re: manipulation -hooter Hmnn no explanation for the shorts...

re: manipulation -hooter Hmnn no explanation for the shorts increase ? all i can say is about 2 million short is normal when it got down to 30k that was the lowest ever.

Could be someone with a large long position that is nicely green taking some " insurance " by buying some puts ?

Unlikely but possible eitherway HDR still has less short than ROC , WPL & RIO

HDR HARDMAN RESOURCES LIMITED 1,413,454 65,913,810 ( .21%)

OSH OIL SEARCH LIMITED 3,386,123 111,949,533 (.30%)

ROC ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED 1,599,711 21,599,479 (.74% )


WPL WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED 3,325,115 66,666,667 (.49% )

RIO RIO TINTO LIMITED 10,942,810 45,681,594 (2.39%)