See below how sometimes Shorters can create panic and also...

See below how sometimes Shorters can create panic and also frustration among genuine retail investors. The day SP bounces back or KDR goes into trading halt because of our 2nd OT partner announcement, shorters will get burnt.

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
0	Date	Gross shorts 1	Issued capital	% Capital shorted 2	Trade volume 3	Shorts as % of volume 4
1	Tue 7th Aug, 2018	995,183	398,560,792	0.25%	5,933,489	16.77%
2	Mon 6th Aug, 2018	521,476	398,560,792	0.13%	1,797,927	29.00%
3	Fri 3rd Aug, 2018	877,478	398,560,792	0.22%	1,930,622	45.45%
4	Thu 2nd Aug, 2018	520,339	398,560,792	0.13%	1,978,288	26.30%
5	Wed 1st Aug, 2018	855,166	398,560,792	0.21%	4,050,408	21.11%
6	Tue 31st Jul, 2018	1,119,732	398,560,792	0.28%	6,296,999	17.78%
7	Mon 30th Jul, 2018	103,424	398,560,792	0.02%	1,158,634	8.93%
8	Fri 27th Jul, 2018	360,980	398,560,792	0.09%	1,061,601	34.00%
9	Thu 26th Jul, 2018	302,906	398,560,792	0.07%	1,589,793	19.05%
10	Wed 25th Jul, 2018	526,880	398,560,792	0.13%	2,077,338	25.36%
11	Tue 24th Jul, 2018	577,444	398,560,792	0.14%	2,333,864	24.74%
12	Mon 23rd Jul, 2018	523,478	398,560,792	0.13%	1,146,456	45.66%
13	Fri 20th Jul, 2018	980,214	398,560,792	0.24%	2,055,190	47.69%
14	Thu 19th Jul, 2018	556,859	398,560,792	0.14%	2,097,173	26.55%
15	Wed 18th Jul, 2018	889,337	398,560,792	0.22%	2,780,396	31.99%
16	Tue 17th Jul, 2018	1,123,328	398,560,792	0.28%	3,507,248	32.03%
17	Mon 16th Jul, 2018	529,079	398,560,792	0.13%	1,781,276	29.70%
18	Fri 13th Jul, 2018	562,706	398,560,792	0.14%	1,138,939	49.41%
19	Thu 12th Jul, 2018	468,008	398,560,792	0.11%	1,246,265	37.55%
20	Wed 11th Jul, 2018	401,446	398,560,792	0.10%	2,020,847	19.87%

¹ Reported gross short sales. ² % Capital reported as short sold (non aggregated). ³ Stock trade volume - ASX only (see notes). ⁴ See notes.