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Short squeeze
3 guides in Finabase Learn
- Meme stock mania of 2021: GameStop, AMC and the SEC report What drove GameStop and AMC in January 2021, why brokers restricted buying, what the SEC staff report of October 2021 found, and what changed after.
- Short squeeze A rapid price rise driven by short sellers rushing to buy back borrowed shares, which feeds the very rally that is forcing them out.
- Short squeeze: how it works, warning signs and the GameStop case What a short squeeze is, how short interest, days to cover and borrow costs set one up, and what the SEC staff found about GameStop in January 2021.
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