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Quantitative Finance · Glossary

What is Squeeze risk?

Definition 8.2 Strategies I: Equities and Futures · Chapter 8 — Short Interest, Borrow and Crowding

Squeeze risk is the risk that short sellers of a stock are forced to buy back at the same time (because loans are recalled, margin is called or losses mount), pushing the price up and forcing further buying.

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