Microcaps, Agreed. Those who cite the "official

Microcaps,

Agreed. Those who cite the "official" twice-monthly short numbers are doing it for one of two reasons:

They either are ignorant of the true shorting numbers, or

They know what real numbers are and cite the bogus numbers in order to make anyone who cites the real numbers appear wrong.

My bet is on the second scenario

12/31/14
Total Trading Volume: 263854
Daily Short Volume: 28600
Avg. Price of Shorts Today: 0.040
Short %: 10.84
Volume at Offer: 172911
Buy%: 65.530
Volume at Bid: 90943
Sell%: 34.470

Net Buying vs. Selling: 81968
Price Change: 0.0138

12/30/14:
Total Trading Volume: 171670
Daily Short Volume: 98152
Avg. Price of Shorts Today: 0.039
Short %: 57.17
Volume at Offer: 162232
Buy%: 94.500
Volume at Bid: 9438
Sell%: 5.500
Net Buying vs. Selling: 152794
Price Change: 0.00010

12/29/14:
Total Trading Volume: 401724
Daily Short Volume: 100676
Avg. Price of Shorts Today: 0.034
Short %: 25.06
Volume at Offer: 261874
Buy%: 65.190
Volume at Bid: 139850
Sell%: 34.810
Net Buying vs. Selling: 122024
Price Change: 0.00020