New York Mortgage Trust (NYMTZ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of New York Mortgage Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, traders have sold 700 shares of NYMTZ short. Learn More on New York Mortgage Trust's current short interest.

New York Mortgage Trust saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 700 shares, a drop of 30.0% from the previous total of 1,000 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 New York Mortgage Trust: 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: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NYMTZ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from New York Mortgage Trust as its price is falling. NYMTZ 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 New York Mortgage Trust 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 NYMTZ, 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 NYMTZ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.