Hi Sidney,
A few questions in here but the underlying answer is don’t sweat the small stuff and market noise:
- If you are using the CommSec site to buy and sell the site should be live when you place a trade , but it will need to be refreshed (i.e. not streaming data). To get live streaming data, the ASX charges a fee, which is passed onto the user of the platform.
As of Thursday, the latest short positions in the three stocks you asked for are DroneShield (DRO) 6.39%, Catapult (CAT) 1.67% & Electro Optic Systems (EOS) 0.7%. In the scheme of the market two of them are irrelevant with 41 companies holding a greater than 5% short position before we even consider 11 stocks that have a short position in excess of 10%.
However, the DRO position has been growing steadily since late August with valuation probably the initial concern followed but unsatisfactory governance within the business. You won’t be able to determine whose lending stock; it’s a private transaction through Prime Brokers. If a company lends stock, it doesn’t impact their holding, they still own it. JPM is probably just holding the stock on behalf of a client.
