Short Squeezing of Regional Bank Stocks

The US has been investigating market manipulation of regional banks. This must mean big banks trying to bankrupt the smaller guys.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bank-stocks-regional-market-manipulation-short-selling-sec-pacwest-crisis-2023-5?amp

While Director insiders are believing in the fundamentals and continuing to buy more.

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/pacw/insider-activity

The short sale volume has only been increasing from 1M on 04/24 to 30M on 05/05.

https://fintel.io/ss/us/pacw

Thoughts?