RE:RE:Short position - settlement vs trade dateShambano stated ''either way the short position is still around 55 million shares down 5 million from last reporting period'' With close to 20 million shares traded since March 11 and the stock hitting an all time low last week, some more short covering has probably taken place. In any event, I would still like to know the answer to my original question because I have noticed that, very often, important news on a stock that I follow will come out just a couple of days before a short position number report comes out and I am always left wondering whether the number reported includes the trades that were made during those couple of days, especially when the trading volume has been unusually high.