This has led to a massive short squeeze making GameStop one of the top performing stocks.
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When the earnings came out, traders rushed to buy shares to avoid a short squeeze.
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Year-to-date the stock is up 20.6%, and the company has been a player in the short squeeze.
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Too many short sellers trying to cover at once creates the proverbial short squeeze, driving up prices further.
The stock saw a nice short squeeze on Thursday last week after reporting its first quarter result on Wednesday.
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Yesterday also felt a bit more like a short squeeze vs. real buying as traders have been trapped since last week.
Some called it a short squeeze, others believed investors had already fully priced the long-anticipated and well-known lock-up expiration into the stock.
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When too many short-sellers are interested in a particular stock, it can be a recipe for a short squeeze, especially if the stock is oversold.
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Nokia is a very good candidate for a big short squeeze.
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There is a significant short position in this stock and considerable potential for a major short squeeze if the results in the next few weeks are good.
Nokia is a good candidate for a big short squeeze!
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Although RBA has a short interest around 20%, they felt it could become a potential short squeeze as RBA could benefit from international growth, economic stimulus funds and a favorable valuation.
In appropriate circumstances, the result is a short squeeze.
If however, the company announces a bold shift in strategy and a higher than expected number of initial shipments, Wall Street analysts may need to adjust their models accordingly and that could result in massive short squeeze.
With more than 17% of Amylin shares sold short as of May 10, Kliff believes that a huge short squeeze is in the works, with "an easy ten points" added to Amylin's share price in the coming weeks or months.
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As the stock extends its upward momentum, a short-squeeze situation could propel RYL even higher.
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Should MAS extend its climb, a short-squeeze situation could amplify buying pressure on the shares.
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If Finish Line can deliver what the bulls are looking for, then this stock could see a large short-squeeze post-earnings.
With so much cash still on the sidelines, a short-squeeze situation could aid the equity in its quest for new highs.
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Should the bearish holdouts abandon ship, NFLX could ride the short-squeeze tailwinds.
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My first earnings short-squeeze play is specialty retail player Finish Line (FINL), which is set to report results on Thursday before the market open.
The security has seen sharp rallies due to short-squeeze situations in the past, and another solid report on Monday could spark yet another squeeze.
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One potential earnings short-squeeze play in the software and programming complex is Tibco Software (TIBX), which is set to release numbers on Thursday after the market close.
Should KBH bounce off trendline support and resume its quest for new highs, an unwinding of pessimistic options positions, a capitulation by the bearish brokerage firms, or a short-squeeze situation could stoke the contrarian flames.
Earlier on Wednesday Porsche had denied all responsibility for the recent market distortions and short-seller squeeze.
By making seating arrangements based on the principle that most people are short they can squeeze more people in the plane.
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But raising duty will be a short-term squeeze on household spending, with nothing like the hit of a VAT increase, for example, which affects all products.
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