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Support.com Stock More Than Triples in a Week, in a Squeeze Play<blockquote>Support.com股价一周内上涨两倍多，处于挤压状态</blockquote>

Retail traders have helped push the technical-support company’s stock up more than 1,500% in 2021.

Support.com Stock More Than Triples in a Week, in a Squeeze Play<blockquote>Support.com股价一周内上涨两倍多，处于挤压状态</blockquote>

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Individual investors have found their next short-squeeze target in little-known software company<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SPRT\">Support.com</a>Inc.SPRT38.21%<blockquote>2021年，零售交易商帮助这家技术支持公司的股价上涨了1,500%以上。个人投资者在鲜为人知的软件公司找到了下一个轧空目标<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SPRT\">Support.com</a>Inc.SPRT 38.21%</blockquote> Shares of the company have more than tripled in the past week, pushing the stock to finish Monday at $36.39. That gives Support.com, a technical- and customer-support provider, a 38% gain for the day and a more than 1,500% jump for the year.<blockquote>该公司股价在过去一周上涨了两倍多，推动该股周一收于36.39美元。这使得技术和客户支持提供商Support.com当天上涨了38%，全年涨幅超过1,500%。</blockquote> Some retail traders are piling into Support.com, scooping up shares and placing bullish wagers on the stock. One of the reasons why: Support.com has elevated interest from bearish investors known as short sellers. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ISBC\">Investors</a> on social-media platforms have recently discussed the potential for setting up a short squeeze.<blockquote>一些散户交易者涌入Support.com，买入股票并对该股进行看涨押注。原因之一：Support.com提高了被称为卖空者的看跌投资者的兴趣。<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ISBC\">投资者</a>社交媒体平台最近讨论了建立轧空的可能性。</blockquote> Short sellers are investors who bet against a company by borrowing shares and selling them, hoping they can buy them back later at a lower price. But these short sellers can be burned by such wagers when the stock rises. They are then forced to buy back stock to try to limit their losses. Buying more stock can put further pressure on the stock price in what is known as a short squeeze.<blockquote>卖空者是通过借入股票并出售股票来做空一家公司的投资者，希望他们以后可以以更低的价格回购。但当股票上涨时，这些卖空者可能会因此类押注而焦头烂额。然后，他们被迫回购股票，试图限制损失。购买更多股票可能会给股价带来进一步的压力，这就是所谓的轧空。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/27957c2e688f6c659c8a748e89323a48\" tg-width=\"345\" tg-height=\"459\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">This year, individual investors have crowded into companies with elevated levels of short-selling activity, as part of a larger strategy to reap big gains and turn upside down a market that many say has long been stacked against them. More than 20 million new retail brokerage accounts are estimated to have been created since the start of 2020, according to JMP Securities. Most notably, individual investorshave tried to force short squeezesin companies includingGameStopCorp.andAMC Entertainment HoldingsInc.this year. They have also driven higher stocks ranging from car-rental companyHertz Global HoldingsInc.tolaser-scanning technologyfirmMicroVisionInc.<blockquote>今年，个人投资者纷纷涌入卖空活动水平较高的公司，这是获得巨额收益并扭转许多人认为长期以来对他们不利的市场的更大战略的一部分。据JMP证券称，自2020年初以来，估计已创建了超过2000万个新的零售经纪账户。最值得注意的是，个人投资者今年试图强行逼空GameStopCorp.和MC Entertainment HoldingsInc.等公司。它们还推动了汽车租赁公司赫兹全球控股公司(Hertz Global Holdings Inc.)和激光扫描技术公司Microvision Inc.等股票的上涨。</blockquote> The recent run-up in Support.com shares marks a striking turnaround for the company, which started the year trading just above $2. The last time the company traded above Monday’s closing price of $36.39 was 2004. For the quarter ended June 30, the company reported total revenue of roughly $8.5 million and a net loss of nearly $800,000.<blockquote>Support.com股价最近的上涨标志着该公司发生了惊人的转变，该公司今年年初的交易价格略高于2美元。该公司上一次股价高于周一收盘价36.39美元是在2004年。截至6月30日的季度，该公司报告总收入约为850万美元，净亏损近80万美元。</blockquote> In March, Support.com announced a merger agreement with Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a bitcoin-mining company, in a deal that is expected to close this quarter. As part of the agreement, Support.com will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, according to a news release issued at the time, Support.com is expected to provide Greenidge with an estimated $33 million of additional cash. Upon completion of the deal, Support.com stockholders and option holders will collectively own about 8% of the combined company’s common stock.<blockquote>今年3月，Support.com宣布与比特币矿业公司Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.达成合并协议，预计将于本季度完成。作为协议的一部分，Support.com将成为Greenidge的全资子公司，根据当时发布的新闻稿，Support.com预计将向Greenidge提供约3300万美元的额外现金。交易完成后，Support.com股东和期权持有人将合计拥有合并后公司约8%的普通股。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8bee31315a4663a2d2211a2609479333\" tg-width=\"357\" tg-height=\"454\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">In mid-to-late August, short interest in Support.com has hovered around 60% of the stock’s free float, according to data from analytics firm S3 Partners. In the past week, a small degree of short-covering—or buying back shares—has occurred, data from S3 shows, with short interest declining by nearly 3 percentage points, or roughly 280,000 shares, between Monday and Friday of last week.<blockquote>根据分析公司S3 Partners的数据，8月中下旬，Support.com的空头兴趣徘徊在该股自由流通量的60%左右。S3的数据显示，过去一周，发生了少量的空头回补（或回购股票），上周周一至周五期间，空头兴趣下降了近3个百分点，即约28万股。</blockquote> The volume of short-covering likely isn’t enough to move Support.com’s share price significantly higher, said Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of predictive analytics at S3, especially given the elevated trading volume that Support.com has recently experienced. Between Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, an average of 77.81 million Support.com shares changed hands each day, according to Dow Jones Market Data, versus an average trading volume of 3.98 million shares this year through the end of July.<blockquote>S3预测分析主管Ihor Dusaniwsky表示，空头回补量可能不足以推高Support.com的股价，特别是考虑到Support.com最近经历的交易量增加。根据道琼斯市场数据，8月20日至8月27日期间，平均每天有7781万股Support.com股票易手，而今年截至7月底的平均交易量为398万股。</blockquote> As a result, Mr. Dusaniwsky said, much of the rally has been driven by share purchases and options activity.<blockquote>杜萨尼夫斯基表示，因此，大部分上涨是由股票购买和期权活动推动的。</blockquote> “It’s momentum on the long side, where you get group, herd mentality into a name,” he said. Much of the recent activity has likely been driven by individual investors, he said, but he added that “good hedge funds don’t let high volatility situations go to waste.”<blockquote>“这是长期的动力，你可以将群体、从众心态融入到一个名字中，”他说。他表示，最近的大部分活动可能是由个人投资者推动的，但他补充说，“优秀的对冲基金不会让高波动性的情况白白浪费。”</blockquote> Retail investors purchased a net $38.1 million of Support.com stock in the week ended Friday, according to data from Vanda Research’s VandaTrack, making it the 15th-most purchased stock by individual investors for the week. Still, that buying activity was just a fraction of whatother retail-investor favoritesreceived. AMC attracted a net $192.2 million of inflows in the week ended Friday, while Nvidia Corp. received a net $136 million of buying during the same period, too.<blockquote>Vanda Research旗下VandaTrack的数据显示，截至周五的一周，散户投资者净购买了3,810万美元的Support.com股票，使其成为本周个人投资者购买最多的第15只股票。尽管如此，这种购买活动只是其他散户投资者最爱收到的一小部分。截至周五的一周，AMC吸引了1.922亿美元的净流入，而英伟达公司同期也获得了1.36亿美元的净买入。</blockquote> As they have with many other short-squeeze targets this year, traders rushed to the options market to place wagers on Support.com’s stock. The jump in Support.com’s share price coincided with heavy options trading, with around triple the volume there typically is in the stock, according to Cboe Global Markets data.<blockquote>正如今年对许多其他轧空目标所做的那样，交易员纷纷涌向期权市场押注Support.com的股票。根据芝加哥期权交易所全球市场的数据，Support.com股价上涨的同时，期权交易量约为该股正常交易量的三倍。</blockquote> Bullish call options tied to the shares jumping to $85 were among the most popular contracts changing hands on Monday. Calls confer the right to buy shares at certain prices, later in time. Other popular bets included put options tied to the shares falling to $15. Puts confer the right to sell shares.<blockquote>与股价跃升至85美元相关的看涨看涨期权期权是周一最受欢迎的易手合约之一。评级授予以后以特定价格购买股票的权利。其他受欢迎的押注包括与股价跌至15美元挂钩的看跌期权。看跌期权赋予出售股票的权利。</blockquote> At times, the heavy options activity in individual stocks has helped exacerbate rallies in the shares themselves.<blockquote>有时，个股的大量期权活动有助于加剧股票本身的反弹。</blockquote>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Support.com Stock More Than Triples in a Week, in a Squeeze Play<blockquote>Support.com股价一周内上涨两倍多，处于挤压状态</blockquote></title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 12.5px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nSupport.com Stock More Than Triples in a Week, in a Squeeze Play<blockquote>Support.com股价一周内上涨两倍多，处于挤压状态</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\nThe Wall Street Journal2021-08-31 07:56\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\n Retail traders have helped push the technical-support company’s stock up more than 1,500% in 2021. Individual investors have found their next short-squeeze target in little-known software company<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SPRT\">Support.com</a>Inc.SPRT38.21%<blockquote>2021年，零售交易商帮助这家技术支持公司的股价上涨了1,500%以上。个人投资者在鲜为人知的软件公司找到了下一个轧空目标<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SPRT\">Support.com</a>Inc.SPRT 38.21%</blockquote> Shares of the company have more than tripled in the past week, pushing the stock to finish Monday at $36.39. That gives Support.com, a technical- and customer-support provider, a 38% gain for the day and a more than 1,500% jump for the year.<blockquote>该公司股价在过去一周上涨了两倍多，推动该股周一收于36.39美元。这使得技术和客户支持提供商Support.com当天上涨了38%，全年涨幅超过1,500%。</blockquote> Some retail traders are piling into Support.com, scooping up shares and placing bullish wagers on the stock. One of the reasons why: Support.com has elevated interest from bearish investors known as short sellers. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ISBC\">Investors</a> on social-media platforms have recently discussed the potential for setting up a short squeeze.<blockquote>一些散户交易者涌入Support.com，买入股票并对该股进行看涨押注。原因之一：Support.com提高了被称为卖空者的看跌投资者的兴趣。<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ISBC\">投资者</a>社交媒体平台最近讨论了建立轧空的可能性。</blockquote> Short sellers are investors who bet against a company by borrowing shares and selling them, hoping they can buy them back later at a lower price. But these short sellers can be burned by such wagers when the stock rises. They are then forced to buy back stock to try to limit their losses. Buying more stock can put further pressure on the stock price in what is known as a short squeeze.<blockquote>卖空者是通过借入股票并出售股票来做空一家公司的投资者，希望他们以后可以以更低的价格回购。但当股票上涨时，这些卖空者可能会因此类押注而焦头烂额。然后，他们被迫回购股票，试图限制损失。购买更多股票可能会给股价带来进一步的压力，这就是所谓的轧空。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/27957c2e688f6c659c8a748e89323a48\" tg-width=\"345\" tg-height=\"459\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">This year, individual investors have crowded into companies with elevated levels of short-selling activity, as part of a larger strategy to reap big gains and turn upside down a market that many say has long been stacked against them. More than 20 million new retail brokerage accounts are estimated to have been created since the start of 2020, according to JMP Securities. Most notably, individual investorshave tried to force short squeezesin companies includingGameStopCorp.andAMC Entertainment HoldingsInc.this year. They have also driven higher stocks ranging from car-rental companyHertz Global HoldingsInc.tolaser-scanning technologyfirmMicroVisionInc.<blockquote>今年，个人投资者纷纷涌入卖空活动水平较高的公司，这是获得巨额收益并扭转许多人认为长期以来对他们不利的市场的更大战略的一部分。据JMP证券称，自2020年初以来，估计已创建了超过2000万个新的零售经纪账户。最值得注意的是，个人投资者今年试图强行逼空GameStopCorp.和MC Entertainment HoldingsInc.等公司。它们还推动了汽车租赁公司赫兹全球控股公司(Hertz Global Holdings Inc.)和激光扫描技术公司Microvision Inc.等股票的上涨。</blockquote> The recent run-up in Support.com shares marks a striking turnaround for the company, which started the year trading just above $2. The last time the company traded above Monday’s closing price of $36.39 was 2004. For the quarter ended June 30, the company reported total revenue of roughly $8.5 million and a net loss of nearly $800,000.<blockquote>Support.com股价最近的上涨标志着该公司发生了惊人的转变，该公司今年年初的交易价格略高于2美元。该公司上一次股价高于周一收盘价36.39美元是在2004年。截至6月30日的季度，该公司报告总收入约为850万美元，净亏损近80万美元。</blockquote> In March, Support.com announced a merger agreement with Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a bitcoin-mining company, in a deal that is expected to close this quarter. As part of the agreement, Support.com will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, according to a news release issued at the time, Support.com is expected to provide Greenidge with an estimated $33 million of additional cash. Upon completion of the deal, Support.com stockholders and option holders will collectively own about 8% of the combined company’s common stock.<blockquote>今年3月，Support.com宣布与比特币矿业公司Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.达成合并协议，预计将于本季度完成。作为协议的一部分，Support.com将成为Greenidge的全资子公司，根据当时发布的新闻稿，Support.com预计将向Greenidge提供约3300万美元的额外现金。交易完成后，Support.com股东和期权持有人将合计拥有合并后公司约8%的普通股。</blockquote> <img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8bee31315a4663a2d2211a2609479333\" tg-width=\"357\" tg-height=\"454\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\">In mid-to-late August, short interest in Support.com has hovered around 60% of the stock’s free float, according to data from analytics firm S3 Partners. In the past week, a small degree of short-covering—or buying back shares—has occurred, data from S3 shows, with short interest declining by nearly 3 percentage points, or roughly 280,000 shares, between Monday and Friday of last week.<blockquote>根据分析公司S3 Partners的数据，8月中下旬，Support.com的空头兴趣徘徊在该股自由流通量的60%左右。S3的数据显示，过去一周，发生了少量的空头回补（或回购股票），上周周一至周五期间，空头兴趣下降了近3个百分点，即约28万股。</blockquote> The volume of short-covering likely isn’t enough to move Support.com’s share price significantly higher, said Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of predictive analytics at S3, especially given the elevated trading volume that Support.com has recently experienced. Between Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, an average of 77.81 million Support.com shares changed hands each day, according to Dow Jones Market Data, versus an average trading volume of 3.98 million shares this year through the end of July.<blockquote>S3预测分析主管Ihor Dusaniwsky表示，空头回补量可能不足以推高Support.com的股价，特别是考虑到Support.com最近经历的交易量增加。根据道琼斯市场数据，8月20日至8月27日期间，平均每天有7781万股Support.com股票易手，而今年截至7月底的平均交易量为398万股。</blockquote> As a result, Mr. Dusaniwsky said, much of the rally has been driven by share purchases and options activity.<blockquote>杜萨尼夫斯基表示，因此，大部分上涨是由股票购买和期权活动推动的。</blockquote> “It’s momentum on the long side, where you get group, herd mentality into a name,” he said. Much of the recent activity has likely been driven by individual investors, he said, but he added that “good hedge funds don’t let high volatility situations go to waste.”<blockquote>“这是长期的动力，你可以将群体、从众心态融入到一个名字中，”他说。他表示，最近的大部分活动可能是由个人投资者推动的，但他补充说，“优秀的对冲基金不会让高波动性的情况白白浪费。”</blockquote> Retail investors purchased a net $38.1 million of Support.com stock in the week ended Friday, according to data from Vanda Research’s VandaTrack, making it the 15th-most purchased stock by individual investors for the week. Still, that buying activity was just a fraction of whatother retail-investor favoritesreceived. AMC attracted a net $192.2 million of inflows in the week ended Friday, while Nvidia Corp. received a net $136 million of buying during the same period, too.<blockquote>Vanda Research旗下VandaTrack的数据显示，截至周五的一周，散户投资者净购买了3,810万美元的Support.com股票，使其成为本周个人投资者购买最多的第15只股票。尽管如此，这种购买活动只是其他散户投资者最爱收到的一小部分。截至周五的一周，AMC吸引了1.922亿美元的净流入，而英伟达公司同期也获得了1.36亿美元的净买入。</blockquote> As they have with many other short-squeeze targets this year, traders rushed to the options market to place wagers on Support.com’s stock. The jump in Support.com’s share price coincided with heavy options trading, with around triple the volume there typically is in the stock, according to Cboe Global Markets data.<blockquote>正如今年对许多其他轧空目标所做的那样，交易员纷纷涌向期权市场押注Support.com的股票。根据芝加哥期权交易所全球市场的数据，Support.com股价上涨的同时，期权交易量约为该股正常交易量的三倍。</blockquote> Bullish call options tied to the shares jumping to $85 were among the most popular contracts changing hands on Monday. Calls confer the right to buy shares at certain prices, later in time. Other popular bets included put options tied to the shares falling to $15. Puts confer the right to sell shares.<blockquote>与股价跃升至85美元相关的看涨看涨期权期权是周一最受欢迎的易手合约之一。评级授予以后以特定价格购买股票的权利。其他受欢迎的押注包括与股价跌至15美元挂钩的看跌期权。看跌期权赋予出售股票的权利。</blockquote> At times, the heavy options activity in individual stocks has helped exacerbate rallies in the shares themselves.<blockquote>有时，个股的大量期权活动有助于加剧股票本身的反弹。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/support-com-stock-nearly-triples-in-a-week-in-a-squeeze-play-11630350757?mod=markets_lead_pos3\">The Wall Street Journal</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SPRT":"Support.com"},"source_url":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/support-com-stock-nearly-triples-in-a-week-in-a-squeeze-play-11630350757?mod=markets_lead_pos3","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1187676878","content_text":"Retail traders have helped push the technical-support company’s stock up more than 1,500% in 2021.\n\nIndividual investors have found their next short-squeeze target in little-known software companySupport.comInc.SPRT38.21%\nShares of the company have more than tripled in the past week, pushing the stock to finish Monday at $36.39. That gives Support.com, a technical- and customer-support provider, a 38% gain for the day and a more than 1,500% jump for the year.\nSome retail traders are piling into Support.com, scooping up shares and placing bullish wagers on the stock. One of the reasons why: Support.com has elevated interest from bearish investors known as short sellers. Investors on social-media platforms have recently discussed the potential for setting up a short squeeze.\nShort sellers are investors who bet against a company by borrowing shares and selling them, hoping they can buy them back later at a lower price. But these short sellers can be burned by such wagers when the stock rises. They are then forced to buy back stock to try to limit their losses. Buying more stock can put further pressure on the stock price in what is known as a short squeeze.\nThis year, individual investors have crowded into companies with elevated levels of short-selling activity, as part of a larger strategy to reap big gains and turn upside down a market that many say has long been stacked against them. More than 20 million new retail brokerage accounts are estimated to have been created since the start of 2020, according to JMP Securities. Most notably, individual investorshave tried to force short squeezesin companies includingGameStopCorp.andAMC Entertainment HoldingsInc.this year. They have also driven higher stocks ranging from car-rental companyHertz Global HoldingsInc.tolaser-scanning technologyfirmMicroVisionInc.\nThe recent run-up in Support.com shares marks a striking turnaround for the company, which started the year trading just above $2. The last time the company traded above Monday’s closing price of $36.39 was 2004. For the quarter ended June 30, the company reported total revenue of roughly $8.5 million and a net loss of nearly $800,000.\nIn March, Support.com announced a merger agreement with Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc., a bitcoin-mining company, in a deal that is expected to close this quarter. As part of the agreement, Support.com will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Greenidge, according to a news release issued at the time, Support.com is expected to provide Greenidge with an estimated $33 million of additional cash. Upon completion of the deal, Support.com stockholders and option holders will collectively own about 8% of the combined company’s common stock.\nIn mid-to-late August, short interest in Support.com has hovered around 60% of the stock’s free float, according to data from analytics firm S3 Partners. In the past week, a small degree of short-covering—or buying back shares—has occurred, data from S3 shows, with short interest declining by nearly 3 percentage points, or roughly 280,000 shares, between Monday and Friday of last week.\nThe volume of short-covering likely isn’t enough to move Support.com’s share price significantly higher, said Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of predictive analytics at S3, especially given the elevated trading volume that Support.com has recently experienced. Between Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, an average of 77.81 million Support.com shares changed hands each day, according to Dow Jones Market Data, versus an average trading volume of 3.98 million shares this year through the end of July.\nAs a result, Mr. Dusaniwsky said, much of the rally has been driven by share purchases and options activity.\n“It’s momentum on the long side, where you get group, herd mentality into a name,” he said. Much of the recent activity has likely been driven by individual investors, he said, but he added that “good hedge funds don’t let high volatility situations go to waste.”\nRetail investors purchased a net $38.1 million of Support.com stock in the week ended Friday, according to data from Vanda Research’s VandaTrack, making it the 15th-most purchased stock by individual investors for the week. Still, that buying activity was just a fraction of whatother retail-investor favoritesreceived. AMC attracted a net $192.2 million of inflows in the week ended Friday, while Nvidia Corp. received a net $136 million of buying during the same period, too.\nAs they have with many other short-squeeze targets this year, traders rushed to the options market to place wagers on Support.com’s stock. The jump in Support.com’s share price coincided with heavy options trading, with around triple the volume there typically is in the stock, according to Cboe Global Markets data.\nBullish call options tied to the shares jumping to $85 were among the most popular contracts changing hands on Monday. Calls confer the right to buy shares at certain prices, later in time. Other popular bets included put options tied to the shares falling to $15. Puts confer the right to sell shares.\nAt times, the heavy options activity in individual stocks has helped exacerbate rallies in the shares themselves.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"SPRT":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":2012,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":5,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"hasMoreComment":false,"orderType":2}