Noticed how sizeable & persistent Shorts appear to be?ASX daily...

Noticed how sizeable & persistent Shorts appear to be?

ASX daily data shows a jump from approx. 3.4 Mil March 20th to 12.4 mil March 21st.

ASIC data sits around 800 million although shrinking slightly:

		Trade Date	14/03/2023	14/03/2023	13/03/2023	13/03/2023	10/03/2023	10/03/2023	9/03/2023	9/03/2023	8/03/2023
1	Product	Product Code	Reported Short Positions	% of Total Product in Issue Reported as Short Positions	Reported Short Positions	% of Total Product in Issue Reported as Short Positions	Reported Short Positions	% of Total Product in Issue Reported as Short Positions	Reported Short Positions	% of Total Product in Issue Reported as Short Positions	Reported Short Positions
2	SAYONA MINING LTD ORDINARY	SYA	780,646,515	9	792,012,194	9	813,476,201	9	822,906,922	9	840,183,870

That appears to be a lot of exposure - if purely based on speculation?

Daily volumes

March 21st - 74 Mil
March 20th - 62 Mil
March 17th - 58 Mil
March 16th - 61 Mil

Should shorters feel the need to close off - that's more than 10 days of activity! They appear to be quite confident in their positioning?

Any thoughts from those more familiar with Shorters game plays?