That is the open short positions & is correct as such but it is not reporting the actual short trading activity which is something else again.
To see the true shorts, compare the open positions to the daily reported shorts & the numbers that are loaned / borrowed.
The majority of short activity does not appear on the open positions because they are day trades, or at least that is what it appears. The days that a new open position appears, those new positions regularly do not show on the daily reported numbers.
Compare the numbers to a chart.
What is the purpose of short selling? "Short-selling is a tool commonly used by financial market intermediaries as a medium for their business. Short-selling increases market liquidity and efficiency, sometimes helping to regulate prices, in particular in the case of shares that look overvalued"
After tracking the data for 2 years it is blatantly obvious that shorting is overwhelmingly just another tool for manipulating the sp. & not as they would have us believe that it is to regulate prices & increase liquidity & efficiency
There are multiple participants that have differing agendas.
The numbers are not being reported correctly or dishonestly
Some participants (traders perhaps) are probably losing money
The numbers change or are adjusted on occasion for whatever reason.
The reporting is often later than required
Some participants get it right, probably because they are the biggest but it looks like a lot don't or maybe they just don't care & are just day trades to manipulate the sp
There are so many things wrong about shorting & the way in which it is being used & reported that there should be a freeze on the practice & a proper investigation into the participants & their intentions.
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