BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 17,600 shares of MHN short. Learn More on BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund's current short interest.

BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,600 shares, an increase of 3.5% from the previous total of 17,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund: Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (0.02%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.21%), Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. (0.13%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.13%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.08%), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (0.07%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Co. (0.14%), WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (2.15%), Source Capital, Inc. (0.03%), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (0.10%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MHN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund as its price is falling. MHN shares are trading up $0.02 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MHN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MHN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.