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Exactly. Short seller buys 100 shares, return shares to lender, lender sells back to short seller, repeat as many times as needed to close

• t0mas88 6y ago
  Except that the lender is seeing the price skyrocket, so they're not selling it back.
  • LatteLazy 6y ago
    Surely the price is soaring because that's what it takes for the seller to keep selling it back?