AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund - AFB Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, traders have sold 56,700 shares of AFB short. Learn More on AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund's current short interest.

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 56,700 shares, a decline of 41.3% from the previous total of 96,600 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.43 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.78 billion), Paramount Global ($1.77 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.69 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.53 billion), American Airlines Group Inc. ($1.52 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.48 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AFB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund as its price is falling. AFB shares are trading up $0.04 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 AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund 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 AFB, 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 AFB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2023.