Re: "Figure shown for shorts pertains to traded volume not outstanding short positions. Meaning we don’t actually know what the current position is."

Correct, I was not implying anything else. I just said "big increase in the number of shorts for the past period" & "short volume traded = 6,349,850", where the past period = last 2 weeks (ish) of February

No idea what the current short position is as of today, however, I still say burn em!!

Good luck!!