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Message: [QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 3705997, member: 396"] Can you "squeeze a short" without pumping up the stock? (obviously I am extremely lay on all of this) I mean, Melvin took a short position of GameStop because it's a dog with fleas (take that Gekko). GameStop is in a crap position. While it's gross that a hedge fund can prey on a company like that, completely using leverage, what they did was not illegal, and the Redditor(s) took it upon themselves to get back at the hedge fund (the squeeze). So they sent out a call to arms in an attempt to "pump" up the price of a stock that otherwise is not worth it. Some people jump on to stick it to the man (sure they did :rolleyes:), with Melvin having to cover all the shorts they purchased, and others jump on to ride the wave of the squeeze or simply to get in low and sell when the stock price is super high due to the redditors touting. What did I get wrong here? (legit asking) [/QUOTE]