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Co-Founder of Ortex confirms "majority" of short sellers have not exited their positions in Meme stocks.

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"Although we have seen some exiting of positions throughout the year, the majority of short-sellers have been happy to sit on significant paper losses in the hope that retail investors will blink first and the losses won't be realized," said Peter Hillerberg, co-founder of financial analytics firm Ortex.

"This now looks like a flawed strategy."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/defiant-meme-stock-short-sellers-stare-down-4-5-billion-loss

*Edited to add Bloomberg source after Reuters changed the article.

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