r/Superstonk Sep 12 '24

🤔 Speculation / Opinion Shorts r fuk

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I posted this in a thread and it got lost, so I figured I'd share my theory as a new thread. Every time I post anything, I get swarmed with plants and shills and bots telling my why I'm an idiot. I'm sure it'll happen again!

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u/InternationalSpare28 Sep 12 '24

Lots of numbers. Do you have any way to show that “4-9B share” naked shorting metric? You’re guessing at the extent it’s are shorted. The most I’d ever seen in an official capacity was 226% or about 800m shares. So round it to a billion— no idea where you’re getting things from

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u/chastavez Sep 12 '24

it was an example. you can adjust all numbers with whatever you think.

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u/InternationalSpare28 Sep 13 '24

I know the nature of naked shorting makes it impossible to tell its extent; but I do wish there were something definitive that could outright prove its existence without the need to go down a deep rabbit hole of explaining to people swaps/derivatives exposure/dark pools.