Updated Shorter chart, including Aggregate short sales (shortman/ASIC data) and Net borrowed shares (ASX data).
ASIC aggregate shorts @ Feb 19th: 82,220,284 units or 20.08%.
AFAIK the aggregate number includes onward lending, so does not really represent the actual amount of shorted shares that need to be re-bought for covering..
The ASX net is more representative, but apparently the reporting is poorly enforced.
The ASX Gross number @ Feb 19th is about 77m (lower image), compared to the ASIC 82m figure, so I suspect that the ACTUAL NET shorts are somewhere between 48.5m (ASX Net figure) and 53.5m (ASX Net figure + 5m).
Note the recent peak in NET borrowed (ASX figure)...
Interesting.
My question/point from the other day still stands: Where were all the "expert" shorters when we were at our peak in Jan 2018? (they were about 7% then btw!). They pile in now, AFTER we've dropped over 75%! Go figure.
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