American Virtual Cloud Technologies (AVCTW) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of American Virtual Cloud Technologies shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 30th, traders have sold 105,100 shares of AVCTW short. Learn More on American Virtual Cloud Technologies' current short interest.

American Virtual Cloud Technologies saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 105,100 shares, a decrease of 9.6% from the previous total of 116,200 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.31 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.13 billion), Paramount Global ($1.50 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.48 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.48 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.47 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.46 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.35 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.32 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AVCTW is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from American Virtual Cloud Technologies as its price is falling. 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 American Virtual Cloud Technologies occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of AVCTW, 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 AVCTW, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 30 2022.