Short interest in VLO has exploded in the last month.
Settlement Short Avg Daily Days Date Interest Share Volume to Cover
May 15, 2007 46,053,976 14,973,926 3.08 Apr. 13, 2007 10,781,923 13,008,093 1.00 Mar. 15, 2007 11,431,259 11,497,527 1.00 Feb. 15, 2007 8,420,016 11,943,417 1.00 Jan. 12, 2007 10,191,188 10,702,512 1.00 Dec. 15, 2006 9,494,783 11,475,305 1.00 Nov. 15, 2006 8,804,354 13,172,830 1.00 Oct. 13, 2006 9,943,338 16,481,520 1.00 Sep. 15, 2006 11,144,648 11,801,723 1.00 Aug. 15, 2006 11,004,564 9,130,650 1.21 Jul. 14, 2006 10,536,865 8,610,505 1.22 Jun. 15, 2006 10,515,888 10,354,729 1.02
Clearly, they think a short term top is near. |