[tonfa]

> If the retailers hold the line they will squeeze the shorters.

As long as there's liquidity (and it seems like there is, the entire float is trading every day), sure some short position might give up because they lost their bet (assuming they're not hedged anyway), but there's always going to be someone else shorting at a higher and higher level, and in the end the shorts will inevitably win.

Even without any trading halt, it would end up like all pump and dump, with a few winners (those who dump or short at the top).

And in any case there's probably only a handful of hedge funds playing (and some will lose, other will win), and those being neutral in it (eg market makers) will win as well with all the trades.