The Shorting of Frauds, Overhyped and Bankrupt Stocks Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Daal, Jun 8, 2012.

  1. KBIO!
    (And Interactive even has shares to lend)
     
    #781     Nov 24, 2015
  2. BABA
     
    #782     Dec 5, 2015
  3. KBIO at 11 premarket
    -75% from November high
     
    Last edited: Dec 17, 2015
    #783     Dec 17, 2015
  4. Daal

    Daal

    Looks like they will get delisted
    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...gging-campaign-fund-margin-call-was-right-kal

    It will probably collapse. Thing is, at bellow $7 a share, I belive the stock is a buy. I say this even though I hated it at $2 and ended up losing a bunch when it squeezed. I estimate they raised $15m in cash between the equity offering and the insider sale (which happened in less than 6 months of acquiring the stake, which according to SEC rules, means the guy needs to turn over the profit back to the company). So they got plenty of money to run the trials. If they trial sucks, stock is a $0, if it doesn't, this thing will rip back above $30, potentially over $50. Its going to be even more illiquid in the OTC market. Anyone short will get squeezed out of his mind if there is good news

    Shkreli might be a douche (and I think there was some illegality going on with his friends buying up stocks and selling in less than 6 months) but he does have a good record of doing these sorts of low risk high reward situations. Even if he is out, he is still a shareholder and might influence the company. I'm sure he will be involved in choosing the CEO
     
    #784     Dec 24, 2015
  5. Daal

    Daal

    At mid single digits it will be like owning an call option on a lot of things, good trial news, ok news that lead to squeezes, random run-ups of former runner stocks, someone pumping on SA to screw the shorts etc. And the cash per share limits the downside for like 1 year or so
     
    Last edited: Dec 24, 2015
    #785     Dec 24, 2015
  6. Good analysis Daal.
    I'm sad to say that I'm not short KBIO.
    Every time Interactive emailed me that they had shares, they were gone in a second.
     
    #786     Dec 24, 2015
  7. Daal

    Daal

    #787     Dec 24, 2015
  8. jj90

    jj90

    You have no idea how much I wanted to short KBIO having seen the same thing before. IB had no borrows. FML
     
    #788     Dec 24, 2015
  9. JJ, Interactive had some on at least 2 occasions (24/11 and 27/11). But it was on a first-come first-serve basis. And I was too late.
     
    #789     Dec 24, 2015