Squeeze

A squeeze is any situation in which participants who must buy — to close a short, to make delivery, or to meet a margin call — face a supply that cannot accommodate them, so the price rises steeply. Squeezes occur naturally as well as by design.

manipulation techniques · updated 2026-09-08

Where does squeeze come up?

This term is used in the following manipulation techniques, each explained in full on its own page.

• Engineered short squeeze — An engineered short squeeze is deliberately acquiring the tradable supply of a security and withdrawing it from the lending market, so that short sellers who must cover cannot find stock and are forced to buy at the engineer's price.
• Delivery squeeze — A delivery squeeze is controlling the certified stocks, warrants or logistics needed to satisfy a futures contract, so that short sellers cannot deliver even where the commodity exists elsewhere.

Enforcement actions involving these techniques

See also

• Corner — A corner is control of enough of the deliverable supply of an asset, together with a long derivative position in it, that short se…
• Short squeeze — A short squeeze is a sharp price rise driven by short sellers buying to close positions, which pushes the price higher and forces …

Terms that refer here

Corner squeeze distinction · Corner · Short squeeze

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