Innovative Eyewear (LUCY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Innovative Eyewear shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 129,900 shares of LUCY short. 7.78% of Innovative Eyewear's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Innovative Eyewear's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 7.78% of Innovative Eyewear's floating shares are currently sold short.

Innovative Eyewear saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 129,900 shares, a decline of 13.7% from the previous total of 150,500 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.

Innovative Eyewear currently has issued a total of 3,300,000 shares. Some of Innovative Eyewear'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. Innovative Eyewear currently has a public float of 1,670,000 shares.

7.78% of Innovative Eyewear's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "medical equipment" compare to Innovative Eyewear: Femasys Inc. (3.83%), Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. (6.39%), NexGel, Inc. (0.48%), Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (1.34%), IRIDEX Corporation (2.27%), enVVeno Medical Corporation (13.21%), SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (16.21%), Nexalin Technology, Inc. (1.58%), Allurion Technologies, Inc. (1.58%), Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (3.69%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LUCY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Innovative Eyewear as its price is falling. LUCY 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 Innovative Eyewear 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 LUCY, 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 LUCY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.