Well, from what I'm seeing Shorts is not to blame for the current situation. Maybe it was the stupid release of the last Ann.
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 1 Mon 20th Feb, 2017 5,550 352,377,933 0.00% 1,946,451 0.29%