31 Jul Short Sale SummaryThe most recent Short Sale Summary ( data can be found below under the house totals for the period) has Short Sales at 39% of totals on the Canadian Exchanges. This is high. If the Hedge Funds are just flipping between accounts it means over 70% (78% Max) of the trading is just for show.
| Trading Totals | | | | |
| 16-31Jul | | | | |
| House | Bought | Sold | Net | |
| Canaccord | 108218 | 40535 | 67683 | |
| Haywood | 48441 | 0 | 48441 | |
| TD | 402272 | 363306 | 38966 | |
| Morgan Stanley | 71971 | 33726 | 38245 | |
| BMO | 143153 | 109833 | 33320 | |
| ITG | 27445 | 1804 | 25641 | |
| Cormark | 20621 | 0 | 20621 | |
| Scotia | 64774 | 48407 | 16367 | |
| Ind Alliance | 9050 | 0 | 9050 | |
| BBS | 13156 | 4805 | 8351 | |
| Echelon | 7500 | 0 | 7500 | |
| PI | 3000 | 0 | 3000 | |
| Edward Jones | 2458 | 290 | 2168 | |
| Raymond James | 1750 | 0 | 1750 | |
| Interactive | 2419 | 958 | 1461 | |
| Manulife | 2617 | 1250 | 1367 | |
| UBS | 1266 | 0 | 1266 | |
| Velocity | 3137 | 1950 | 1187 | |
| Barclays | 1000 | 0 | 1000 | |
| Desjardins | 7839 | 7100 | 739 | |
| JP Morgan | 500 | 0 | 500 | |
| Hampton | 300 | 0 | 300 | |
| GMP | 276 | 0 | 276 | |
| Odlium | 415 | 412 | 3 | |
| Fidelity | 2500 | 3000 | -500 | |
| Mackie | 0 | 1700 | -1700 | |
| Credential | 7974 | 13071 | -5097 | |
| RBC | 139515 | 145614 | -6099 | |
| Merrill Lynch | 172924 | 179142 | -6218 | |
| Virtu | 58351 | 65145 | -6794 | |
| Questtrade | 27019 | 34726 | -7707 | |
| National Bank | 143934 | 152371 | -8437 | |
| Goldman | 67343 | 80503 | -13160 | |
| Instinet | 5200 | 36911 | -31711 | |
| Credit Suisse | 2300 | 36000 | -33700 | |
| Anon | 1229237 | 1327635 | -98398 | |
| CIBC | 1019029 | 1128710 | -109681 | |
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| 16-31Jul SS | 1482946 Total SS | 39.00% of Trading | Total Value $28,019,500.00 | $18.89 Ave Cost |