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Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 1X ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDN - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,256,569 shares, a growth of 197.8% from the September 15th total of 1,093,699 shares. Based on an average daily

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