Shorting Aging Schedule

[Deleted]

Is there a place where data is available to show the aging schedule of short positions, that is, something similar to an aging schedule of accounts receivable.  

For example, as of 9-15-15 there were 126,661,452 shares short.  

I would like to know when a position for those 126 million short shares began.  If any one can tell me how to get such data, it would be helpful. 

0 - 30 days

31-90 days

91- 120

121 - 180

181-360

361- 720

etc


Per a posting I made earlier today, I believe at least a portion of the shorts have been around for some time and believed that Al would have folded a long time ago and these same shorts were not only surprised he didn't but are also surprised at the spectacular results patients are sharing on social media.  

[harrys]

You may be able to mine some info here: www.shortstockvolume.com/Chart/MNKD/

I've always wondered in the case of a short squeeze how one can figure out how much of the short position is left to buy in as the price continues to rise, this would be necessary in order to catch the inflection point and time a sell for maximum profit. Still haven't figured that one out...

[mssciguy]

@scotta Great idea.  I've also seen options positions posted (rarely) which give a glimpse of how giants like GS may be leveraging their various positions.  It's very complex, but just wondering:  Is the short data meaningful enough without knowing how it relates to options strategies or accumulation of common stock long-term?

I am so with you though.. sunlight is the best disinfectant and we could use some.

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Sept 30, 2015 12:06:12 GMT -5 mssciguy said:

@scotta Great idea.  I've also seen options positions posted (rarely) which give a glimpse of how giants like GS may be leveraging their various positions.  It's very complex, but just wondering:  Is the short data meaningful enough without knowing how it relates to options strategies or accumulation of common stock long-term?

I am so with you though.. sunlight is the best disinfectant and we could use some.

This info would be but one small data point.  The options information would certainly be helpful but I have no idea how to get it and from your comments, doing so is unlikely.  Helpful also to know how many of the short shares are naked but that won't happen.  I think a lot of the shorts simply felt Al Mann would throw in the towel but given where our share price is, not unreasonable to think that 80% of the shorts, if they closed their position today (assuming SP did not run) would make money.  Part of this is the shorts are also competing with one another too.  Maybe one day, we see NRx volume increase 4x in a week for a couple weeks in a row and then we would get the squeeze and nice gap up.  

[harrys]

Sept 30, 2015 12:06:12 GMT -5 mssciguy said:

@scotta Great idea.  I've also seen options positions posted (rarely) which give a glimpse of how giants like GS may be leveraging their various positions.  It's very complex, but just wondering:  Is the short data meaningful enough without knowing how it relates to options strategies or accumulation of common stock long-term?

I am so with you though.. sunlight is the best disinfectant and we could use some.

Yah the options, if a singnificant % of short position is covered with options this would temper a squeeze. Many variables, in the event of a squeeze hopefully we could have some collaboration here on the board to maximize timing before the big players sell off their position at the peak.

[ezrasfund]

As I noted in another post, based on monitoring interest rates to borrow shares, the share price on 2/17/15 and 6/8/15 represented pressure on the short interest. It is always easier to see in the rear view mirror.

[mssciguy]

yes, borrowing rates would be a key indicator too.  I'll bet all that data is at many brokers' fingertips.

[biffn]

Sept 30, 2015 12:05:14 GMT -5 harrys said:

You may be able to mine some info here: www.shortstockvolume.com/Chart/MNKD/

I've always wondered in the case of a short squeeze how one can figure out how much of the short position is left to buy in as the price continues to rise, this would be necessary in order to catch the inflection point and time a sell for maximum profit. Still haven't figured that one out...

It's shocking how much of the MNKD volume is short driven 40-60%! It does seem to be tailing off a little recently both in % and volume.

[harrys]

Sept 30, 2015 13:43:40 GMT -5 biffn said:

Sept 30, 2015 12:05:14 GMT -5 harrys said:

You may be able to mine some info here: www.shortstockvolume.com/Chart/MNKD/

I've always wondered in the case of a short squeeze how one can figure out how much of the short position is left to buy in as the price continues to rise, this would be necessary in order to catch the inflection point and time a sell for maximum profit. Still haven't figured that one out...

It's shocking how much of the MNKD volume is short driven 40-60%! It does seem to be tailing off a little recently both in % and volume.

Yes the days where shorts are not responsible for >50% of the daily volume, well they are far and few between...

[anderson]

For those curious and want daily short volumes look at these link
www.shortvolume.com
www.shortanalytics.com
Sometimes they differ so it is good to compare.
If you have some cash you can always buy the daily data straight from nasdaq, the following link has a link for the price list and some of the historical data is free.
www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=shortsale

[mssciguy]

Sept 30, 2015 21:24:31 GMT -5 anderson said:

For those curious and want daily short volumes look at these link
www.shortvolume.com
www.shortanalytics.com
Sometimes they differ so it is good to compare.
If you have some cash you can always buy the daily data straight from nasdaq, the following link has a link for the price list and some of the historical data is free.
www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=shortsale

Pardon me for being naive but lately a lot of volume does not even appear on nasdaq, and at least 15 different exchanges now exist. What really concerns me is how share price and value are kept "real" with so much going on with price manipulation/HFT/dark pools.  Since this seems to be an area of expertise for you, can you shed some light on what's been happening here?

[tonyz]

You can get the historical numbers from the NASDAQ site:

Settlement Date / Short Interest / Avg Daily Share Volume /Days To Cover


9/15/2015 126,661,452 3,733,101 33.929286
8/31/2015 126,699,272 5,271,518 24.034685
8/14/2015 121,777,505 5,626,630 21.643063
7/31/2015 116,059,587 6,123,132 18.954285
7/15/2015 112,846,501 4,415,939 25.554361
6/30/2015 115,084,784 5,340,302 21.550239
6/15/2015 120,425,827 14,899,766 8.082397
5/29/2015 131,158,892 10,605,477 12.367090
5/15/2015 112,949,758 7,816,490 14.450189
4/30/2015 100,934,186 4,967,815 20.317622
4/15/2015 96,880,182 3,267,203 29.652330
3/31/2015 95,717,587 3,373,112 28.376641
3/13/2015 90,882,779 6,976,436 13.027107
2/27/2015 90,734,471 5,326,385 17.034907
2/13/2015 86,114,829 9,260,731 9.298923
1/30/2015 80,678,801 4,863,394 16.588991
1/15/2015 76,855,662 4,475,961 17.170762
12/31/2014 75,654,134 4,169,132 18.146255
12/15/2014 78,755,843 3,923,230 20.074236
11/28/2014 79,738,493 3,623,731 22.004529
11/14/2014 82,431,190 4,782,518 17.235939
10/31/2014 82,027,036 5,101,317 16.079580
10/15/2014 78,219,262 7,599,961 10.292061
9/30/2014 78,579,323 5,418,887 14.501008
9/15/2014 74,292,867 5,182,576 14.335123


Link: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mnkd/short-interest

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Sept 30, 2015 23:28:35 GMT -5 tonyz said:

You can get the historical numbers from the NASDAQ site:

Settlement Date / Short Interest / Avg Daily Share Volume /Days To Cover


9/15/2015 126,661,452 3,733,101 33.929286
8/31/2015 126,699,272 5,271,518 24.034685
8/14/2015 121,777,505 5,626,630 21.643063
7/31/2015 116,059,587 6,123,132 18.954285
7/15/2015 112,846,501 4,415,939 25.554361
6/30/2015 115,084,784 5,340,302 21.550239
6/15/2015 120,425,827 14,899,766 8.082397
5/29/2015 131,158,892 10,605,477 12.367090
5/15/2015 112,949,758 7,816,490 14.450189
4/30/2015 100,934,186 4,967,815 20.317622
4/15/2015 96,880,182 3,267,203 29.652330
3/31/2015 95,717,587 3,373,112 28.376641
3/13/2015 90,882,779 6,976,436 13.027107
2/27/2015 90,734,471 5,326,385 17.034907
2/13/2015 86,114,829 9,260,731 9.298923
1/30/2015 80,678,801 4,863,394 16.588991
1/15/2015 76,855,662 4,475,961 17.170762
12/31/2014 75,654,134 4,169,132 18.146255
12/15/2014 78,755,843 3,923,230 20.074236
11/28/2014 79,738,493 3,623,731 22.004529
11/14/2014 82,431,190 4,782,518 17.235939
10/31/2014 82,027,036 5,101,317 16.079580
10/15/2014 78,219,262 7,599,961 10.292061
9/30/2014 78,579,323 5,418,887 14.501008
9/15/2014 74,292,867 5,182,576 14.335123


Link: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mnkd/short-interest

Thanks to all for ideas and links.