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Where do you see a short interest of 220%? Checking yahoo finance now it's listed at around 20%.

goldnugget92 5y ago
Here is a archine from Jan 14, 2020 showing 101% of float SI. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081942/https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/gme https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081942/https://www.marke... The 220% was in Feb.
- Kaspar1313 5y ago
  And in October 136%; https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083657/https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/gme https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083657/https://www.marke...
- mupuff1234 5y ago
  The site you linked shows the short interest is currently at 14%.
Kaspar1313 5y ago
They've changed the way the calculate SI now. Before; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] Now; SI = [Number of Share Short] + [Float] / [Float] Ask yourself, why...
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > They've changed the way the calculate SI now This is nonsense. Who is “they”? FINRA and the SEC require brokers to report short interest data twice a month [1]. These are share aggregates. FINRA then provides those data for U.S.-listed companies to the exchanges, who publish it. None of those exchanges have changed their publishing methodologies in years. [1] https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/short-interest https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/short-interest
  - Kaspar1313 5y ago
    "They" are the data aggregation websites that post shares SI. FINRA and the SEC have nothing to do with the actual calculation of SI that various websites report. Read; https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/lbydkz/s3_partners_s3_si_of_float_metric_is_total/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/lbydkz/s3_p... S3 SI% of Float = Shares Sold Short/(Float + Shares Sold Short)
- ahtihn 5y ago
  > Before; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] > Now; SI = [Number of Share Short] + [Float] / [Float] So you're saying that SI is always reported as higher than 100% now? Since that's not the cause, are you saying there's negative number of short shares now? Maybe think for 2 seconds about your 2nd formula?
  - Kaspar1313 5y ago
    Sorry; Now; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] + [Number of Shares Short]
  - Kaspar1313 5y ago
    Read; http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fwallstreetbets%2Fcomments%2Flbydkz%2Fs3_partners_s3_si_of_float_metric_is_total%2F http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps... S3 SI% of Float = Shares Sold Short/(Float + Shares Sold Short)

Here is a archine from Jan 14, 2020 showing 101% of float SI. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081942/https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/gme https://web.archive.org/web/20200114081942/https://www.marke... The 220% was in Feb.

Kaspar1313 5y ago
And in October 136%; https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083657/https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/gme https://web.archive.org/web/20201003083657/https://www.marke...
mupuff1234 5y ago
The site you linked shows the short interest is currently at 14%.

Kaspar1313 5y ago

They've changed the way the calculate SI now. Before; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] Now; SI = [Number of Share Short] + [Float] / [Float] Ask yourself, why...

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> They've changed the way the calculate SI now This is nonsense. Who is “they”? FINRA and the SEC require brokers to report short interest data twice a month [1]. These are share aggregates. FINRA then provides those data for U.S.-listed companies to the exchanges, who publish it. None of those exchanges have changed their publishing methodologies in years. [1] https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/short-interest https://www.finra.org/investors/insights/short-interest
- Kaspar1313 5y ago
  "They" are the data aggregation websites that post shares SI. FINRA and the SEC have nothing to do with the actual calculation of SI that various websites report. Read; https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/lbydkz/s3_partners_s3_si_of_float_metric_is_total/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/lbydkz/s3_p... S3 SI% of Float = Shares Sold Short/(Float + Shares Sold Short)
ahtihn 5y ago
> Before; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] > Now; SI = [Number of Share Short] + [Float] / [Float] So you're saying that SI is always reported as higher than 100% now? Since that's not the cause, are you saying there's negative number of short shares now? Maybe think for 2 seconds about your 2nd formula?
- Kaspar1313 5y ago
  Sorry; Now; SI = [Number of Shares Short] / [Float] + [Number of Shares Short]
- Kaspar1313 5y ago
  Read; http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fwallstreetbets%2Fcomments%2Flbydkz%2Fs3_partners_s3_si_of_float_metric_is_total%2F http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttps... S3 SI% of Float = Shares Sold Short/(Float + Shares Sold Short)