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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by djeiasbsbo on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:34PM (#25946595)
If Melvin Capital got out, then why was the stock still 140% shorted after that announcement? I thought that 11% of the shorted stock was from Melvin Capital, it doesn't make sense that there was no significant change in that figure.

I am not trying to conspire, genuinely curious.

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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by whimsicalism on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:47PM (#25946849)
> If Melvin Capital got out, then why was the stock still 140% shorted after that announcement? I thought that 11% of the shorted stock was from Melvin Capital, it doesn't make sense that there was no significant change in that figure.

Source?

Also potentially new shorters getting in? I shorted AMC yesterday and have made quite a bit today.

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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by __al__ on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:46PM (#25946817)
with the stock price through the roof other funds (and retail investors) see it as a good opportunity to short.
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