That was not a misunderstanding at all. sure, anyone can take a short position. But for the number of outstanding shortage there are, it has to be institutional

That was not a misunderstanding at all. sure, anyone can take a short position. But for the number of outstanding shortage there are, it has to be institutional investors and above. And sure, anyone can close out at a higher position, but that doesn't mean they didn't take a huge loss to do so. I'm not sure why you think that was in misunderstanding.