[jaggederest]

And they also really can't model the depth of the possible ways to close a short position, e.g. synthetic long positions, swaps, and other fancy financial wizardry that is above and beyond just buying one share per share you're short immediately.

[nicolas-siplis]

Some firms try to, at least. https://www.shortsight.com/short-interest-of-float-2-0/

[jaggederest]

Interesting, thanks for the link!