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Re:AMD Short Interest Has Grown by 234% in Nine Months Revea... by seoaeu on Sunday October 24, 2021 @01:42PM (#28980202)
The bet is symmetric, but not around the current price:

    A thinks the price will be under $90 in one year
    B thinks the price will be over $90 in one year
Of course that doesn't explain why they chose $90. If A really wasn't able to find anyone willing to bet that the price would be above $95 or $99 or whatever (despite C wanting to buy the stock for $100!), that would be a signal
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Re:AMD Short Interest Has Grown by 234% in Nine Months Revea... by ArtTimeInvestor on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @07:59AM (#28999266) 

    that would be a signal
That is the point. The statement I made which sparked our discussion was "I can imagine a structure where shorts do signal an imbalance".
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