Drano, I got to agree with your question here.

This is a very automated world powered by a lot of software.

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In the era of high-frequency trading and powerful computers and software, is it really so difficult to assemble this data that it requires an army of clerks to make this heroic effort twice a month? Is it impossible to think that between these reporting dates, the short positions may become smaller or larger than reported on those dates? Why isn't this useful data made available to traders?

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