CleanTech Acquisition (CLAQU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of CleanTech Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 13th, traders have sold 400 shares of CLAQU short. Learn More on CleanTech Acquisition's current short interest.

CleanTech Acquisition saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 400 shares, a decline of 69.2% from the previous total of 1,300 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.

CleanTech Acquisition currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of CleanTech Acquisition's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. CleanTech Acquisition currently has a public float of 17,750,000 shares.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Block, Inc. ($9.67 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.87 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.80 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($7.03 billion), Sea Limited ($6.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.60 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($5.18 billion), Aon plc ($3.93 billion), CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling CLAQU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from CleanTech Acquisition as its price is falling. CLAQU shares are trading up $0.46 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 CleanTech Acquisition 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 CLAQU, 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 CLAQU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 13 2021.