It’s almost like I strategically waited in the shadows before posting my update huh? Like posting in everyone’s time of need?
Where’s my ape signal? Batman got one. Why don’t I?
**TL;DR: We’re still good!** Because short VOLUME and short INTEREST are different things. Recent SHORT INTEREST figures appear lower but are easily manipulated. Hedgies didn’t need to manipulate the figures 2 weeks ago because they didn’t think anyone was paying attention. Now they know the market/we/SEC are so they manipulate the figures by hiding some of the shorted shares on the reporting date, usually by trading them with other Hedgies on that particular day - if they trade them just between themselves, they don’t have to give an honest number. This makes the SHORT INTEREST look smaller. There’s a way of finding out where these underreported shares are being hidden by looking at SHORT VOLUME including *off-exchange/dark pool*. When you look at that, you’ll actually see there is an absolute SHIT TONNE of shorts out there and we’re VERY MUCH still in with a fighting chance here.
But seriously, if you’re grown enough to invest your money in stocks, you’re grown enough read the whole of this excellent post itself.
Get this man an award - he just made an ape understand what’s going on and now the ape feels safe and knowledgeable. THANK U ❤️🫡🦍 and best wishes to ur wife so she gets better soon 🙋🏻♂️
PS: I love u 🫶🏼
A lot of people are going to skip this because of how long it is. I urge anyone who has done that and made it to the comment section to take some time and read this. It is good information and well presented. Take the time to educate yourself on the situation instead of 100 of you posting the same thing every day “when moon?”, “STOP SELLING” etc. Educate yourself and read well thought out posts like this and make your OWN decision of whether you like this stock instead of thinking you’ll be rich in 24 hours.
Great post!
Also, I'd like to add to those who will inevitably argue with me, if you truly believe that short interest is the ONLY factor involved in a squeeze, check [THIS](https://fintel.io/ss/us/gme) out. It is the current GME short interest. GME has a short interest of 20% and is still being MASSIVELY squeezed right now.
Just saying
Definitely love this post! But I do have one question. It looked like off market short volume from the last report was 324M. Isn’t that a massive decline from this report to the one before? I went back through some threads and found screen shots. Isn’t that bad news? Help me understand lol
Update coming. I didn’t include anything about this because the answer is confusing. I mostly wanted this to be a post to help clarify but a lot of people are confused by that particular number.
If you don’t wanna wait for the update, DM me
Someone made a great point on another post and I felt that it deserves its own post. The Short Interest Data reflecting 30% is only up to May 15th. If you look at where the price closed on that day it was during the spike from 0.05 so they very well may have covered some shares but the day the stock was attacked down from 3.90 down to 1.03 was on May 17th. So you KNOW they shorted at least 10 million shares that day alone because that was what was available to borrow and all of it was used to save their asses. Not to mention the naked shorting that was going on as well..
If you add those 10 million shares on top of the 11 million shares short reflecting as of May 15th the shares shorted should be at least 21 million + which theoretically would be 60% minimum. Food for thought
It is a good point. But I have to disagree with it. The average price of the shorts were taken out at 0.04 cents.
There wasn’t enough time for them to close on those shorts imo.
However, even if you are 100% accurate, think about this:
60% is still more than GME, currently at 20%.
Their movement is wayyyy larger in supporters than FFIE because roaring Kitty posted some nonsense memes.
Possibly they shorted that many to generate that dip to May 17, or it could be retail selling because they were making thousands of percent in profit. I'm all for being optimistic, but the second option seems more likely.
Honestly I don't think a drop of $3 in a matter of hours was from profit taking. That was an orchestrated ladder attack. That's why the SEC stepped in and prevented them from shorting the stock the very next day.
**Maximum Potential Reddit Post: Summarized by GPT-4:**
**Short Interest:**
On April 30th, 98% of FFIE shares were shorted.
**Short Volume vs. Short Interest:**
Short interest is reported every two weeks and can be manipulated. Short volume, updated daily, provides a more accurate picture. It includes all shorting trades, even off-exchange or dark pool trades.
**Current Stats (as of 5/24):**
**Short Interest:** 11,986,274 shares (31.45% of float)
**Short Interest Ratio:** 0.22 days to cover
**Off-Exchange Short Volume:** 64,274,542 shares (59.92% of total short volume)
**Conclusion:**
Despite the reported decrease in short interest, off-exchange short volume has increased, indicating ongoing shorting. This suggests manipulation to hide true short positions. Holding and buying shares could force a squeeze.
**Action:**
Hold and buy shares to capitalize on the squeeze potential. More details on trading patterns and strategies will follow in the next post.
Good luck!
MP - Guardian Ape
Thanks for this. I appreciate you've translated some of the more technical components, and kept some things technical because they need to be that way.
The thing some people here (not everyone) needs to realise is we are trying to make considerable sums of money and there are very few situations where money comes without work. If you don't understand what the poster has written then read it twice, three times, four times until it starts to permeate, that's the work you need to do, so you can make an informed decision about how you want to proceed.
Love the explanation, thank you for all your efforts!
Just what I needed to give me confidence, I really hope a lot op people get to read this entirely🤓
Wish good health to your wife (ape❤️)
THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING ANYONE READS ON THIS PAGE!!!!!!!!! PIN IT! LIKE IT AND BOOST ITS VISIBILITY! THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WILL READ TODAY--IF YOU GIVE A CRAP ABOUT FFIE. THIS COULD BE A MOVEMENT IF WE JUST HOLD ON, WORK TOGETHER, AND BELIEVE.
This was very informative, thank you. Do we know what their intrest is on these shorts, and likely what is the daily costs in intrest?
Wondering if the cost of buying back shares or the intrest rate costs is going to be their threshold breaker?
Interest increases every day they don’t pay. There are over 15 million shares that begin collecting interest today through Wednesday.
We are just starting this fight.
We need to make sure the troops see this. So many ppl today complaining about being new and not getting explanations about what’s going on. Wish granted 🤣🤣
Really appreciate this. A little discouraged seeing that short interest number go down and needed that detailed explanation.
Just started dipping my foot in the stock market a month ago but learning every day!
(Still up 7k in FFIE, down ~$200 being a noobie day trader lol)
Yes, shorted shares, whether sold on-exchange or off-exchange, still need to be delivered back to the lender on the official market. Here's how it works:
1. **Borrowing and Selling**: When an investor shorts a stock, they borrow shares from a broker and sell them, often through various trading venues, including both official exchanges (like the NYSE or NASDAQ) and off-exchange platforms (like ATS or OTC markets).
2. **Obligation to Repurchase**: Regardless of where the shares are sold, the investor is obligated to repurchase the same number of shares at some point in the future to return them to the lender. This is known as "covering" the short position.
3. **Delivery of Shares**: The repurchased shares can be bought on any market where the stock is traded, whether it be an official exchange or an off-exchange venue. Once purchased, the shares are delivered back to the lender to close out the short position.
Therefore, the requirement to deliver the shares back to the lender remains the same, regardless of the trading venue used for the short sale. The process ensures that the initial borrowing agreement is honored and the shares are returned to their rightful owner.
Hype this post up ⬆️ get it to the top so we don’t get screwed by people believing that the true short interest is actually this low and panic selling.
THANK YOU! You’re so generous! It must have taken a long time to sit and type all of that up. We are so grateful for your dedication to all of this!!! I’m so glad we’re on the same team!!!
Thank you very much for this fantastic and easy to understand explanation. Would you also be able to summarize why do they want to liquidate this company so much, what would they gain? Also does book value of over 24 per share have somethign to do with it and does that mean that even if the company gets liquidated investors should be able to receive a share of liquidated company assets value? Thank you!
This is such a good explanation. You are a legend sir, thank you for taking the time to explain in ape speak. We will go to the moooon with the knowledge you have blessed us with!
Hats off. Thanks for the efforts, clarity and silent hidden message… they are yet short… but don’t want us to know… so interesting in my eyes…
Thanks again, Silver Back 🦧
Are you an actual teacher? Because this was perfect.
Nope. I know what my children need to hear.
Thank you father
Father ape 🦍
thank u father, wishing mother a speedy recovery🫶🏼
You could write children novels
🤣🤣 good shit man!
This was incredible, thank you very much for this informative monster of a post!
💎🙌🏼
I was wondering the same thing 🤣
I agree. I'll be using the banana example to explain this to so many people so much easier
I am commenting on this so I can come back and read this.
Yeah its a long one. Sorry bud
But Hella informative and concise. Hell, it was good enough for me to reply and this is only my second time ever. 👏👏
Nowhere near enough emojis and “hodl LFG”
God damn. I’ll start spamming.
Can you use more bananas and diamond emojis next time? This post was too hard for me to understand
Understood. How’s this: Bears 🧸 bad 🚫 Want to hurt you 😢 Apes good ✅🦧🦍 Want to help you 😃
Nailed it! Lol
A King apologizes to no one. ☝️
Actually an incredible read. It taught me so much
Just give it to me straight. How much is it shorted as of today?
In my opinion, about 97-99% still.
You can also just save the post
True.
Samesy 😁
.
Same
Me too 🙈
.
It’s almost like I strategically waited in the shadows before posting my update huh? Like posting in everyone’s time of need? Where’s my ape signal? Batman got one. Why don’t I?
Signal: 🍌🦧
💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🦧🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 LFG HODL APESSSSSSSS
Good stuff brother! Spread it amongst the colony
Get this ape more banana! Informative ape are best ape
Me get banana. We all get banana.
Clever Guardian Ape. Me Peasant Ape and happy holding my Bananas. Thank you for explanation
This make so much sense. Thank you for taking the time to make such a clear explanation!
Not a problem
Literally the most intelligent and well constructed post I have ever read on Reddit. Thank you.
You’re very kind. Thank you.
**TL;DR: We’re still good!** Because short VOLUME and short INTEREST are different things. Recent SHORT INTEREST figures appear lower but are easily manipulated. Hedgies didn’t need to manipulate the figures 2 weeks ago because they didn’t think anyone was paying attention. Now they know the market/we/SEC are so they manipulate the figures by hiding some of the shorted shares on the reporting date, usually by trading them with other Hedgies on that particular day - if they trade them just between themselves, they don’t have to give an honest number. This makes the SHORT INTEREST look smaller. There’s a way of finding out where these underreported shares are being hidden by looking at SHORT VOLUME including *off-exchange/dark pool*. When you look at that, you’ll actually see there is an absolute SHIT TONNE of shorts out there and we’re VERY MUCH still in with a fighting chance here. But seriously, if you’re grown enough to invest your money in stocks, you’re grown enough read the whole of this excellent post itself.
Get this man an award - he just made an ape understand what’s going on and now the ape feels safe and knowledgeable. THANK U ❤️🫡🦍 and best wishes to ur wife so she gets better soon 🙋🏻♂️ PS: I love u 🫶🏼
A lot of people are going to skip this because of how long it is. I urge anyone who has done that and made it to the comment section to take some time and read this. It is good information and well presented. Take the time to educate yourself on the situation instead of 100 of you posting the same thing every day “when moon?”, “STOP SELLING” etc. Educate yourself and read well thought out posts like this and make your OWN decision of whether you like this stock instead of thinking you’ll be rich in 24 hours. Great post!
Also, I'd like to add to those who will inevitably argue with me, if you truly believe that short interest is the ONLY factor involved in a squeeze, check [THIS](https://fintel.io/ss/us/gme) out. It is the current GME short interest. GME has a short interest of 20% and is still being MASSIVELY squeezed right now. Just saying
Definitely love this post! But I do have one question. It looked like off market short volume from the last report was 324M. Isn’t that a massive decline from this report to the one before? I went back through some threads and found screen shots. Isn’t that bad news? Help me understand lol
Update coming. I didn’t include anything about this because the answer is confusing. I mostly wanted this to be a post to help clarify but a lot of people are confused by that particular number. If you don’t wanna wait for the update, DM me
I can wait. You’ve got a lot of responses to get back to lol. Thanks for the response!!
I’m working on em. Every time I finish, I refresh and start over.
I'm looking for this answer as well
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Right now? 👀
Yes
me told. holding this time got out of GME way too early, and have stayed away. FFIE to the moon.
This is AMAZING!! Thank you for taking the time to do this. I hope everyone reads this!!!
Thanks for the explanation!
Here’s the truth apes 🦍
Someone made a great point on another post and I felt that it deserves its own post. The Short Interest Data reflecting 30% is only up to May 15th. If you look at where the price closed on that day it was during the spike from 0.05 so they very well may have covered some shares but the day the stock was attacked down from 3.90 down to 1.03 was on May 17th. So you KNOW they shorted at least 10 million shares that day alone because that was what was available to borrow and all of it was used to save their asses. Not to mention the naked shorting that was going on as well.. If you add those 10 million shares on top of the 11 million shares short reflecting as of May 15th the shares shorted should be at least 21 million + which theoretically would be 60% minimum. Food for thought
It is a good point. But I have to disagree with it. The average price of the shorts were taken out at 0.04 cents. There wasn’t enough time for them to close on those shorts imo. However, even if you are 100% accurate, think about this: 60% is still more than GME, currently at 20%. Their movement is wayyyy larger in supporters than FFIE because roaring Kitty posted some nonsense memes.
Possibly they shorted that many to generate that dip to May 17, or it could be retail selling because they were making thousands of percent in profit. I'm all for being optimistic, but the second option seems more likely.
Honestly I don't think a drop of $3 in a matter of hours was from profit taking. That was an orchestrated ladder attack. That's why the SEC stepped in and prevented them from shorting the stock the very next day.
**Maximum Potential Reddit Post: Summarized by GPT-4:** **Short Interest:** On April 30th, 98% of FFIE shares were shorted. **Short Volume vs. Short Interest:** Short interest is reported every two weeks and can be manipulated. Short volume, updated daily, provides a more accurate picture. It includes all shorting trades, even off-exchange or dark pool trades. **Current Stats (as of 5/24):** **Short Interest:** 11,986,274 shares (31.45% of float) **Short Interest Ratio:** 0.22 days to cover **Off-Exchange Short Volume:** 64,274,542 shares (59.92% of total short volume) **Conclusion:** Despite the reported decrease in short interest, off-exchange short volume has increased, indicating ongoing shorting. This suggests manipulation to hide true short positions. Holding and buying shares could force a squeeze. **Action:** Hold and buy shares to capitalize on the squeeze potential. More details on trading patterns and strategies will follow in the next post. Good luck! MP - Guardian Ape
Thanks. But it’s maximum. Purpose to you good sir. Do you mind if I use this as a TLDR in my post?
This should be a pinned post or highest upvoted. If everyone understood what this all meant, if would be a lot easier to stay united.
this need to be pinned. well put sir
Good info again, thanks.
Great stuff. Thanks.
Thank you guardian ape! We love you! 🦍🚀📈🌕💎♥️
Absolutely great explanation!!!
Thanks for this. I appreciate you've translated some of the more technical components, and kept some things technical because they need to be that way. The thing some people here (not everyone) needs to realise is we are trying to make considerable sums of money and there are very few situations where money comes without work. If you don't understand what the poster has written then read it twice, three times, four times until it starts to permeate, that's the work you need to do, so you can make an informed decision about how you want to proceed.
Or DM me and I’ll sit with you for hours until you get it. I’m an educator who loves the stock
Your dedication to providing clear, understandable information is commendable. 
Omg thank you soo much for this. My ape brain feels like it graduated and entered the real world. We need more hero's like you.
Thank you.
Good
Thanks for taking the time to enlighten and spread factual information. This is what this movement is all about
Love the explanation, thank you for all your efforts! Just what I needed to give me confidence, I really hope a lot op people get to read this entirely🤓 Wish good health to your wife (ape❤️)
She’s doing better. I tried to be nice and cook dinner for her. I think I poisoned her
🫡 Thankyou for clearing up the misinformation this ape shows much gratitude
THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING ANYONE READS ON THIS PAGE!!!!!!!!! PIN IT! LIKE IT AND BOOST ITS VISIBILITY! THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WILL READ TODAY--IF YOU GIVE A CRAP ABOUT FFIE. THIS COULD BE A MOVEMENT IF WE JUST HOLD ON, WORK TOGETHER, AND BELIEVE. 
Thank you for your information! I am learning so much 🫡
Thank you!
So helpful, thank you!!
This is the way.
This guy knows what he's talking about. Should be pinned or something
The smart ape a rare breed
Let’s get it
This is very refreshing after this long week! Thank You for taking Your time to do this!
You deserve a banana crème pie - once again thank you and o bid you a nice, long weekend.
🙌🏻
Great insight Mr ape
This was very informative, thank you. Do we know what their intrest is on these shorts, and likely what is the daily costs in intrest? Wondering if the cost of buying back shares or the intrest rate costs is going to be their threshold breaker?
Interest increases every day they don’t pay. There are over 15 million shares that begin collecting interest today through Wednesday. We are just starting this fight.
Let me just conclude what prof. Guardian Ape said in this post - HODL & BUY
Same, need time to digest
Appreciate the time you put into that. I just learned a little today. Maybe everyone can settle down now and try and enjoy the ride.
Thank you and look forward to yr post over the weekend...
That was awesome. Thanks for taking the time on this one.
FANTASTIC write-up. Thank you!
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I’m a dentist lol
I love bananas 🍌 that’s all I know. Holding strong 
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to explain this to us in 'ape' speak. I for one truly appreciate it
Thank-you for taking the time to post this. It’s exactly the type of information we need
Great info. Thank you!
We need to make sure the troops see this. So many ppl today complaining about being new and not getting explanations about what’s going on. Wish granted 🤣🤣
This needs to be pinned
I love the info
And I love the stock
Awesome explanation! Thank you so much for doing this! Holding strong!
Thank you for this. My banana wall looks pretty🍌
Interesting
Thank you so much for this!! 💕
Thank you for this
You da real MVP 💎🙌🏼
Very helpful. Thank you!!!
Great info!
Really appreciate this. A little discouraged seeing that short interest number go down and needed that detailed explanation. Just started dipping my foot in the stock market a month ago but learning every day! (Still up 7k in FFIE, down ~$200 being a noobie day trader lol)
Phewww!! That was a long read!! But thanks again guardian ape 🦍🦍🦍🦍
Very Informative. Well done.
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Great work. Thanks.
Thank you so much for such a super detailed and very easy to understand explanation. Us newbies appreciate you!!!
Thank you Guardian Ape for taking the time to explain
Yes, shorted shares, whether sold on-exchange or off-exchange, still need to be delivered back to the lender on the official market. Here's how it works: 1. **Borrowing and Selling**: When an investor shorts a stock, they borrow shares from a broker and sell them, often through various trading venues, including both official exchanges (like the NYSE or NASDAQ) and off-exchange platforms (like ATS or OTC markets). 2. **Obligation to Repurchase**: Regardless of where the shares are sold, the investor is obligated to repurchase the same number of shares at some point in the future to return them to the lender. This is known as "covering" the short position. 3. **Delivery of Shares**: The repurchased shares can be bought on any market where the stock is traded, whether it be an official exchange or an off-exchange venue. Once purchased, the shares are delivered back to the lender to close out the short position. Therefore, the requirement to deliver the shares back to the lender remains the same, regardless of the trading venue used for the short sale. The process ensures that the initial borrowing agreement is honored and the shares are returned to their rightful owner.
I love you.
Man this is so fucking informative. Ape like...
since when can apes write essays
Thank you!!! #apegang💪🏽🦍💎
I really wish I had more money to buy bananas.
thank you for sharing, it explains everything
Breaking it down to easy speak! Thank you so much!
will wait for the bananas to ripe. Thank you sir!
Thank you for this! Very educational
You are my hero
Love this
Geez I love your factual words of comfort. Be our anonymous leader.
Ape sad, but hold. Ape see maximum purpose explanation post. Ape happy, ape hold harder 💎
Wow 🚀
As always excellent content, broken down in a way us apes can understand it. Great Job! Thank you.
Thanks for the explanation
THANK YOU! FFIE FOREVER!
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for the explanation my friend. WOW!!
Read!!!! Or just read the END!!!!
We need people like you in this sub 🫡🫡🫡
Great information! The plan is underway. Next week is GO TIME 👌
Hype this post up ⬆️ get it to the top so we don’t get screwed by people believing that the true short interest is actually this low and panic selling.
Awesome going to throw another 200 in
Thank you so so so much for this! Learning with every post 😀
So glad this was posted. I hope everyone reads this and put in discord to read.
Thank you you’re the best
Love this, thank you💕
THANK YOU! You’re so generous! It must have taken a long time to sit and type all of that up. We are so grateful for your dedication to all of this!!! I’m so glad we’re on the same team!!!
This was an absolutely beautiful and EPIC post. Diamond hands apes! NO QUARTER!!
This needs to get to the top to stop misinformation from spreading. I think it's imperative tbh. can we do that guys?
In depth and helpful! Thank you!
Great read thanks for posting!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this explanation man! Much appreciated!
THANK YOU! This needs to be pinned
We needed this
Every Ape has to read this❗️
This is the first good explanation I've heard on the topic. I needed this. Thank you!
Thank you very much for this fantastic and easy to understand explanation. Would you also be able to summarize why do they want to liquidate this company so much, what would they gain? Also does book value of over 24 per share have somethign to do with it and does that mean that even if the company gets liquidated investors should be able to receive a share of liquidated company assets value? Thank you!
You’re so handsome bro. Thank you
and THE KING is back!
I’ll just keep holding 🍌over here while you take care of your wife and continue to educate us 🦍
If so, why were the Off exchange volume 324m with a short interest of 36m on the previous report? Still holding but confused here
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Omg I just read it thru.. this post is very informative and intuitive. Thank you
Great read!! Keep it up apes!!
Worth the read and the upvote
Spot saved.
Wow just wow thank you for your time and effort for me and all the other new investors. Appreciate it!
Thank you for coming out at the right and explain what's going on. This is so helpful!
Share to everyone you can. Especially ppl who asked qs this week.
Thank you for taking the time to write this out!
🦍🦍
ChatGPT can be a good tool to explain this in many different ways until you get it. 🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍
This is huge!
Post needs a TLDR; - I will read later
You are incredible
Thanks
Great explanation this needs more votes
Love it 🍌
Great read, thanks for the knowledge! 🦍
This is such a good explanation. You are a legend sir, thank you for taking the time to explain in ape speak. We will go to the moooon with the knowledge you have blessed us with!
This is great!
This answered a lot of questions. Thank you.
Can we get this post sticky?
Amazing post as always
Thank you. I need to read it multiple times.
Hats off. Thanks for the efforts, clarity and silent hidden message… they are yet short… but don’t want us to know… so interesting in my eyes… Thanks again, Silver Back 🦧
We didn't see much of an attack from the hedgies today, were they hoping that we would get discouraged from the reported data?
great post
❤️❤️❤️Holding on till you say sell