	289,469	678,400	217,641			262,313
2021-12-20	T	ATH	0.98	1.11	0.98	1.11		12,178,537	4,026	1.10	1.11	6,621,280	763,114	1,507,200	348,900	917,864	1,284,100	309,872			311,307
2021-12-17	T	ATH	1.08	1.12	1.025	1.11	0.01	7,886,617	4,001	1.10	1.12	3,541,086	1,253,200	951,800	88,900	666,622	1,059,200	144,823			132,086
2021-12-16	T	ATH	1.17	1.18	1.09	1.10	-0.05	11,518,322	3,191	1.10	1.11	6,799,520	1,061,100	1,229,600	55,300	436,447	1,272,900	260,837			380,445
2021-12-15	T	ATH	1.13	1.15	1.04	1.15	-0.01	8,802,119	4,108	1.13	1.15	4,573,798	1,034,500	1,038,000	43,600	449,028	1,156,200	188,634

[Mindset]

I saw Echelon and Desjardins make 500k+ purchases each near the close at 1.28 and 1.29. Short squeeze coming?

[yycimport]

Might be a small squeeze coming.  Jan15 it was showing 38.2M in short position.  Over the last 2 weeks, jan16-31, it's showing 23.4M short traded at an average of 1.26/share.  There should still be approx. 14.8M in shorts still outstanding.  Still waiting for the short position report to confirm.   Security Company