BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust (BSD) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 4,400 shares of BSD short. Learn More on BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust's current short interest.

BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,400 shares, an increase of 266.7% from the previous total of 1,200 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: Aon plc ($5.63 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.41 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.32 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.86 billion), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.82 billion), Bilibili Inc. ($2.34 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.24 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.21 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BSD is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Strategic Municipal Trust as its price is falling. 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 BlackRock Strategic Municipal 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 BSD, 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 BSD, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.