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One way to make a fast profit on a stock is through a short-squeeze play. A short squeeze takes place when a stock's price rises on good news and the stock's short-sellers scramble to cover their bearish positions. This short-covering, in turn, can drive the price of the stock even higher.
The ratio for measuring a short-squeeze play is the short ratio, which represents the number of days it would take a stock's short-sellers to cover their positions, based on the stock's recent trading volume.
Stockpickr has compiled the Top Short-Squeeze Plays With Low PEGs portfolio, a list of stocks with high short interest and price-earnings-to-growth ratios of 1.8 or lower. ...
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