Danger - Shorts will be Burned8 Jan 2022 14:13
The recent spike in de-ramping attempts to encourage further retail sells is no coincidence. Steven Oliveira fund disclosed they were down to 6.8% last week. I suspect its already much less.
The fund took a hit following the collapse of Forte, but the good news is they are still trading and VERY much active see current holdings: -
https://fintel.io/i/oliveira-steven-michael
So much so, literally days ago on 21/12 they increased their position in BNTC
https://stocktwits.com/symbol/BNTC
See News ticker on the left
As such, I believe that this is more now a rebalance exercise of the fund which was top heavy 4D rather than them totally cashing out. Further, to sell more stock at this low price would take them into loss making territory and as such If I was the fund manager unless I knew something specific was going massively wrong at 4D I would probably cap my holding at 5% in line with the other portfolio investments.
Meanwhile, the sector per se has taken a hit and many chancers and shorters have got right on the bandwagon. Doing little research with 4D they have smelt the fund selling and opened short positions knowing the stock would fall especially with low volume and the fund selling. BUT these shorts ultimately need to be brought back.
I recently calculated that shorts were about 3%, I think that figure could be materially higher with many others not declared under .5% we could be looking at as high as 6% short here it would not surprise me.
The issue they now have is that with SO fund likely close to completion and of course the big elephant in the room is that major news is likely to land any time soon. Stop losses are one thing but I added on Friday, and I was having to pay a premium. They are taking stock in but not letting it out as easy, I think MMs are expecting high demand shortly. As such this is not a stock I would want to short now, much much better targets out there.
Also, this stock turns NT very quickly when it gets busy hence, I believe shorts are in for a royal spanking and it could come as early as next week. The clock is ticking. A few will start closing then we will have a stampede on our hands. Those daft enough to try and squeeze this one that bit more could end up paying one hell of a premium to cover on buying back. I wouldn’t risk it myself.
Let’s see how events unfold but I’m currently filling my boots on these lows. I’m in for more on Monday following my further research. F’ck them, this is a time to BUY for sure.
GLA