RE:RE:RE:New data short interest on SZLS dated Feb 5, 2021I get what you're saying, and you're right, it's great that the report shows low, that's definitely progress. But the reality is that you're only seeing 2 days every month. The short report only shows the net difference in short activity on the 15th and 30th only. This means that every other day in the month is unaccounted for, which means I could short the stock on the 16th and close it on the 29th and it would never show on that report. So again it's great that it's lowered, but the people that short are very aware of this blind spot so they typically don't leave their shorts open on the 15th and 30th intentionally to hide their activity from you. The effect of this is that you can't tell when selling is from real investors or a manipulative short trying to scare the price down.
MarketMoney wrote: Jonnyboy85 wrote: While it's a nice thought, I'm sure the shorts have lessened a bit but the reality is they short between reporting periods to hide the true volume. The short report only shows the net difference of total shorts active on the 15th and 30th of each month. This means they can short and close all they want outside of that and you will never know the difference. It's a huge gap in access to information that should be closed at a regulatory level.
Jonnyboy85 Doesn't make any sense since the volume shorted is so low not even 0.01% and real short interest build up thru months and years. I never seen short being almost gone at 2 week interval, it's none sence! The reality is there's no significant short going on.