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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by briankelly on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:01PM (#25934640)
It does assume the short position is naked which might seem like the case but is not a confirmed fact as far as I understand the situation.
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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by raesene9 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:42AM (#25939633)
So from what I read, the shorts were (at least at one point) at 140% of the available float. If that's true (AFAIK) that means at least some were naked.
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