Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 12th, investors have sold 18,800 shares of ARDC short.

Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 18,800 shares, an increase of 44.6% from the previous total of 13,000 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.

0.00% of Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment trusts/mutual funds" compare to Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund: Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (0.00%), Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund (0.00%), Aberdeen International Inc. (0.00%), Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (0.00%), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (0.00%), AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund (0.00%), Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc. (0.00%), BlackRock 2022 Global Income Opportunity Trust (0.00%), BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc. (0.00%), and BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: ViacomCBS Inc. ($6.50 billion), Aon Plc ($5.58 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.30 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.97 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.80 billion), Futu Holdings Limited ($2.84 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.40 billion), Discovery, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.07 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ARDC is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund as its price is falling. Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund's stock is trading down $0.17 today. To short Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund 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 Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund 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 Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund 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 ARDC, 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 ARDC, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 12 2021.