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Short squeeze is starting in shares of ESBA at $8.24, after crossing above the $8.114 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 Empire State Realty OP, L.P. (ESBA), 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 Empire State Realty OP, L.P. at $8.24, after crossing above the $8.114 Trigger Price. This could signal a buying opportunity, given the right market conditions.

You can find the full report at https://www.woprai.com/

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

DateShort VolumeTotal VolumePercentageSqueeze Trigger$ Value
2025-06-058763,13327.967.926,938
2025-06-0412,5970.047.838
2025-06-0335930.517.7223
2025-06-029356,37614.667.497,003
2025-05-291,0008,36811.957.727,720
2025-05-28785,8111.347.57590
2025-05-276556,02610.877.344,808
2025-05-2317,30727,81562.227.1122,880
2025-05-223451,38724.877.162,470
2025-05-2114659224.667.361,075
2025-05-1972,5760.277.3451
2025-05-152395,0714.717.781,859
2025-05-141,4404,38332.857.6911,074
2025-05-132304,0965.627.631,755
2025-05-121,97017,19311.467.5714,913
2025-05-09708,7560.87.13499
2025-05-081,2829,58513.387.279,320
2025-05-0740522,0551.847.062,859
2025-05-063510,7840.327.1249
2025-05-0542042399.296.92,898
2025-05-021,0804,82022.417.257,830
2025-05-0135710,5593.3872,499
2025-04-304711,19139.557.053,321
2025-04-294010,8040.376.76270
2025-04-287751,25261.97.115,510
2025-04-244995,7928.626.933,458
2025-04-223,0788,22037.456.9621,423
2025-04-2156615,2653.716.773,832
2025-04-17703,0082.337.01491
2025-04-163512,3370.286.79238
2025-04-1528553453.377.072,015
2025-04-1439865960.397.012,790
2025-04-118212,26336.286.845,616
2025-04-1021728,4510.766.541,419
2025-04-094317,18666.462,784
2025-04-083052,47712.316.822,080
2025-04-072262,12110.666.811,539
 
Total1,600,8948,523,85118.788.1112,988,895
 
* Totals include all data records back to 2020-06-08 00:00:00, data set is truncated for viewing.