Big Banc Split Corp T.BNK

Curious, Why did BNK have over

[lefmike]

the past 4 weeks have such a significant SHORT POSITION increase
I'm now thinking of not waiting and getting out in the next week.  Something just
doesn;t sound right anymore....

Largest Short Position Increases 2016.03.15 - 2016.03.31
Company	Security	Symbol	2016.03.31	2016.03.15	Net Change
Lake Shore Gold Corp	com	LSG	23,988,745	14,157,284	9,831,461
Kinross Gold Corp	com	K	47,333,313	40,924,673	6,408,640
Pac Expl & Prodtn Corp	com	PRE	17,027,176	11,676,550	5,350,626
TransCanada Corp	com	TRP	38,268,333	34,082,866	4,185,467
Titan Medical Inc	com	TMD	6,779,166	2,899,162	3,880,004
BMO S&P 500 Index ETF	CAD unit	ZSP	3,634,279	242,910	3,391,369
Power Corp of Canada	com	POW	23,693,699	20,603,972	3,089,727
Detour Gold Corp	com	DGC	9,306,205	6,779,038	2,527,167
BMO S&P/TSX Eq Wght Banks	CAD unit	ZEB	5,825,500	3,338,875	2,486,625
Parex Resources Inc	com	PXT	4,307,766	1,909,430	2,398,336
ARC Resources Ltd	com	ARX	14,886,651	12,696,154	2,190,497
Bankers Petroleum Ltd	com	BNK	9,847,673	7,764,109	2,083,564

[needwisdom]

I wonder who knows the company better than its CEO who bought shares!

[LongRoad]

You have to assess this data relative to the amount of shares outstanding. At 3.7% is it really significant?

[MrBigger]

Ask the Detour Gold shorts how that's working for them! LOL

[ChupacabraBueno]

Great question lefmike. Is this shares only - not put options? I could well imagine someone buying shares & put options as insurance against the deal falling through. Where did you look this up? -Thanks & GLTA!