RE:shot sellerIf your shares are in a margin account your broker can and will loan them to short sellers and charge margin interest for doing it. Pretty sure it is in your standard margin account agreement.
I don't know any reason he has to cover today. Do you? If you are referring to the Short Interest Ratio (Days to Cover) of 0.8. That ratio, although it appears a bit low, is the number of shares short divided by average trading volume. It implies that average volume is 275,000 shares. I suppose long term combined volume is that when you combine OTCQX with Toronto. I rarely see them combined. What they are saying is that it would consume 80% of one average days volume if they all wanted to cover by buying back.
I recall there are ways to prevent your shares from being loaned through some action you can take with your broker.
I am not short, I am a retired broker of 3 decades. A little bit of shorting can be a good thing. I don't have to buy, you don't have to buy, but sooner or later he/she has to buy shares. That's a good thing.
My potential loss is limited to either about U.S. $.15 current value, or what I paid for the shares, depending on how you view it. His/her potential loss? Unlimited. Theoretically this stock could go to $50.00 or more.
Welcome shorty. Stay as long as you'd like.