Either the contract is valid in which case the shares are owned by the guy who purchased them from
the short position holder of the short contract is invalid in which case the owner is the original owner of the shares.
Not exact matches
The rise in holdings, along with recent data from U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), show an increase in long
positions for managed money and a decrease in
short holders, MKS PAMP Group trader Alex Thorndike said.
A
short squeeze occurs when a heavily
shorted stock or commodity rises in price, forcing
short contract
holders to «squeeze» out of their
short positions at a loss and driving prices further up with the increased pressure.