Lightwave Acquisition (LWACU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Lightwave Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, investors have sold 300 shares of LWACU short. Learn More on Lightwave Acquisition's current short interest.

Lightwave Acquisition saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 300 shares, a drop of 99.0% from the previous total of 29,800 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.

Lightwave Acquisition currently has issued a total of 0 shares. Some of Lightwave 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. Lightwave Acquisition currently has a public float of 22,170,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Lightwave Acquisition: 1RT Acquisition Corp. (0.11%), A SPAC III Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), AlphaTime Acquisition Corp (0.01%), Aparadise Acquisition Corp. (0.08%), Artius II Acquisition Inc. (0.02%), BEST SPAC I Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III (0.07%), Bold Eagle Acquisition Corp. - Class A Ordinary Shares (0.01%), and

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.72 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LWACU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Lightwave Acquisition as its price is falling. LWACU shares are trading down $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 Lightwave 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 LWACU, 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 LWACU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025.