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Nasdaq (NDAQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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Nasdaq Short Interest Data

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has a short interest of 5.46 million shares. This marks a 8.55% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.7, indicating that it would take 1.7 days of the average trading volume of 2.91 million shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest
5,460,000 shares
Previous Short Interest
5,030,000 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month
+8.55%
Dollar Volume Sold Short
$416.11 million
Short Interest Ratio
1.7 Days to Cover
Last Record Date
April 30, 2025
Outstanding Shares
574,122,000 shares
Percentage of Shares Shorted
0.95%
Today's Trading Volume
2,655,617 shares
Average Trading Volume
2,907,356 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average
91%
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NDAQ Short Interest Over Time

NDAQ Days to Cover Over Time

NDAQ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time

Nasdaq Short Interest History

Report DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date
4/30/20255,460,000 shares $416.11 million +8.6%N/A1.7 $76.21
4/15/20255,030,000 shares $368.05 million -17.4%0.9%1.6 $73.17
3/31/20256,090,000 shares $461.99 million +9.3%1.1%2 $75.86
3/15/20255,570,000 shares $408.06 million +14.6%1.0%2 $73.26
2/28/20254,860,000 shares $402.31 million -4.3%0.9%1.8 $82.78
2/15/20255,080,000 shares $411.02 million +22.4%0.9%1.9 $80.91
1/31/20254,150,000 shares $341.71 million +19.9%N/A1.6 $82.34
1/15/20253,460,000 shares $266.35 million -15.8%N/A1.3 $76.98
12/31/20244,110,000 shares $317.74 million -12.6%N/A1.6 $77.31
12/15/20244,700,000 shares $376.56 million +2.6%N/A1.8 $80.12
11/30/20244,580,000 shares $380.09 million +1.8%N/A1.7 $82.99
11/15/20244,500,000 shares $354.42 million -10.2%N/A1.7 $78.76
10/31/20245,010,000 shares $370.34 million +5.5%N/A2 $73.92
10/15/20244,750,000 shares $346.89 million -14.3%N/A1.5 $73.03
9/30/20245,540,000 shares $404.48 million +0.9%N/A1.8 $73.01
9/15/20245,490,000 shares $400.77 million +28.6%N/A1.9 $73.00
8/31/20244,270,000 shares $307.78 million +5.4%N/A1.5 $72.08
8/15/20244,050,000 shares $282.61 million -16.7%N/A1.5 $69.78
7/31/20244,860,000 shares $328.92 million -14.9%N/A1.7 $67.68
7/15/20245,710,000 shares $359.73 million +14.7%N/A2.4 $63.00
6/30/20244,980,000 shares $300.09 million -6.6%N/A2 $60.26
6/15/20245,330,000 shares $312.34 million +10.6%N/A2 $58.60
5/31/20244,820,000 shares $284.52 million -4.4%N/A1.5 $59.03
5/15/20245,040,000 shares $309.20 million +1.8%N/A1.5 $61.35
4/30/20244,950,000 shares $296.26 million +37.9%N/A1.4 $59.85
4/15/20243,590,000 shares $216.08 million -24.4%N/A1.1 $60.19
3/31/20244,750,000 shares $299.73 million +37.7%N/A1.5 $63.10
3/15/20243,450,000 shares $205.90 million -33.3%N/A1.1 $59.68
2/29/20245,170,000 shares $290.55 million -1.0%N/A2 $56.20
2/15/20245,220,000 shares $289.66 million +24.9%N/A2.1 $55.49
1/31/20244,180,000 shares $241.48 million -7.9%N/A1.7 $57.77
1/15/20244,540,000 shares $258.46 million -13.7%N/A1.9 $56.93
12/31/20235,260,000 shares $305.82 million -2.2%N/A2.2 $58.14
12/15/20235,380,000 shares $294.50 million +7.4%N/A2.2 $54.74
11/30/20235,010,000 shares $279.76 million +1.0%N/A2.1 $55.84
11/15/20234,960,000 shares $264.47 million +21.0%N/A2.2 $53.32
10/31/20234,100,000 shares $203.36 million -12.2%N/A1.7 $49.60
10/15/20234,670,000 shares $230.56 million No ChangeN/A1.9 $49.37
9/30/20234,670,000 shares $226.92 million -8.8%N/A1.7 $48.59
9/15/20235,120,000 shares $259.94 million +3.2%N/A1.7 $50.77
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8/31/20234,960,000 shares $260.30 million -4.8%N/A1.4 $52.48
8/15/20235,210,000 shares $263.47 million +3.6%N/A1.4 $50.57
7/31/20235,030,000 shares $253.96 million -5.1%N/A1.4 $50.49
7/15/20235,300,000 shares $268.23 million +1.5%N/A1.5 $50.61
6/30/20235,220,000 shares $260.22 million +10.6%N/A1.6 $49.85
6/15/20234,720,000 shares $246.71 million +18.6%N/A1.5 $52.27
5/31/20233,980,000 shares $220.29 million -6.6%N/A1.5 $55.35
5/15/20234,260,000 shares $235.02 million -11.6%N/A1.7 $55.17
4/30/20234,820,000 shares $266.88 million -15.4%N/A2 $55.37
4/15/20235,700,000 shares $314.41 million -18.1%N/A2.1 $55.16
3/31/20236,960,000 shares $380.50 million +36.5%N/A2.7 $54.67
3/15/20235,100,000 shares $264.74 million -4.7%N/A2.2 $51.91
2/28/20235,350,000 shares $299.92 million -1.7%N/A2.4 $56.06
2/15/20235,440,000 shares $321.83 million -13.4%N/A2.5 $59.16
1/31/20236,280,000 shares $377.99 million +5.4%N/A2.8 $60.19
1/15/20235,960,000 shares $377.57 million -12.2%N/A2.8 $63.35
12/30/20226,790,000 shares $416.57 million +42.4%N/A3.3 $61.35
12/15/20224,770,000 shares $294.50 million +9.7%N/A2.3 $61.74
11/30/20224,350,000 shares $297.80 million -11.2%N/A2.2 $68.46
11/15/20224,900,000 shares $317.47 million -20.5%N/A2.5 $64.79
10/31/20226,160,000 shares $383.40 million +10.4%N/A3.1 $62.24
10/15/20225,580,000 shares $305.51 million +6.7%N/A2.8 $54.75
9/30/20225,230,000 shares $296.44 million -38.8%N/A2.5 $56.68
9/15/20228,550,000 shares $522.49 million +20.1%N/A3.9 $61.11
8/31/20227,120,000 shares $423.85 million +177.0%N/A2.9 $59.53
8/15/20222,570,000 shares $493.31 million +16.8%2.3%3 $191.95
7/31/20222,200,000 shares $397.98 million -4.8%1.9%2.4 $180.90
7/15/20222,310,000 shares $362.83 million +17.9%2.0%2.3 $157.07
6/30/20221,960,000 shares $298.98 million +1.0%1.7%2.1 $152.54
6/15/20221,940,000 shares $290.84 million +10.9%1.7%2.1 $149.92
5/31/20221,750,000 shares $271.71 million +8.0%1.5%2.1 $155.26
5/15/20221,620,000 shares $238.93 million +5.2%1.4%1.8 $147.49
4/30/20221,540,000 shares $242.35 million +14.9%1.4%1.8 $157.37
4/15/20221,340,000 shares $239.26 million -26.0%1.2%1.5 $178.55
3/31/20221,810,000 shares $322.54 million -16.2%1.6%1.9 $178.20
3/15/20222,160,000 shares $366.29 million -17.2%1.9%2.3 $169.58
2/28/20222,610,000 shares $446.70 million -21.9%2.3%2.7 $171.15
2/15/20223,340,000 shares $584.63 million -17.1%2.9%3.6 $175.04
1/31/20224,030,000 shares $722.22 million +52.1%3.4%4.6 $179.21
1/15/20222,650,000 shares $493.27 million +10.0%2.3%3.3 $186.14
12/31/20212,410,000 shares $506.12 million +3.0%2.1%3.2 $210.01
12/15/20212,340,000 shares $472.75 million -9.3%2.0%3 $202.03
11/30/20212,580,000 shares $524.33 million +6.6%2.2%3.4 $203.23
11/15/20212,420,000 shares $507.55 million +3.4%2.1%3.4 $209.73
10/29/20212,340,000 shares $491.10 million -12.0%2.0%3.4 $209.87
10/15/20212,660,000 shares $540.03 million +37.8%2.3%3.8 $203.02
9/30/20211,930,000 shares $372.53 million -10.7%1.7%2.8 $193.02
9/15/20212,160,000 shares $423.01 million -10.7%1.8%3.2 $195.84
8/31/20212,420,000 shares $473.79 million -28.4%2.1%3.4 $195.78
8/13/20213,380,000 shares $645.55 million -11.3%2.9%4.6 $190.99
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7/30/20213,810,000 shares $711.44 million +41.6%3.3%5 $186.73
7/15/20212,690,000 shares $480.57 million -16.2%2.4%3.5 $178.65
6/30/20213,210,000 shares $564.32 million +1.9%2.8%4.3 $175.80
6/15/20213,150,000 shares $555.31 million +14.1%2.8%4.4 $176.29
5/28/20212,760,000 shares $462.19 million +1.9%2.4%3.8 $167.46
5/14/20212,710,000 shares $436.04 million +6.7%2.4%3.5 $160.90
4/30/20212,540,000 shares $411.20 million -3.8%2.2%3.2 $161.89
4/15/20212,640,000 shares $415.64 million +5.2%2.3%3.1 $157.44
3/31/20212,510,000 shares $370.10 million -14.0%2.2%2.8 $147.45
3/15/20212,920,000 shares $421.71 million +21.2%2.6%3.1 $144.42
2/26/20212,410,000 shares $338.17 million -7.3%2.1%2.6 $140.32
2/12/20212,600,000 shares $370.16 million -1.9%2.3%2.9 $142.37
1/29/20212,650,000 shares $368.43 million -8.6%2.3%2.9 $139.03
1/15/20212,900,000 shares $412.18 million +5.1%2.5%3.2 $142.13
12/31/20202,760,000 shares $359.19 million +4.9%2.4%3.4 $130.14
12/15/20202,630,000 shares $326.23 million +39.9%2.3%3.1 $124.04
11/30/20201,880,000 shares $238.99 million -22.0%1.7%2.3 $127.12
11/15/20202,410,000 shares $303.23 million -3.2%2.1%3 $125.82
10/30/20202,490,000 shares $303.80 million -19.4%2.2%3.3 $122.01
10/15/20203,090,000 shares $394.44 million +30.4%2.7%4.1 $127.65
9/30/20202,370,000 shares $290.82 million +13.4%2.1%3.1 $122.71
9/15/20202,090,000 shares $267.85 million +9.4%1.8%3 $128.16
8/31/20201,910,000 shares $256.74 million +4.4%1.7%2.7 $134.42
8/14/20201,830,000 shares $236.51 million -6.6%1.6%2.6 $129.24
7/31/20201,960,000 shares $257.37 million -20.7%1.7%2.7 $131.31
7/15/20202,470,000 shares $313.29 million +2.5%2.2%3.2 $126.84
6/30/20202,410,000 shares $287.92 million -16.0%2.1%3.1 $119.47
6/15/20202,870,000 shares $336.85 million +2.5%2.5%3.2 $117.37
5/29/20202,800,000 shares $331.69 million -3.1%2.5%2.5 $118.46

NDAQ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nasdaq's current short interest?

Short interest is the volume of Nasdaq shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 5,460,000 shares of NDAQ short. Learn More on Nasdaq's current short interest.

What is a good short interest ratio for Nasdaq?

The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NDAQ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Nasdaq's short interest ratio.

Which institutional investors are shorting Nasdaq?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Nasdaq: Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Walleye Trading LLC, Oribel Capital Management LP, Capital Fund Management S.A., Garda Capital Partners LP, Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Caas Capital Management LP, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Is Nasdaq's short interest increasing or decreasing?

Nasdaq saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,460,000 shares, an increase of 8.5% from the previous total of 5,030,000 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.

How does Nasdaq's short interest compare to its competitors?

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Nasdaq: Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (0.90%), CME Group Inc. (1.40%), Moody's Co. (1.69%), Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (0.50%), MSCI Inc. (1.19%), MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (2.89%), Arrow Financial Co. (0.81%), Tradeweb Markets Inc. (0.78%), LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (2.22%), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (4.83%),

Which stocks are the most shorted right now?

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

What does it mean to sell short Nasdaq stock?

Short selling NDAQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nasdaq as its price is falling. NDAQ shares are trading up $0.57 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.

How does a short squeeze work against Nasdaq?

A short squeeze for Nasdaq 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 NDAQ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

How often is Nasdaq's short interest reported?

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including NDAQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025.




This page (NASDAQ:NDAQ) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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