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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by imtringued on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:55PM (#25947004)
Every short seller is a buyer. That's why people keep buying the stock. There are more buyers than sellers.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by KMag on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:25PM (#25947550)
But what happens when all that liquidity provided by squeezed shorts dries up when either they all capitulate or the price starts to come back down?
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