Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Templeton Dragon Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 15th, investors have sold 3,800 shares of TDF short. Learn More on Templeton Dragon Fund's current short interest.

Templeton Dragon Fund saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,800 shares, a decrease of 20.8% from the previous total of 4,800 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 Templeton Dragon Fund: Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (0.37%), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust Inc. (0.73%), Oxford Square Capital Corp. (0.24%), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.05%), TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (0.16%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (0.02%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (0.02%), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (0.06%), Invesco Bond Fund (0.09%), Sprott Focus Trust, Inc. (0.02%),

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 TDF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Templeton Dragon Fund as its price is falling. TDF shares are trading up $0.13 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 Templeton Dragon 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 TDF, 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 TDF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.