SHO

babbs1738

Transcript from the interview mentioned in case you’re too lazy to click through. Mostly just talking about alleged short selling manipulation vs anything materially new for the company. CHRIS SALCEDO: Exciting news coming out of Truth Social. You’re about to start a streaming platform on Truth Social. I simulcast my radio show—you know this very well—on Rumble and on Gettr, and I can’t wait to get on Truth Social. But I wanted to talk about a perceived attack on the company and the stock. Your company asked NASDAQ, ‘Keep an eye out for some short-selling tactics—nefarious short-selling tactics.’ And, according to a Truth Social post, you say Citadel—after you just asked the NASDAQ, ‘Hey, just keep an eye out’—Citadel came at you. What’s up with that? DEVIN NUNES: Look, I think it’s very unusual behavior. And look, we’re here to defend our retail shareholders. Like, I don’t give a damn if Wall Street doesn’t support us. In fact, we welcome it. But we have millions of retail shareholders—or, we have millions of people in the United States, we have hundreds of thousands of retail shareholders, we don’t have any institutions, zero Wall Street money. That’s okay. But when you see irregular behavior occurring, where it looks like our retail shareholders could be taken advantage of—which is what many of our shareholders believe—and if they call me or they contact us, we have a responsibility to reach out to the NASDAQ and say, ‘Hey, we’re seeing this.’ You know, we are on this Reg SHO list—not to get in the weeds here, Chris—but that means there’s irregular activity. And so, I think by the response you’re seeing from some of these investment banks, clearly, we’re right over the target, there’s something wrong—and look, we’re going to get to the bottom of it if there is. If there’s not, the obvious response, if you think there’s nothing wrong, you say there’s nothing wrong. You don’t go out and basically attack me personally. You basically just say there’s nothing wrong, we’d love to work with you, and that’s how it should be done. So, since they’re making the personal attacks, if we continue to show up on these lists and there appears like there’s unusual activity, you can be damn sure that this investigation will continue. And that’ll include if we have to go to the Congress, if we have to take legal action, we will do whatever it takes to defend our retail investors. And what’s at the heart of all this? Remember, at the beginning of the week Joe Biden mentions Truth Social and our stock price. Isn’t that weird? That happened at the beginning of the week. CHRIS SALCEDO: I saw that. I saw that. And, you know, the stock price, by the way, rebounding a little bit, too. I wanted to make mention of that. Devin Nunes, thank you sir, got to scoot. Appreciate the visit, as always.

GoodReportGRP

The one on the Reg SHO Threshold list every single day it has existed. DJT - Down with Ken Griffin - Liberate the Apes

Real_Worldliness_906

Dear Ms. Friedman, I write to bring your attention to potential market manipulation of the stock of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. ("TMTG"), which operates the Truth Social platform and has traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker "DJT" since March 26, 2024. As you know, "naked" short selling selling shares of a stock without first borrowing the shares of stock deemed difficult to locate-is generally illegal pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Regulation SHO. As of April 17, 2024, DJT appears on Nasdaq's "Reg SHO threshold list,"! which is indicative of unlawful trading activity. This is particularly troubling given that "naked" short selling often entails sophisticated market participants profiting at the expense of retail investors. Reports indicate that, as of April 3, 2024, DJT was "by far" "the most expensive U.S. stock to short," meaning that brokers have a significant financial incentive to lend non-existent shares. Data made available to us indicate that just four market participants have been responsible for over 60% of the extraordinary volume of DJT shares traded: Citadel Securities, VIRTU Americas, G1 Execution Services, and Jane Street Capital. In light of the foregoing, and Nasdaq's obligation and commitment to protect the interests of retail investors, please advise what steps you can take to foster transparency and compliance by ensuring market makers are adhering to Reg SHO, requiring brokers to disclose their "Net Short" positions, and preventing the lending of shares that do not exist. DJT will moon soon regards,

andytobbles

WED-FRI green FO SHO

Dianna1B

They have to return 1.3M shares at some point especially that this stock is on REH SHO list.

Rugpull_Generator

CPI leaked FO SHO LMAO

AutomaticElevator721

GWRE earnings tomorrow.... I work with this software every day and it's total SHIT. However, these guys started talking about AI this and that within our meetings about 3 months ago. I think they will mention it on the earnings call FO SHO. 120 C - small bet

userid8252

You can read the RegSHO rules, it’s not hidden or obfuscated. If you want more explanation,[here](https://smithonstocks.com/part-6-illegal-naked-shorting-the-secs-regulation-sho-is-intended-to-prevent-illegal-naked-shorting-but-is-ineffective/) is an article that explains in detail how it works. > Reg SHO exempts bona fide market makers from locate requirements that apply to ordinary investors because it believes this is necessary to facilitate customer orders and maintain liquidity in fast moving markets. Hence, market makers are not required to adhere to the locate rule. They can naked short stock without a locate.

Mother-Strawberry-72

Ken Griffith CEO of Citadel the HF not the market maker (one of the largest in the world) states they had no involvment in KILLING the BUY button in only $GME Game Stop at Robinhood. Closer look into the details is required. Readers Digest Verison. Oh really! First of all it is impossible to deny the conflict of interest in Citadel being market maker that paid Robinhood for front running "Pay for Order Flow" AND also being Citadel HF investing Billions of cash along with Steve Cohen, Point72 (same SAC Capital that paid SEC $1.8B for insider trading) into HF Melvin Capital aka CEO Gabe Plotkin. $GME Short Seller Gabe Plotkin CEO of Melvin Capital shorted Game Stop $GME by using PUTS - Apes saw Melvin Capital held 2M Puts on their 13F quarterly filing required of all investors with Fund greater then $100M AUM also defined as "Expert Investors under SEC Rule 154c(2)-11. Buying Puts is a short trading technique that rents SEC Loop Hole REG SHO (allows Option Market Maker to sell naked Naked Short Shares NSS also called Fail to Delivers and not borrow the stock as in a traditional short sale). This is the same as selling an asset you do not own and do not borrow. It is counterfeiting someones (in this case GME or $LMND) in the name of Liquidity or that is the way [www.sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov) justifies the heist. Apes some savy investor on r/wallstreetbets picked up on Melvin Capital Gabe Plotkin holding 2M Puts and they bounced. Well the same is happening at Lemonade Insurance $LMND the 34.46% x $LMND Short Float DOES NOT INCLUDE FTD, NSS aka Counterfeiting coutesy of [SEC.GOV](https://SEC.GOV) and the most powerful investors in Stock Market.

iElkimist

Found one of FB marketplace…nice ford Taurus SHO…blown head gasket for $2000. Thinking about getting it. My first car was an 89 sho

voltrader85

As I understand it, only in specific circumstances, and they relate to satisfying unusual/outsized customer demand in the underlying. I am not aware of an exemption to naked short selling as it relates to hedging a MM’s option book. But I may be wrong, I am not an expert in Reg SHO. Are you? I would love to learn more if you can share resources. Option pricing data on hard-to-borrow stocks would also run counter to your point. Relative pricing between puts and calls on HTB stocks almost always reflect the market price to borrow, which would indicate that MM’s are not exempt as you say.

Weird-Education6747

I hope I have the strength to ride out this V. I need the cash for a Ford Taurus SHO.

Aon333

Here’s the specific text under section VI. : The Commission will begin publishing the aggregated short sale related data collected, pursuant to Rule 13f–2, three months after the above stated compliance date of 12 months after the effective date of this release. The three-month window for the Commission to publish aggregated Form SHO data is intended to ensure that Commission systems are operating as designed in order to publish the aggregated data.

Ev-Roots

Anyone else in CMND? It’s a biotech company working on basically microdosing medication in Canada and getting positive results for curing obesity, depression and treatment for alcoholism and drug addictions. The icing on the cake is it has small float and on SHO list so shorts are starting to cover. Up ⬆️ 🆙

OpenSatisfaction2243

All short selling creates shares. If there are 100 shares, and I sell 10 that I don't have, now there are 110. Whether or not I located those 10 shares doesn't change the fact that now there are 110. Reg SHO is designed to slow down and effectively limit how many shares are created (sold short). It's working fine. GME has 300M shares and only 10k FTD. That's a big success.

TomatoSpecialist6879

They outright banned short selling or made it "impossible" like 5 times; 1987, 2001, 2005(Reg SHO), 2008 and 2011, more if you count all the laws that got repealed. Long story short, SEC is a joke and institutes will ALWAYS find a way to short sell. They have an entire department of lawyers and data scientists dedicated to finding loopholes to do so, yet your donkey brain actually believe it'll stop? Stop coping, market will crash when you're already homeless with no money left to buy puts.

TomatoSpecialist6879

Lmao they'll just find another loophole or lobby a loophole into the law to do it, they already banned the easiest way to do it after subprime loan crisis of '08 happened. It went from selling stocks you don't have(banned and illegal for the big boys since 2009 due to public and political pressure), to borrowing stocks and then selling it to tank the stock price. Reminder that Regulation SHO was enacted by SEC in 2005 to stop rampant naked short selling by reducing failure to deliver and setting a time limit for people to return the shares on time, now it's basically just for show because lots of loopholes for the big boys to abuse in order to reset the time. Main point? The top banks and institutes always wins, you can't out maneuver their highly paid team of lawyers

SPAC_Time

[Scilex Holding Company Provides Notice to All Record Holders and Beneficial Owners of Restricted Shares of Scilex Holding Company](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/03/2753697/0/en/Scilex-Holding-Company-Provides-Notice-to-All-Record-Holders-and-Beneficial-Owners-of-Restricted-Shares-of-Scilex-Holding-Company.html) \- SCLX SCLXW [Scilex Holding Company Provides Notice to All Lenders of Short Positions in the Restricted Dividend Shares of Scilex Holding Company](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/10/04/2754860/0/en/Scilex-Holding-Company-Provides-Notice-to-All-Lenders-of-Short-Positions-in-the-Restricted-Dividend-Shares-of-Scilex-Holding-Company.html) Interesting couple of press releases in the past two days from SCLX. Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc declared bankruptcy in February. Previously, Sorrento had issued a dividend of 76,000,000 shares of common stock of Scilex Holding Company to Sorrento shareholders. Those shares are locked up through March 2024. But it seems quite a few SCLX shares were sold short using that restricted stock. "According to Sorrento’s estimates, **approximately 8.4 million or more shares** of Scilex common stock were deemed to have been sold “short” as of the Payment Date as a result of the “short” positions of the underlying Sorrento common stock. “Naked short” sales or “naked short” positions in any Scilex common stock may constitute a violation of SEC Regulation SHO." "**On June 14, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court entered a temporary restraining order temporarily suspending all short sales of Scilex Dividend Stock** and ordering the defendants to provide an accounting of all profits received from the naked short selling of Scilex Dividend Stock and Scilex common stock, including all interest charged to short sellers, no later than five business days after entry of the order. On July 18, 2023, the Bankruptcy Court then granted the joint emergency motion filed by the Debtors and the Equity Committee for an order (i) approving and authorizing the Debtors to consummate an offering of shares of Scilex common stock held by the Debtors, (ii) authorizing entry into settlement agreements with participating record holders of Scilex common stock who opt into a settlement, and (iii) granting related relief. This emergency motion was very successful, resulting in settlements reached with dozens of short sellers and **approximately 800,000 Scilex common stock short positions closed or covered**. While certain parties with short positions in the Scilex Dividend Stock (“Short Sellers”) settled with the Debtors in the Bankruptcy Proceedings as described in the paragraph immediately above, a number of Short Sellers who engaged in illegal naked short selling or violated the terms of the transfer restrictions imposed on the Scilex Dividend Stock have not yet elected to opt into a settlement. " Sounds like approximately 7.6 million short shares still need to be covered, and the only way to cover may be to buy SCLX common stock off the open market and convert it to the restricted dividend stock. "Deadline to Participate. This Proposal shall commence on October 6, 2023 and continue to and end on October 27, 2023."

Pro_Options_MM

This has nothing to do with taxes. They put the wrong field on some of their reporting to regularly bodies. Those reports are not used to determine taxes, they're used to confirm obligation with reg SHO. After correcting the mistake they weren't fined for reg SHO violations, probably because they were in compliance. They pay taxes based on positions which are tracked by clearing firms based on actual securities held. Totally unrelated parts of the business.

Independent_Eye7898

Ken griffin made $4.1b just himself last year  what a fucking shit in the face of all orders they're supposedly making a market for. I'm sure it was just these few REG SHO violations, probably nothing systemic.

kakacrat

FTA: >Let me anticipate and answer talking counterpoints that would be made by the DTCC, elite Wall Street firms and hedge funds who flourish in our current clearing and settlement system. I think they would point to prodigious market liquidity and cheap execution of trades. A small investor can put in a buy or sell market order for a 1000 shares of a stock and have it executed in a second and you pay no commission. They would then say that investors still retain all of the financial benefits accorded registered shareholders and the ability to vote on corporate affairs. So they would say, isn’t that great? Yes it is great. > >Here is what is not so great. We have all been sold the fiction that when we buy a stock, we have become proud owners of a great American corporation. Our investment is funding that Company and America’s growth. This is not an accurate description. As I will show in this report, we are actually involved in commodity trading of street name securities in which the trading of and record keeping is completely controlled by DTCC and the elite Wall Street firms with no transparency for outsiders. Operating in this black hole of important information they use loopholes in the clearing and settlement system administered by DTCC and loopholes in the ineffective SHO regulations to create counterfeit shares at will. They can and do expand the supply of street name securities through creating counterfeit shares to overwhelm demand and drive down the stock price.

Quarantinus

There was some action a few days after the floor dropped, on August 1st during premarket. But it's really odd that the stock has a sub 100k float and it's only squeezing now. If today were the T+35 day, I would be saying these are market-makers or broker-dealers closing their naked shorts (failures to deliver), which had the effect of diluting the float, and which have to be closed out in 35 calendar days according to the regulation SHO. Oh, but look at that! Today is indeed the T+35 day since the floor dropped and the shorting began.

Significant-Monk4929

https://preview.redd.it/so983aqfrqib1.jpeg?width=1072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9870e5603dc072b7c3e5a6b266a9624ba79daf68 AMC ON THRESHOLD SHO FOR SEVERAL DAYS SHORTS CANT COVER POSITIONS

swiftd03

Honestly man, we're going to have to agree to disagree but there are a couple of things that you are saying here that are just wrong. Blue cruise only works on predefined portions of approved highways. How many cyclists and pedestrians have you been seeing on 3 lane minimum divided freeways? This is in no way better than basic autopilot they just don't allow you to use it anywhere but the most basic and safe locations that have been pre-mapped and approved by Ford. Only one model gets the 312 you quoted, at pace of 6.3 seconds which is closer to the 0-60 of my wife's Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivan than it is to the entry level model Y. If you buy the extended range (non GT, AWD) you get 290 miles rated range, 0-60 of 5.8 seconds for $60,000. Tesla Model Y Performance you get 303 miles, 0-60 of 3.5 seconds and it costs $54,490. For $5,500 less you get more range, better performance and a much, much better charging network. The only way the Mach E gets close to the level of performance of the Model Y is if you go with the GT Performance edition that starts at $67,940. So for $13,450 more (before dealer markups) you can still have less range and go slower 0-60 than the Model Y. Oh and guess what, Ford nerfs the performance over 60 MPH so you're going to be even slower than the Tesla once you get over 60. You're comparing to the model 3 when the Ford that is more than $13k more expensive can't even meet the performance of the model Y, a larger and heavier vehicle in all respects. Build quality, sure, I'll give you some slack on that one because Tesla was known for some sloppy quality control early on and still makes some really dumb mistakes every now and then. I have driven multiples of both Models, I reserved a Mach E GT when it first opened for ordering, I drove it when it landed here locally and I gave it up for someone else because it is just not as good as the competition. I have raced against Mach E's at the strip and on road courses. The Mach E's do not perform up to the Model Y in either case, even the Kia EV6's beat the Mach E on both 1/4 mile and road courses. I have owned 3 Model Y's now and they are better than any Ford I have ever owned and I have had many (3 Explorers, 1 Expedition, 2 Fusions, 2 Mustangs, 1 Taurus, 1 Taurus SHO). I am a Ford fan but Ford needs to start pricing their vehicles against their competition instead of jacking up prices because it has a blue oval on it. Build better cars and sell them for a fair price and you'll start taking back some market share, until then I'm not interested in anything new from Ford, especially not an electric vehicle that is 20% more expensive and has lower performance in every category than the competition.

TradeSpY420

people gotta buy school shit so they hafta sell some stock to do so. leg down in August FO SHO.

AllinaceofDiamonds

Incorrect....stop spreading misinformation. Reg SHO is still in force to prevent fuckersons from stealing hard working people's retirement money

Mouse_Numerous

Fisker $FSR Short Float % is over 42% the highest I've ever seen https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=FSR&ty=c&ta=1&p=d You can bet Shorty is also using SEC REG SHO loophole in the bogus name of liquidity. The scam allowed by SEC allows Shorty to BUY PUTS forcing the Option Market Maker to SHORT THE STOCK that is naked shorted, or issues Fail to Deliver counterfeit shares. Unlike a normal short sale SEC allows investors aka large HF to SELL share asset they do not own and do not borrow. This obviously blows the supply and demand out of the water, sending the stock down. These shorts sellers try to destroy the company’s ability to borrow capital. If the stock disappears shorty never has to cover thus no taxable event. This is the scam Gabe Plotkin, Head of Melvin Capital, former SAC Capital aka Point72 PM used at Game Stop $GME. Sorry for Gabe it closed Melvin Capital down. Gabe bought PUTS on $GME (per 13F 2M PUT contracts) and the Apes on r/wallstreetbets caught him and forced a short squeeze. Steve Cohen METs owner and head of Point72 along with Ken Griffith, CEO of Citadel (Hedge Fund) backed stop Gabe pumping 2B into Melvin Capital when Apes made a move. Lucky for them Citadel and Ken Griffith then Market Marker STOP the BUY button at Robin Hood which obviously manipulated and stopped all BUYING the short squeeze. The Apes can do it again at Fisker $FSR as 42% of short float is BIG and they could like $GME force a massive, short squeeze. SEC, to illustrate their ill will towards Mr. Market outside their huddles forced HF to filed 13F which requires all long positions and derivatives (calls and puts) to be disclosed BUT NOT SHORT POSITIONs. What a racket come on whoever leads the Apes let's squeeze shorty at Fisker $FSR then Lemonade Insurance $LMND as the same thing is doing on at $LMDN.

mars987

Bro is comping PK to HT and BHR 😂😂?? HT and BHR are probably the worst comps in hotel land… BHR is an externally managed REIT and HT is so teeny tiny that its not even close to comparable. If you truly wanna make a lodging reit play I would go into HST, it has the lowest leverage vs peers and the highest quality portfolio. PK is ok but it has a worse portfolio and worse leverage. Other (more comparable) lodging reits include SHO, XHR, DRH, PEB and maybe a few others arguably. This autist is conflating office with lodging which I do not think is the case, but lodging overall may not be the worst play. If you’re playing earning PK isn’t bad since they report first, but that’s about it.

jusjones314

Only 19% of float shorted, much better candidates out there right now... If it makes it onto the SHO threshold list, then maybe... Right now though, nah.

meancheetah

What happens if a stock is on the threshold list? A threshold list is a list of securities whose transactions failed to settle for five consecutive settlement days. Threshold lists are published by various exchanges by SEC regulations. Settlement failures may be indicative of improper naked short selling. What happens if a customer sells short a security that is on the threshold list? Regulation SHO requires that if a security that is on the exchange's “threshold list” (list of hard-to-borrow securities) is sold short and the seller fails to deliver on settlement, then the member firm must buy-in the position no later than 10 business days after settlement. This is just what google told me.

AppropriateLength769

The HBC shares never hit the market in my opinion, if they would have hit the market, BBBY wouldn’t have stayed on Reg SHO for 3 months during this time 😉

Krunk_korean_kid

This situation should never have occurred as👉 SEC Rule 10b-17 👈mandates that short sellers must close out their positions before a company goes private. This rule applies to all securities transactions, including short sales, and requires notice of the upcoming distribution to be given to all record holders as of the record date. Furthermore, MMTLP had remained on the OTC Threshold list for over 40 days without enforcing 👉Rule 203(b)(3) of Regulation SHO👈 and 👉FINRA Rule 4320.👈 According to these rules, a Threshold Security must immediately close out any fail-to-deliver positions by purchasing shares of the same kind and quantity. The failure to enforce these rules has allowed short positions to remain open in a private companies, contributing to the current state for shareholders.

greytoc

Sigh... The stock is not manipulated. You need to stop believing all the misinformation from the meme stock cults. Every single thing that you have stated is either untrue or misinterpreted. You have already received a lot of feedback on your post from people who have a lot more experience and knowledge. Yet you prefer to believe the false information being perpetuated by a cult. If you really want to learn how to invest and understand the capital markets then the first step is to accept that you are the one that was manipulated into buying stock in a failing company. BBBYQ is the new age attempt at a pump and dump using social media misinformation. That's why it's called a meme stock. About some of your misperceptions: The Reg SHO list occurs when a stock is very volatile and heavily shorted. Yes - delivery must occur. And that is what happens. You are misintepreting why a stock stays on that list. In a stock like BBBY - traders (both retail and prop) are day and swing trading and shorting the tops. It doesn't mean that the short share are not being delivered - Traders short usually for short periods of time to lock in gains and do it again over and over. There are plenty of retail traders who are simply more experienced and knowledgeable than you are that are profiting from BBBY's failure by shorting. Your broker didn't stop trading in BBBY without warning. Did you read and understand the disclosures from your broker? Many brokers like Degiro do not support OTC penny stocks - this is not new process. When a stock is delisted - many brokers will only allow liquidation. Your broker is literally trying to protect you as required by law from doing more damage to your finances. The increase in float was not a surprise - it was actually announced by the company in advance. In order to attempt to save the company, BBBY put together a death-spiral financing as a last ditch effort to generate liquidity. This was very clearly mentioned in the regulatory filings months ago. What happened to you is terrible and I am sorry that you fell victim to the meme stock cults. But your first step is to get out of the cult if you want to help yourself.

wittgensteins-boat

Securities Exchange Commision regulations and stock exchange rules allow Market Makers to hold non extant "failed to locate" "fail to deliver" shares positions for bonafide market making activity. Summary: Regulation SHO – Bona Fide Market Making Exemptions and Reuse of Locates for Intraday Buy-to-Cover Trades i0j FINRA. https://www.finra.org/rules-guidance/guidance/reports/2023-finras-examination-and-risk-monitoring-program/regulation-sho

MissMyPippa-2020

Aprn up 27% today but MarketWatch interview says APRN comment after that was ‘we don’t expect new revenue from ‘new news’ - just better distribution… so CONGRATS 2 those who held on rhis long!!! (I don’t think there’s a big run coming tho… just my .2- & im no expect FO SHO!!$

Elegant_Truth1974

JZ, zero borrow for weeks, day 5 of SHO list with volume and price movement picking up. Expecting to pop any day if volume continues to increase

asdfgtttt

There are other mechanisms that avoid Reg SHO lists, and even then they still trade on down ticks, thats a function of enforcement though.. second, if you hold shares in a broker then you are the beneficial owner of those shares and they are held in street name at the DTC - unlike the old days where holding a certificate with your name on it was actual bona fide ownership in your own name. so they arent yours, per se, the ledger entry is; but you only really have a claim to some percentage of your brokerages allotment with DTCC. https://imgur.com/7N8osO6

Outrageous-Benefit37

I understand that, and Reg SHO is in place to lower the instances where this mismatch happens and make it expensive when it does. If you have MM ready at **all times** to buy and sell any stock, then you would undoubtedly run into complicated situations like these. You enjoy the benefit of your trade being filled for a company in Timbuktu which is thinly traded but people bitch when this cannot be located as easily like Karens who get mad at retail workers and ask to “check in the back”. Madoff **never** did anything with that money. People act as if this is a common occurrence and all our brokerage statements are fictitious because some pink sheet stocks may appear as yours without **yet** being yours. And by following this logic, Accounts Receivables are not assets, Account Payables don’t exist, Money Market funds are not highly liquid because “_there are times of stress_” when liquidity dries up and money is tied up in them. You see the issue with oversimplification now?

Elegant_Truth1974

JZ looks ready for a pop. High CTB, low float, been zero borrow for a while, just made SHO list. Needs some volume.

Elegant_Truth1974

JZ looks ready for a pop. High CTB, low float, been zero borrow for a while, just made SHO list. Needs some volume.

Elegant_Truth1974

JZ looks ready for a pop. High CTB, low float, been zero borrow for a while, just made SHO list. Needs some volume.

TemporaryInflation8

WTF do I care? I only state the obvious that short sellers not always right, they manipulate stocks down through grey areas in REG SHO. I hope you make decent money on this comments. I heard it is typically 25 a comment. ;)

TemporaryInflation8

Dumbest shill comment ever. They aren't usually right. They all manipulate stock prices via grey areas within REG SHO. They aren't smart, just crooked.

rain168

“Market manipulation! It was on REG SHO! Illegal!!!”

9tacos

An entire investment thesis 100% based on something called REG SHO instead of fundamentals 

firetocrates

>'Towel stock right now. Tide going out.' > >'See ya next week bruh.. SHO@11' > >'See ya next week.' > >'Premature, like your ejaculations.' 1m: -48.6% 1w: - 27.6% 1d: - 1.75% lol, 'bruh' Who could have predicted....

CBarkleysGolfSwing

Anyone who likes options should check out BYND. IV at 52 week lows, Reg SHO, high short interest metrics and it's been at basically the same level since last Sept (implying shorts paying high CTB for minimal gains). If market decides to do something positive, covering could be intense.

Logical_Ad4408

Cusip code changes can impact naked short positions as shares have to be exchanged for the new code. The problem with Bobby is these shorts aren’t naked (maybe some…but not NEARLY enough to be problematic). Holding a short position through cusip change simply requires the borrow to be reconciled. Another problem is that many people don’t even understand what makes shorting really is, what FTDs are, what reg SHO is, and MOST importantly what bonafide market maker activities/exemptions are. All of this is complicated by design don’t get me wrong…and my opinion absolute TRASH…but people hear “reg sho/ftd/naked short” and think they have the big guys by the balls. Unfortunately they don’t. Here’s the direct source (one of them) https://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/regsho.htm

anonfthehfs

Nail on the head. Anyone who did a little digging knew this which is why they shorted so heavily. The only reason it was on Reg SHO so long is because shorts are failing to locate but don't care because more shares are available each day. Magically, when dilution is done, they will just find the locates after 13 days and BBBY will have many shares outstanding and be off REG SHO which was one of Retails last hopes..... I hate that most people won't listen to reason. It's why we keep trying to educate

mathnyu

BBBY muh REG-SHO bros all fucked 😂

WildestInTheWest

BBBY isn't GME, and this simply isn't the same situation. We now have a horde of retail investors just scouring Reg SHO lists, FTD lists and so forth to try and find the next potential squeeze candidate. GME got out of the debt, replaced a lot of the bad actors on the board and have tried to do a turnaround. They are still bleeding cash, and have no profits, but they have time. BBBY have billions in debt. They are bleeding cash like no tomorrow, they have no new potential profit avenues and they are simply trying to do more of the same. The stock is tanking, rightfully, and soon enough it will be delisted.

BoboFagucci

See ya next week bruh.. SHO@11

KickItToMud

❗❗Still on the SHO list in Nasdaq - today Monday ❗❗ Rocket launch time approaching 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

KickItToMud

REG SHO Overview As defined in Rule 203(c)(6) of Regulation SHO, a “threshold security” is any equity security of any issuer that is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, or that is required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (commonly referred to as reporting securities), where, for five consecutive settlement days: There are aggregate fails to deliver at a registered clearing agency of 10,000 shares or more per security; The level of fails is equal to at least one-half of one percent of the issuer’s total shares outstanding; and The security is included on a list published by a self-regulatory organization (SRO). A security ceases to be a threshold security if it does not exceed the specified level of fails for five consecutive settlement days.

2conservative

Holy smokes. The SEC is worried about emojis but not worried about allowing shorties to short stocks with shares that don't exist and then not following SHO rules and racking up a butt-load of FTDs. SMH (no emoji there!) First step SEC is to digitize public shares via blockchain so there exists a digital ledger to identify and verify each and every share that REALLY exists. Also, it would be up to the trading houses and clearing houses to validate shares that pass through their hands - would take a few microseconds to do and the process could be automated.

creedthoughtsblog

lol this will get dumped to like 0.30, then shorts cover back to 0.35 to get off REG SHO and we get more 🤡 bag holders

Ryboticpsychotic

Hey, we're not talking about any old average redditor, here. We're talking about a guy whose last post was asking a basic question about Regulation SHO. He's basically an investment genius, and some people are even calling him the next Warren Buffett.

cheekflutter

dude, get an old collector car. And, a shitbox for daily incidentals. Even my old VWs are going up in value. I only know the VAG world, but its easy to pick a car that will not depreciate, but do the opposite. If you want a real hobby, buy a project and put the work in. Take it to shows and post up in a lawn chair and have people walk by and talk with you about it. You pull up to a show in a new c8 and people will look, but they could do the same thing for at the dealership. You could show up in a Taurus SHO from 89-91 and get more respect IMO.

3wteasz

Guys, they are due latest on 3/3. Most likely they are already reset with other FTDs, just like they kick the can on other stocks. Reg SHO only tells us that there is a net FTD situation, but they can be returned on any other day before the due date. In case you don't follow BBBY, due date hasn't been a reliable indicator for runs the last couple of weeks.

anonfthehfs

It's because retail doesn't understand how all this works. They all foamed at the mouth about Reg SHO and FTDs. They listened to regular people interpreting what the filings meant. Most of which they got wrong, I know because I went into their "Filings discussions" where they were trying to use ChatGPT to figure out what stuff meant. Does same people are likely bagholding and have been convinced that RC / Icahn are coming to save them. The truth is that most smart business people aren't going to overpay for Baby because BBBY is on its knees bleeding out. BBBY needed to have negotiated from a play of power, not from weakness. Those filings which I wrote 2 DD's on explained that BBBY gave the keys to the Kingdom to a 3rd party. As long as they signed the 424b5 form, they are already diluting Millions of shares. I was called a shill but if a friendly had their shares, it wouldn't be bleeding off them in chunks. In my DD I told people that there would be massive volume / Green spikes followed by selling off. This is classic distribution (selling). They sell into retails buying pressure. The stock goes no where but you watch. The next time they report an SEC filing, the float will be 2x where it is now. I'm happy to explain this to anyone that wants to know.

ConcentrateOk9674

REG SHO forces the market maker to locate shares which they have “failed to deliver” to customers like us i.e. theysold without actually owning or having. Because of REG SHO, they have to “locate” aka BUY shares of Towel until they have “located” the outstanding amound. If you look at the FTD data basically the whole float if Towel needs to be bought and located before March.

SilberBug

No naked shorts yet AMC is on REG SHO now, 8 days and counting...

MyNi_NotYourNi

* 5 day drop: **-45%** * 1 day drop: **-13%** "Greatest SHO" indeed. Goes well with the massive dilution happening right now, as a side.

rastavibes

I checked to see if MARA was still on Reg SHO and appears it no longer is. Been eyeing it.

Narrow_Assumption307

A lot of faith is in REGsho. I don't think that is right way. Overstock (OSTK) Appears on the Regulation SHO Threshold List for 666 Consecutive Trading Days! RegSHO isn't our moon ticket because of loopholes in regulations. If OSTK was there for 666 days, 35 days for Bobby mean nothing. We should be calm and wait for positive M&A news or enjoy in a wild ride in a spiral of death.

MyNi_NotYourNi

For anyone interested, this is from [a 2008 paper](https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A178080800/AONE?u=mlin_oweb&sid=googleScholar&xid=74b71f6e) on the discussions that were going on at that time. It's a decent read. No sh\*t they "knew they whole time" - the better question to ask is why this setup persists to this day. There are legit concerns around market making and orderly markets that often gets swept under "*mah-nee-poo-lotion!!*"; its a fascinating study for anyone who truly cares about the details, and isn't driven by a constant need to validate their sense of victimhood. Incidentally, there's an [ongoing regulatory push](https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-32) by the SEC on short selling too: >The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to propose changes that would provide greater transparency to investors and regulators by increasing the public availability of short sale related data. **New Exchange Act Rule 13f-2** and the corresponding Form SHO would **require certain institutional investment managers to report short sale related information to the Commission on a monthly basis**. The Commission then would make aggregate data about large short positions, including daily short sale activity data, available to the public for each individual security. If this makes it through, will be great for market transparency.

HungryColquhoun

BBBY is the obvious one right? A surge on no news on Monday and tanking since despite near term bankruptcy being off the table through a public equity offering from news on Tuesday. From their 8-K it appears that new buyers can't do anything with warrants, common stock, convertible stock or options for 90 days - so even in the worst case scenario (cough, Hudson Bay, cough) they would not be able to initiate a death spiral in the near future (c.f. "Lock-up Shares" in the 8-K). Meanwhile CTB mounts as does FTDs (with BBBY being on Reg SHO for 26 days), and the short index is sky high. Can the price be kept down for 90 days? Maybe, maybe not. If it wasn't obvious, I'm a bagholder - but now an optimistic one...

creedthoughtsblog

heavy shorted float, high borrow cost and on the REG SHO list

wawgawwtb

Still on Reg SHO and the added more to suppress price. No digging out of this hole. Shorts will be covered up like turds in a litter box.

wawgawwtb

It will squeeze in the next two weeks. Shorts always try to kick the can with FUD stories but the CTB is 219%+ with 0 shares available. They are so deep in their shorts and being on Reg SHO there is no escape. Not even with further market manipulation. Besides, the full story has not been released. Some the other shoe will drop and the launch will happen.

wawgawwtb

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader.aspx?id=regshothreshold#:~:text=REG%20SHO%20Overview&text=There%20are%20aggregate%20fails%20to,self%2Dregulatory%20organization%20(SRO)

cybertank17

It's funny to me how quickly this sub downvotes BBBY, when most things advocated on here seem to be based on CTB and short % alone (rarely any actual DD). Yet BBBY has (I believe?) all of the other stocks on this sub beat on these two metrics lol. The Fidelity CTB has been shocking lately, and of course, REG SHO too.

Smrtrthnur

I was in and out of it a few times. It spent a while at the top of FINTEL short squeeze scoreboard and was REG SHO but, has fallen a few positions recently. Now I’m chasing EVGO and VTNR.

wawgawwtb

On Reg SHO and FTDs just hit 5 million.

EngHH

GROM I believe it's going up and just completing healthy consolidation, Private Placement closes soon ($2.26), Goldman Sachs bought in Jan 13th, float is still low despite PP, still on Threshold SHO, and has a solid balance sheet. Time will tell but I see it happening.

CompetitiveFarm533

I mean 13 days on REG SHO so its possible

wawgawwtb

Day 13 on Reg SHO.

EngHH

GROM low float, on SHO threshold, gaining traction, higher average volume than usual, quite explosive imo.

Marc_Damon

Because they do have to cover.. as I stated above they have to be in Compliance with **SEC Regulation SHO** (Rule 204) Here is a reference for you: [sec.gov/investor/pubs/regsho.htm](https://sec.gov/investor/pubs/regsho.htm) (read #3)

Marc_Damon

**SEC Regulation SHO Rule 204:** Mandates closing FTDs by the 35th calendar day post the failure date (see: sec.gov/investor/pubs/regsho.htm)

bleedingheartanimate

GROM,heavily shorted about 65% right now,on REG SHO, up 11% in afterhours and has gaps to fill and 3 & 8

anonfthehfs

No, I think it's going to go in two phases. The first was the run up, the second is the FTDs. Retail is buying the stock with their brokers who are usually Prime brokers. These Prime brokers are notorious for internalizing orders and taking the other side of the trade against their retail clients. So they will often FTD hoping that retail gets shaken out. There will be a point where if they don't deliver the shares, GNS will end up on Reg SHO and then we will probably have a secondary run up. But you would be amazed on how long they can kick the can without the SEC doing something. I'm not allowed to self promote on here but you can go in my profile to find a link. I think its fair because I point out some warts

Hot-Horror9942

Selling stock short without having located stock for delivery at settlement. This activity would violate Regulation SHO, except for short sales by market makers engaged in bona fide market making activities. Market makers engaged in bona fide market making activities do not have to locate stock before selling short, because they need to be able to provide liquidity. Market makers are not excepted, however, from Regulation SHO’s close-out and pre-borrow requirements. https://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/regsho.htm Problem is market makers can conjure up stock out of thin air without having to do a locate for said borrow, all in the name of the liquidity fairy

King_Chron

When a broker dealer has a net surplus of shares of any given company in his account with the DTC, only the net amount is deducted from his surplus position and put in the stock borrow program. However the broker dealer does not take a like number of shares from his customer’s individual accounts. The net surplus position is loaned to a second broker dealer to cover his net deficit position. Let’s say a customer at the second broker dealer purchased shares from a naked short seller – counterfeit shares. His broker dealer “delivers” those shares to his account from the shares borrowed from the DTC. The lending broker dealer did not take the shares from any specific customers’ account, but the borrowing broker dealer put the borrowed shares in specific customer’s accounts. Now the customer at the second prime broker has “real” shares in his account. The problem is it’s the same “real” shares that are in the customer’s account at the first prime broker. The customer account at the second prime broker now has a “real” share, which the prime broker can lend to a short who makes a short sale and delivers that share to a third party. Now there are three investors with the same counterfeit shares in their accounts. Because the DTC stock borrow program, and the debits and credits that go back and forth between the broker dealers, only deals with the net difference, it never gets reconciled to the actual number of shares issued by the company. As long as the broker dealers don’t repay the total stock borrowed and only settle their net differences, they can “grow” a company’s issued stock. This process is called Continuous Net Settlement (CNS) and it hides billions of counterfeit shares that never make it to the Reg. SHO radar screen, as the shares “borrowed” from the DTC are treated as a legitimate borrowed shares. For companies that are under attack, the counterfeit shares that are created by the CNS program are thought to be ten or twenty times the disclosed fails-to-deliver, and the true CNS totals are only obtained by successfully serving the DTC with a subpoena.

King_Chron

**Ex-clearing counterfeiting** – The second tier of counterfeiting occurs at the broker dealer level. This is called ex-clearing. These are trades that occur dealer to dealer and don’t clear through the DTC. Multiple tricks are utilized for the purpose of disguising naked shorts that are fails-to-deliver as disclosed shorts, which means that a share has been borrowed. They also make naked shorts “invisible” to the system so they don’t become fails-to-deliver, which is the only thing the SEC tracks. The SEC does not examine exclearing transactions as they don’t believe that Reg SHO applies to short shares held in ex-clearing. Some of the tricks are as follows:  Stock sales are either a long sale or a short sale. When a stock is transacted the broker checks the appropriate box. By mismarking the trading ticket -checking the long box when it is actually a short sale the short never shows up, unless they get caught, which doesn’t happen often. The position usually gets reconciled when the short covers.  Settlement of stock transactions is supposed to occur within three days, at which time a naked short should become a fail-to-deliver, however the SEC routinely and automatically grants a number of extensions before the naked short gets reported as a fail-to-deliver. Most of the short hedge funds and broker dealers have multiple entities, many offshore, so they sell large naked short positions from entity to entity. Position rolls, as they are called, are frequently done broker to broker, or hedge fund to hedge fund, in block trades that never appear on an exchange. Each movement resets the time clock for the naked position becoming a fail-to-deliver and is a means of quickly getting a company off of the SHO threshold list.  The prime brokers or others may do a buy-in of a naked short position. If they tell the short hedge fund that we are going to buy-in at 3:59 EST on Friday, the hedge fund naked shorts into their own buy-in (or has a co-conspirator do it) and rolls their position, hence circumventing Reg SHO.  Most of the large broker dealers operate internationally, so when regulators come in (they almost always “call ahead”) or compliance people come in (ditto), large naked positions are moved out of the country and returned at a later date.  The stock lend is enormously profitable for the broker dealers who charge the short sellers large fees for the “borrowed” shares, whether they are real or counterfeit. When shares are loaned to a short, they are supposed to remain with the short until he covers his position by purchasing real shares. The broker dealers do one-day lends, which enables the short to identify to the SEC the account that shares were borrowed from. As soon as the report is sent in, the shares are returned to the broker dealer to be loaned to the next short. This allows eight to ten shorts to borrow the same shares, resetting the SHO-fail-to-deliver clock each time, which makes all of the counterfeit shares look like legitimate shares. The broker dealers charge each short for the stock lend.  Margin account buyers, because of loopholes in the rules, inadvertently aid the shorts. If short A sells a naked short he has three days to deliver a borrowed share. If the counterfeit share is purchased in a margin account, it is immediately put into the stock lend and, for a fee, is available as a borrowed share to the short who counterfeited it in the first place. This process is perpetually fluid with multiple parties, but it serves to create more counterfeit shares and is an example of how a counterfeit share gets “laundered” into a legitimate borrowed share.  Margin account agreements give the broker dealers the right to lend those shares without notifying the account owner. Shares held in cash accounts, IRA accounts and any restricted shares are not supposed to be loaned without express consent from the account owner. Broker dealers have been known to change cash accounts to margin accounts without telling the owner, take shares from IRA accounts, take shares from cash accounts and lend restricted shares. One of the prime brokers recently took a million shares from cash accounts of the company’s founding investors without telling the owners or the stockbroker who represented ownership. The shares were put into the stock lend, which got the company off the SHO threshold list, and opened the door for more manipulative shorting. This is a sample of tactics used. For a company that is under attack, the counterfeit shares that exist at this ex-clearing tier can be ten or twenty times the number of fails-to-deliver, which is the only category tracked and policed by the SEC.

BeastSmitty

Oh yeah fo *SHO*

OB1KENOB

BBBY still on Reg SHO. Just saying.

hey_ross

[https://imgur.com/a/7nGi9kw](https://imgur.com/a/7nGi9kw) Why did I take these positions? To expose the biggest fraud in the world around FTD and Reg SHO violations leading to criminal fraud. Also, I did it for the fucking money, I need another yacht, this time in Europe. Is there is a different possible answer?

inphinicky

I'm guessing this is about $BBBY, Bed Bath and Beyond? The media cherry picked words from the filing and they have been relentless in their fearmongering. First they were like, 'they are going to file for bankruptcy over the weekend!' Didn't happen. Now they're running with, "looming bankruptcy." Bankruptcy is a risk and the company is obligated to state it. Doesn't mean it's going to happen. They have also stated that short squeezes can happen. Doesn't mean it's going to happen. So it comes down to make up your own mind and choose your own destiny. To address your other question, certain people are betting that the company will go bankrupt so they short the stock. Additionally, they do what is called 'short-and-distort' where they short a stock, have media publish negative articles about the company and talk negatively about the company on TV. Jim Cramer has a history. This drives the price down. They can't short all the time though, especially now when the market is going up, they would be fighting against the current. So they ease off the pedal. This lets the stock go up since there are people buying it betting that the company won't go bankrupt etc. Then there's FTD's and Reg SHO. Then there's the options chain, open interest and gamma ramp. There's theories about swaps cycles. Multiple 'market mechanics' reasons. You can read about it all here on Reddit.

inphinicky

Especially since it's like 'GME 1.5'; heavy 'short-and-distort', 'lOoMiNg bAnKrUpTcY', RC related, executing company turnaround as per his letter, Reg SHO, options OI, gamma ramp, GME Jan '21 sneeze anniversary etc

inphinicky

I should also have addressed that too. BBBY was never going bankrupt. The media was cherry picking words from the filing. See how they are now running with "looming bankruptcy"? 'Short-and-distort' campaign. The stock is being shorted since somebody is betting that the company is going bankrupt. They shorted it hard up to last week and now it has to run. The company is doing as per RC's letter and executing turnaround, and yes there's potential M&A/spin-off etc again as per RC's letter. To be neutral and unbiased, unconfirmed speculation for now of course but certainly feels likely after everything that has happened, like, it makes sense for it to happen?? That's why people "always have been", and are, buying. The stock seems really undervalued, like how DFV was talking about GME before the sneeze. Additionally, there's further parallels to GME Jan '21 like the gamma ramp and Reg SHO so people are YOLOing in to calls. Personally, I like the stock, as you can see. This is not financial advice. Choose your own destiny.

Level9TraumaCenter

Regulations [placed on short selling](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regsho.asp) as of 2005. If my understanding is correct, this means the hedgies are disallowed from throwing more shorts at it when it is on Reg SHO. However, this is either not enforced, or the penalties are trivial, or the hedge funds have other ways around this, or it flat-out just doesn't work in many cases. It's interesting, but the hedge funds have so much control over the market that it's difficult to state with certainty that it'll be of any benefit to retail.

topanazy

* Immediate bankruptcy rumors all but dead * Short interest continuing to climb * Unprecedented gamma ramp going into next week * Float traded 6+ times in recent trading days(over 3 times alone yesterday) * REG SHO as of 2 days ago * CTB surpassing levels from August * Long-running DD suggests a merger/acquisition is extremely likely, further supported by the hiring of M&A-specialized firms and recent personnel changes * Multiple forms delayed that are likely under a confidential treatment order (CTO) relating to possible M&A * Announcement of new VP * Extreme increase in FUD The probability that this becomes a Jan 2021 type of event is on course. The FOMO is only starting to kick in and the M/A catalyst remains ever-present.

Jackjackyack

Google is your friend. „A threshold list, also known as a Regulation SHO Threshold Security List, is a list of securities whose transactions failed to clear for five consecutive settlement days at a registered clearing agency. Threshold lists are published in accordance with regulations set by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).“

furloco

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/regsho.asp#:~:text=What%20Is%20Regulation%20SHO%3F,short%20selling%20and%20other%20practices.

LetsKickTheirAss

True .That's exactly what an expecting too .But didn't expect a reg SHO

Left-Anxiety-3580

Well this but MORE IMPORTANTLY…..looking through the Reg sho list and finding ONE solid ticker that has been on there for countless days or even longer. On top of that, make sure when picking it has all the right characteristics such as pattern, solid trend line, etc….. Again, the one most important thing everyone should remember and remember to tell each other is if you want to make magic happen stick to REG SHO LIST TICKERS! Ones a suitable stock has been located, everyone and I mean everyone (hypothetically) go in on it and it alone. Don’t sell throughout the process, that’s the most important rule, but the next most important is to continue buying.

Longjumping_Yellow18

This to consider 1. On SHO list and how long? 2. CTB , utilisation 3. Days to cover DTC 4. Ownerships, 5. Options, this can be good and bad. More Gamma potential but also much more scope for fuckery. 6. Management and history of dilution or fucking up retail investors. 7. The daily chart 7.last but not least that X factor, for me there has to be something else there than just high SI...

bigorangemachine

Ortex is a good start. Following Ortex on twitter can give you an idea which ones are stacking up SI/CTB. Looking the SHO list is helpful as well but generally the SHO list kills volatility which generally kills squeezes as people are always waiting for dips. Generally high CTB/SI isn't enough to squeeze a stock by itself. It needs a news catalyst or fundamental change. RDBX is always going to be a good example... since it was getting delisted (merged) it had a fundamental change where forced (some) short covering. Generally low float stocks with high OBV are good candidates. Also spikes in FTDs is a signal. Overall though.. no software.. you gotta gather the data yourself and put it in a spreadsheet. Or pay for a service like ortex or people who do news letters

mtbdork

UPST matches lenders with customers using AI that takes many factors into consideration beyond the standards used today, improving liquidity in the lending market. It may seem unwise considering the high-rate environment, but it will normalize at higher rates, and competitive lenders will rise above the rest. This company isn’t the gold mine; it’s the guy selling pickaxes to the miners. Beyond that, it also has a high short interest and small float. It has been shorted to the point where it cycles on and off of Reg SHO. This stock is highly illiquid and thus exposed to unusually high volatility. Long-dated options near and out of the money are priced very attractively for somebody looking to enter a long position.