Nukkleus (NUKK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nukkleus shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 1,630,000 shares of NUKK short. Learn More on Nukkleus' current short interest.

Nukkleus saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,630,000 shares, an increase of 18.1% from the previous total of 1,380,000 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "trading" compare to Nukkleus: Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp. (0.09%), Andretti Acquisition Corp. II (0.00%), Jackson Acquisition Company II (0.02%), Launch One Acquisition Corp. (0.02%), Drugs Made In America Acquisition Corp. (0.17%), FrontView REIT, Inc. (3.27%), City Office REIT, Inc. (0.95%), BRT Apartments Corp. (1.49%), Waton Financial Limited (0.35%), San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (2.31%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($15.71 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($7.56 billion), Reddit Inc. ($4.55 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.53 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($4.43 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.94 billion), IonQ, Inc. ($3.78 billion), TC Energy Corporation ($3.13 billion), and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NUKK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nukkleus as its price is falling. NUKK shares are trading down $0.58 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 Nukkleus 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 NUKK, 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 NUKK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2025.