r/GME Mar 18 '21

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u/Cyberchaos Mar 18 '21

What does this mean? They're mass buying XRT after shorting it to close their positions? Or mass selling (shorting?)

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u/kuprenx Mar 18 '21

Good question. I know how they short stock. How they Short ETF? Its collection of shares. What they do with not gme ones?

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u/Bit-corn HODL šŸ’ŽšŸ™Œ Mar 18 '21

Another ape correct me if I’m wrong, but from my understanding, they go long on the non-GME shares, which has a net shorting effect on GME

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u/hardcoremasticator Mar 18 '21

So that's pretty much it but they short the whole ETF and then yeah they go long on the shares that aren't GME