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Massive Short Squeeze Possible on Human Genome Sciences (HGSI)

Date: 1/25/2012


Massive Short Squeeze Possible on Human Genome Sciences (HGSI). Live "biotechnology" stock alert on HGSI which is currently trading up $.50 at $9.64 on 8,838,771 shares which is above the 3 month avg of 6,606,430. SMF is always shopping for "Bargains in the Biotech Sector" and in this live trading video we'll cover HGSI Human Genome Sciences.

With 82.5% Institutional ownership, 14.4% Insider Ownership, and 20.4% Short Interest. SMF is long some longer term calls on HGSI and we believe it's possiblely a "take over target" or a "short squeeze candidate" based on the retail short interst and the confirmed lows.

HGSI established a 52 week low of 6.53 on 12/21/2011 and we've seen a confirmed bottom on above average volume. Going into 2012, on 1/11/2011 HGSI appeared on the "Largest Nasdaq Short Interest Positions as of Dec. 30" List with 28,772,752 shares short vs 24,314,807 as of 12/15/2011 representing a 17.31% increase over a 2 week period.

Notable volume days above 10M shares traded include 

1/09/2012 - 12,016,800
1/11/2012 - 21,476,000
1/12/2012 - 11,562,600
1/17/2012 - 10,218,800
1/18/2012 - 10,821,200


Biotech pipelines for larger names has been drying up and they'll be looking for stocks that invested strongly in R&D like HGSI to compliment their longer term product line.