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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by DennisP on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:00PM (#25934623)
Yes but those aren't naked shorts. You don't get short interest in 140% of the total shares available from people hedging their holdings. That did happen with GME and it's what the r/WSB people picked up on.
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:25PM (#25935600)
> You don't get short interest in 140% of the total shares available from people hedging their holdings

Of course you do. I buy a share. I loan it to you. You sell it short. That buyer pledges it to a third person. Et cetera.

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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by naveen99 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:59AM (#25968693)
The person who borrowed sold naked then. Covered would be if you they a protective call option no ?
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