I don't understand how I need to explain it further to you? Do you not understand the term "gross".
If you google "short data asx" and open the link from the asx website you get a txt file like this in browser:
It clearly states that the following is "daily gross short sales reported". This means the number of short sales is the total amount of shares associated in the practice of short selling for that day. Whether its open or closed the total amount of transacted shares is aggregated together and reported.
How did I come to my conclusion it associated with short covering. I have already explained it using an assumed daily active gross sales and the amount associate with block trades align to the sudden increase in gross short sales. Like I said, if tomorrow short data reflect an additional 6.3m shares I believe the association is fair?
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