How bad can be good for usHere is the growing short position on TRE (TNX).
TRE $ 5.38
Tanzanian Royalty Explrn -0.20
Shares Short 1,630,150
Days to Cover (Short Ratio) 4.5
Short % of Float 2.00 %
Shares Short - Prior 1,164,739
Short % Increase / Decrease 39.96 %
Squeeze Ranking™ -1
So why is a growing short position good for us long term holders? Well there is definitely a really good and getting better short squeeze. The days to cover is 4.5 days. That means if TNX has a really good result (again) and the price shoots up, it would take the shorts 4.5 days to cover their positions. Which means that the stock could go up considerably. By the way the Short increase of 39.96% is from Jan07 to Feb07