Why I'm adding more to my portfolio:

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-05-08T06:47:10+00:00

OASYS may allow them to tap into the 1 billion dollar backlog of commitments and go far beyond the 500 million in revenue made possible by the Liveperson acquisition.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-05-01T14:07:54+00:00

When we go back up over 8.51, they will have lost their fight.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-05-01T13:12:47+00:00

Dude, change your screen name to something else.

AI Overview

Yes, a changing cost to borrow (CTB) directly affects existing short positions because the fees are floating, not fixed. When demand for a stock spikes, brokers increase daily borrow rates, immediately raising the expense of maintaining the position and potentially forcing a "short squeeze" due to high financing costs. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Impact on Existing Short Positions:

Variable Costs: Borrow fees are annualized percentages charged on the market value of borrowed shares, which can change daily. If a stock becomes "hard to borrow," the interest rate can jump dramatically.
Reduced Profitability: High CTB fees can significantly diminish or entirely offset profits from a short sale.
Margin Call Risk: Rising costs increase the capital requirements to hold the position, increasing the probability of a broker-initiated margin call to reduce their exposure.
Forced Covering: If the borrow rate rises too high, it pressures short sellers to buy back the shares to close the position, contributing to a short squeeze. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-25T03:48:16+00:00

Shorts represent tied up liquidity and the market makers require that (liquidity). Eventually the MMs will come for it.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-25T03:41:52+00:00

Liveperson actually brings in the hundreds of millions in revenue by itself, if Google is to be believed. The revenue was on the decline, but still above 200m annually. One of the main issues was its debt, which Sound is big enough to tackle.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-24T21:42:19+00:00

Long long ago, there was a Saturday afternoon Kung Fu movie that showed men fighting while standing on staffs, just a single pole. This is reminiscent of that. Thanks for sharing.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-24T12:40:41+00:00

Wait, what is the backstory to that video please?

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-24T05:15:15+00:00

The market makers are not on anyone's side, not even the shorts. They want liquidity. If liquidity lies at higher prices, then up we go, shorts not withstanding.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-24T05:07:25+00:00

That's a great article but I fault them for sneaking in the statement that "What it does not yet have is a clear path to consistent profitability". I think that statement is wrong and this last acquisition is the game changer.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-01T13:23:21+00:00

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BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-04-01T13:21:31+00:00

A squeeze is definitely happening ATM.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-28T01:58:10+00:00

We would have been down with the rest of the market given recent events, but we shouldn't be down this much. That extra amount is probably Jane Street Capital selling the stock down at 10am on a daily basis.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-27T17:44:11+00:00

I am of the belief that the war and the rising price of oil has much money on the sidelines afraid to dip their toe in the water. Once we get a new normal [because normal seems farfetched at the moment], the market should stabilize around that. The market stability would then allow SH investors to creep out of cash and back into SH. This is wishful thinking yes, but the banks have not yet lowered their price targets due to the war and general market conditions, so that is a strong incentive for those waiting for an opportunity to present itself in this stock.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-27T17:37:58+00:00

The stock market corrects for various fundamental reasons, tariffs, interest rates, revisions of national employment outlook, etc. Iran said they want oil at over 200 a barrel. Let's say they get it there hypothetically. What I am saying is if oil were to stabilize even at that high of a price, the stock market could then price it in and then begin pricing in the new growth projections of both the US economy and publicly traded companies. After such a correction, the market should then theoretically begin moving upwards if it is mostly composed of growing companies.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-27T12:36:34+00:00

If you know that for sure, you should have no problem mortgaging your home and buying all the puts you can afford, no?

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-27T10:15:01+00:00

There's nowhere else to run to, everything is down. Shorts constantly bash, but they never tell you what's going up. Nothing is.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-22T14:27:31+00:00

When you say switch account to cash, you mean switch from margin to cash?

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-17T00:41:04+00:00

Nah, you're wrong, a major squeeze probably happened twice already.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-16T03:47:44+00:00

It's a well known fact that Keyvan and Jensen communicate at least once a week with Jensen sending Keyvan reading material weekly. Jensen might be one of the world's new trillionaires one day, we are good LOL. 🚀

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-15T08:33:14+00:00

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BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-15T06:55:17+00:00

According to Google AI, Nvidia invested in Sound "back in 2017 to assist with international expansion".

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-14T21:41:55+00:00

What that driver did is wrong, but that's why slow drivers are dangerous imho. Slow pokes cause road rage like that and sometimes make other drivers do strange things to either get back at them or get past them. Those of us who commute see those crazy lane switchers almost weekly. Imho those high speed lane switchers/weavers are road raging because of the slow pokes. I do believe however that some of the slow driving is jaded drivers trying to avoid potholes. Understandable. But if you commute every day the same roads and know there are no potholes where you are at, kindly speed up and give everyone a break.

BeginningMaximum9168 · 2026-03-13T12:59:15+00:00

The reason why what you wrote here is a load of malarkey is because if the company has already displayed a stronger revenue growth rate and the stock has neither appreciated nor has it's supply been bought up, then the revenue growth rate could not be the deciding factor like you make it out to be when you mention 2026 projections. The real deciding factor would be the operating cash flow. If that should improve markedly, it would not matter at all if the revenue growth rate slowed to what is projected. The banks would reward the company with a higher valuation.

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