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		rufus_foreman on Jan 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Robinhood denies claims that it sold GameStop shar... >> That leaves us with 6M shares, and with a short interest of 71M held short and ETFs like XRT buying them, it is likely there aren't enough shares 50M shares traded today. Monday and Tuesday it was 180M.

_tqr3 on Jan 30, 2021 [–]

That is normal. Algos, HFTs and trading desks are trading the same shares over and over again.

rufus_foreman on Jan 30, 2021 | [–]

Not sure what your point is. Do you think that if there are 71M shares short there need to be 71M shares tradeable to close out those positions?

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