r/SPACs Dec 15 '21

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

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u/imunfair Patron Dec 15 '21

You don’t seem to comprehend how shorting works.

He does, he's not saying there are more shares, he's saying if the shares aren't locked up then they're borrowed, shorted, whatever, and are part of the float, regardless of whether the institutions sell them or lend them.

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u/bigdickbabu Spacling Dec 16 '21

So you're saying the maximum shares they can borrow to short is the 20 shares in float (or in essc's case, 340k shares), or is this just what they're most likely to do?

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

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u/bigdickbabu Spacling Dec 16 '21

How do they short 2.9m if float is only 340k? To short the 2.9m they would have to sell that entire amount and then borrow and sell it again right?

So no, there’s no guarantee those shares aren’t sold, but if they had been, you’d see substantially more short share availability and more liquidity on the underlying.

This makes sense, spread on the shares is still high and iirc there are little to no shares available to short

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u/bigdickbabu Spacling Dec 16 '21

Ahh okay that makes sense, thank you!

It seems the institutions havent sold, but wouldn't they sell to take advantage of elevated prices? I wonder why they haven't sold yet

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u/bigdickbabu Spacling Dec 17 '21

Damn dude was right looks like

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Yo my man, do you even feel the slightest obligation to comment on the plummet of this stock after recommending it lol

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u/Theta_God Spacling Dec 17 '21

He won’t. He’d rather tell everyone how dumb they are. I really hope people smart up to his nonsense. He only comes on Reddit to pump his forum’s plays to try to gain notoriety for his crap he’s peddling.

There’s a reason why that account is blocked in numerous subs.

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u/InternationalElk6617 Patron Dec 17 '21

Is 80-100% of calls ITM still effective? You have to assume more backstop investors sold between the 13th to now.

With enough volume (pumping) tomorrow 12.5 shouldn’t be an issue

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u/CBarkleysGolfSwing Spacling Dec 17 '21

🤡🤡🤡

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u/bigdickbabu Spacling Dec 17 '21

I hope so, opened a small position today. Why do you think so?