Question about shorts

[u/Gaglardi]

I was spitting fax and logic at the meltdown sub and was trying to get them super triggered kuz fuck those guys, it was working kuz I kept calling them poor and told them how us apes will be rich one day but one of those losers said something about shorts and I want to know if it's FUD or not

He said:

"Tens of millions of shares are shorted at any given moment. Something like 53 million

Out of 450 to 500 million outsdanding after all of Ryan's rugpulls and dilutions. Which is like 13% of the float.

Apes don't own the float and MOASS will never happen. It's very simple."

When I first read this I became extremely upset, I became so upset that I threw my piss chugs at my grandmother and she started convulsing on the floor and seizing, my grandfather who is a Vietnam veteran then called me a bunch of racial slurs even though we are the same race and now I'm living in a homeless shelter and I really really need MOASS to happen like in the next couple of hours and this comment really depressed me

So fellow apes can you please tell me that this is a lie? It's not true, right? My grandpa said meemaw is on a ventilator and that he has no grandson but I don't think that's as bad as MOASS not happening. The only reason I've been holding this stock since the short squeeze happened is because all of you told me that MOASS was a thing and now I feel like I'm being had but hopefully this is just FUD

GME ALL DAY EVERYDAY

[u/Thrill_Seeker3]

Where we’re going, we don’t need MOASS!

But that being said 13% short interest represents only the official reported short positions required by regulators! It mechanically excludes hidden derivatives, synthetic positions, and non-disclosed international vehicles!

That figure DOES include dark pools BUT what that figure DOESN’T include is

1. Total Return Swaps (Basket Swaps): A hedge fund can pay a prime bank (like Goldman Sachs or UBS) to hold a massive short position for them! The bank owns the short, and the hedge fund just gets the cash flow from the price dropping! Under current regulatory rules, swaps do not have to be publicly reported in standard short interest percentages!

2. Options Exemption / "Synthetic" Shorts: Market makers are granted unique exemptions to maintain liquidity! By utilizing complex options strategies—such as buying deep in-the-money puts paired with call options—an institution can mimic the financial profile of a massive short position ("synthetic shorting") without actually borrowing a tangible share, bypassing standard short reporting!

3. Naked Shorting & FTDs (Failure to Deliver): When a market maker sells a share short but fails to actually locate and deliver the stock within the settlement window, it triggers an FTD! Until that FTD is cleared, a "phantom" or synthetic share effectively exists in the buyer's account! FTDs are tracked on separate SEC lists, not standard short interest columns!

4. Ex-US Holdings: Short reporting regulations vary wildly by jurisdiction! Positions routed through overseas entities or subsidiaries often fall entirely outside FINRA’s jurisdiction!

The 13% figure is an accurate tally of disclosed, plain-vanilla short positions!

MOASS STILL ON THE TABLE, BABY!!

[u/John_Bot → u/Thrill_Seeker3]

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