Short squeeze is starting in shares of MBCN at $25.155, after crossing above the $25.141 Trigger Price

In the past 20 years (since 2005 with the introduction of RegSho), short selling has come under scrutiny as millions of retail investors have discovered what we have been highlighting since early 2005. Market makers abuse the “market maker’s exemption” and short excessive amounts of shares in your stock without locating, borrowing, paying the rebate or the interest rate to borrow. They are required to cover on the same trading day, and our data proves they do not.

The chart below shows “Daily Short Volume” in Middlefield Banc Corp. (MBCN), and includes both EXEMPT (market makers) and NON-EXEMPT (everyone else) short sales. We consolidate the tape of all 14 US stock exchanges and purchase the “sell short” trade identifier data directly from the exchanges on a daily basis. This complete view of the trading in your stock shows a vastly different picture than “Total Short Interest”, which only includes non-exempt short sales that have not been covered by the twice per month reporting date. Unfortunately, this misses the majority of the short selling.

This indicates that a Short Squeeze may be starting in shares of Middlefield Banc Corp. at $25.155, after crossing above the $25.141 Trigger Price. This could signal a buying opportunity, given the right market conditions.

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Please find the applicable data below, drawn from all major market providers.

Date	Short Volume	Total Volume	Percentage	Squeeze Trigger	$ Value
2025-02-24	1,798	5,137	35	25.06	45,058
2025-02-21	3,183	10,523	30.25	25.12	79,957
2025-02-20	980	6,251	15.68	25.74	25,225
2025-02-19	1,339	5,812	23.04	25.94	34,734
2025-02-14	941	4,487	20.97	26.77	25,191
2025-02-13	2,848	10,394	27.4	25.55	72,766
2025-02-12	2,009	12,407	16.19	25.07	50,366
2025-02-11	2,697	6,244	43.19	25.87	69,771
2025-02-10	2,095	6,830	30.67	26.54	55,601
2025-02-07	507	4,337	11.69	25.38	12,868
2025-02-06	1,079	4,878	22.12	26.16	28,227
2025-02-05	4,404	11,375	38.72	26.08	114,856
2025-02-04	2,601	7,767	33.49	25.82	67,158
2025-02-03	5,952	12,535	47.48	25.55	152,074
2025-01-31	4,223	13,385	31.55	26.11	110,263
2025-01-30	1,577	7,362	21.42	27.95	44,077
2025-01-29	2,093	5,658	36.99	27.58	57,725
2025-01-28	2,794	10,774	25.93	26.62	74,376
2025-01-27	8,243	16,138	51.08	25.27	208,301
2025-01-24	2,240	14,352	15.61	24.53	54,947
2025-01-23	1,279	7,509	17.03	24.38	31,182
2025-01-22	2,907	14,027	20.72	25.02	72,733
2025-01-21	1,731	9,925	17.44	24.73	42,808
2025-01-17	1,970	6,912	28.5	25.05	49,349
2025-01-16	1,981	5,643	35.11	25.58	50,674
2025-01-15	2,121	6,526	32.5	25.98	55,104
2025-01-14	1,767	6,386	27.67	25.55	45,147
2025-01-13	1,548	11,099	13.95	25.01	38,715
2025-01-10	2,846	10,894	26.12	24.83	70,666
2025-01-08	3,407	28,938	11.77	26.29	89,570
2025-01-07	3,917	12,942	30.27	27.12	106,229
2025-01-06	1,886	7,117	26.5	27.5	51,865
2025-01-03	2,542	5,669	44.84	27.39	69,625
2025-01-02	952	5,536	17.2	27.83	26,494
2024-12-31	1,028	4,762	21.59	28.1	28,887
2024-12-30	626	3,802	16.47	28.07	17,572
2024-12-27	2,270	12,297	18.46	28.26	64,150

Total	5,193,207	16,376,704	31.71	25.14	130,561,804

* Totals include all data records back to 2020-02-26 00:00:00, data set is truncated for viewing.

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Short squeeze is starting in shares of MBCN at $25.155, after crossing above the $25.141 Trigger Price