Short squeeze is starting in shares of MBCN at $26.16, after crossing above the $25.277 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 $26.16, after crossing above the $25.277 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
2025-04-08	4,065	11,415	35.61	24.44	99,349
2025-04-07	3,908	11,752	33.25	24.97	97,583
2025-04-04	2,803	6,877	40.76	25.33	71,000
2025-04-03	3,233	9,755	33.14	24.93	80,599
2025-04-02	1,236	5,808	21.28	27.19	33,607
2025-04-01	1,481	4,518	32.78	27.08	40,105
2025-03-31	1,882	8,543	22.03	27.96	52,621
2025-03-28	465	4,063	11.44	27.55	12,811
2025-03-27	2,848	8,220	34.65	28.72	81,795
2025-03-26	2,119	4,314	49.12	27.65	58,590
2025-03-25	1,165	4,012	29.04	26.72	31,129
2025-03-24	1,959	4,698	41.7	27.33	53,539
2025-03-21	7,639	32,362	23.6	26.33	201,135
2025-03-20	1,254	2,564	48.91	26.1	32,729
2025-03-19	917	3,378	27.15	25.93	23,778
2025-03-18	1,898	7,554	25.13	25.86	49,082
2025-03-17	1,015	5,930	17.12	26.1	26,492
2025-03-14	3,516	8,106	43.38	27.21	95,670
2025-03-13	1,200	3,847	31.19	25.85	31,020
2025-03-12	2,189	4,295	50.97	25.85	56,586
2025-03-11	1,556	10,102	15.4	25.53	39,725
2025-03-10	1,065	6,923	15.38	25.64	27,307
2025-03-07	2,122	7,257	29.24	25.65	54,429
2025-03-06	2,122	5,606	37.85	25.53	54,175
2025-03-05	4,702	12,198	38.55	25.62	120,465
2025-03-04	1,085	4,048	26.8	26.01	28,221
2025-03-03	648	7,222	8.97	26.5	17,172
2025-02-28	3,651	9,989	36.55	26.51	96,788
2025-02-27	1,812	7,795	23.25	25.63	46,442
2025-02-26	2,808	5,217	53.82	26.23	73,654
2025-02-25	3,518	10,230	34.39	26.22	92,242
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

Total	5,154,941	16,262,543	31.7	25.28	130,318,883

* Totals include all data records back to 2020-04-13 00:00:00, data set is truncated for viewing.

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Short squeeze is starting in shares of MBCN at $26.16, after crossing above the $25.277 Trigger Price