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This post can explain why you only need smaller percentage to squeeze short sellers.

https://wallstreetplayboys.com/amc-gamestop-and-nokia-why-it...

The bottom line, everyone knows they can sell to short sellers at ANY price, because the short sellers have to buy at ANY price. Why would anyone sell to short sellers at less than ANY price?

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> because the short sellers have to buy at ANY price.

no they don't. They can bankrupt, and default on their contractual obligations. And if they are smart, what they will do today is setup a structure that protects their existing assets from seizure, and then short GME, and then default if it doesn't turn out well (or gain massive profit if it does fall).

From what I read on WSB (caveat emptor), the broker (JP Morgan) is on the hook if the shorts go bankrupt. JPM needs to prepare for that possibility.

That's the funny thing, that's not what's happening. It would make sense for those companies to declare bankruptcy in these scenarios. Instead, these short seller companies are being propped up by even bigger companies and the entire financial press is pushing FUD propaganda to convince normal people to sell.

This has never happened before. Why is this happening the way it has for past week?

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