The Short Report
Short position July 15 491,576
Short sales July 15 to July 31 896,055 13.339% of total volume
Short covering July 15 to July 31 -894,234 13.312% of total volume
Short position July 31 493,397
Short sales as a percentage of volume 13.339%
Short coverings as a percentage of volume 13.312%
Shorters are on one side or another of trades 26.6% of the time
Average volume for the last 5 days = 109,195
if shorts can cover at a rate of 13.3% of volume per day, they can cover off 14,566 shares per day
At the current rate, it will take shorts about 34 days to cover
Is there only one shorter, or is there a competition for shares?
It is doubtful that retail investors can short this stock
Although short volume is only 13.3% of volume, it is 19.9% of trades
There are a lot of short trades trying to downtick the price with 100 share trades
Does this mean there is desperation setting in?
All of this assumes that the short reporting is accurate as IIROC has a big disclaimer that these are only the numbers that are reported to them
Draw your own conclusions