John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $35.90 +0.59 (+1.66%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$35.90 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Short Interest DataJohn Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) has a short interest of 17,500 shares. This marks a 130.26% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 38,337 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest17,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest7,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+130.26%Dollar Volume Sold Short$629.83 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 15, 2025Outstanding Shares19,740,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.09%Today's Trading Volume46,931 sharesAverage Trading Volume38,337 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average122% Short Selling John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBTO Short Interest Over TimeBTO Days to Cover Over TimeBTO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/15/202517,500 shares $629.83 thousand +130.3%N/A0.5 $35.99 8/31/20257,600 shares $286.44 thousand -39.7%0.0%0.2 $37.69 8/15/202512,600 shares $446.67 thousand -59.1%N/A0.4 $35.45 7/31/202530,800 shares $1.08 million +41.9%0.2%0.9 $35.05 7/15/202521,700 shares $775.99 thousand -44.9%N/A0.6 $35.76 6/30/202539,400 shares $1.39 million -39.8%0.2%1 $35.39 6/15/202565,400 shares $2.20 million +9.9%0.3%1.5 $33.61 5/31/202559,500 shares $2.03 million +170.5%0.3%1.3 $34.16 5/15/202522,000 shares $768.24 thousand +4.8%0.1%0.5 $34.92 4/30/202521,000 shares $674.10 thousand -40.2%N/A0.4 $32.10 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BTO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/202535,100 shares $1.06 million -31.3%0.2%0.7 $30.21 3/31/202551,100 shares $1.74 million +149.3%0.3%1 $34.11 3/15/202520,500 shares $664.71 thousand +197.1%0.1%0.4 $32.43 2/28/20256,900 shares $246.05 thousand -52.7%0.0%0.1 $35.66 2/15/202514,600 shares $540.77 thousand -55.1%0.1%0.3 $37.04 1/31/202532,500 shares $1.22 million -7.4%N/A0.7 $37.58 1/15/202535,100 shares $1.29 million +213.4%N/A0.8 $36.79 12/31/202411,200 shares $399.73 thousand -45.4%N/A0.3 $35.69 12/15/202420,500 shares $756.45 thousand +5.1%N/A0.5 $36.90 11/30/202419,500 shares $768.30 thousand -20.7%N/A0.5 $39.40 11/15/202424,600 shares $927.79 thousand +176.4%N/A0.5 $37.72 10/31/20248,900 shares $303.94 thousand +39.1%N/A0.2 $34.15 10/15/20246,400 shares $218.69 thousand -31.2%N/A0.1 $34.17 9/30/20249,300 shares $308.11 thousand -64.9%N/A0.2 $33.13 9/15/202426,500 shares $850.12 thousand +273.2%N/A0.4 $32.08 8/31/20247,100 shares $237.50 thousand -44.1%N/A0.1 $33.45 8/15/202412,700 shares $396.49 thousand +647.1%N/A0.2 $31.22 7/31/20241,700 shares $55.66 thousand -72.6%N/A0 $32.74 7/15/20246,200 shares $186.68 thousand -10.1%N/A0.1 $30.11 6/30/20246,900 shares $193.27 thousand -59.2%N/A0.1 $28.01 6/15/202416,900 shares $447.34 thousand +85.7%N/A0.3 $26.47 5/31/20249,100 shares $255.53 thousand +37.9%N/A0.2 $28.08 5/15/20246,600 shares $191.00 thousand -10.8%N/A0.1 $28.94 4/30/20247,400 shares $201.65 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $27.25 4/15/20247,400 shares $196.54 thousand -28.2%N/A0.1 $26.56 3/31/202410,300 shares $304.67 thousand +77.6%N/A0.2 $29.58 3/15/20245,800 shares $159.04 thousand -67.1%N/A0.1 $27.42 2/29/202417,600 shares $503.89 thousand -6.9%N/A0.3 $28.63 2/15/202418,900 shares $553.01 thousand -23.2%N/A0.3 $29.26 1/31/202424,600 shares $746.36 thousand -28.3%N/A0.4 $30.34 1/15/202434,300 shares $1.03 million +91.6%N/A0.6 $30.16 12/31/202317,900 shares $538.43 thousand -26.3%N/A0.3 $30.08 12/15/202324,300 shares $750.87 thousand -6.5%N/A0.4 $30.90 11/30/202326,000 shares $699.14 thousand -35.5%N/A0.5 $26.89 11/15/202340,300 shares $1.11 million +21.8%N/A0.8 $27.50 10/31/202333,100 shares $787.78 thousand -2.9%N/A0.7 $23.80 10/15/202334,100 shares $847.04 thousand -46.4%N/A0.7 $24.84 9/30/202363,600 shares $1.67 million +38.9%N/A1.2 $26.26 9/15/202345,800 shares $1.19 million +54.2%N/A0.9 $26.09 8/31/202329,700 shares $800.71 thousand +0.3%N/A0.5 $26.96 8/15/202329,600 shares $821.70 thousand -11.9%N/A0.5 $27.76 7/31/202333,600 shares $1.04 million -11.1%N/A0.5 $30.90 7/15/202337,800 shares $1.04 million +7.4%N/A0.5 $27.59 6/30/202335,200 shares $944.06 thousand -10.7%N/A0.4 $26.82 6/15/202339,400 shares $1.07 million -51.4%N/A0.4 $27.28 5/31/202381,100 shares $2.10 million +108.0%N/A0.8 $25.84 5/15/202339,000 shares $927.42 thousand -36.1%N/A0.4 $23.78 4/30/202361,000 shares $1.68 million -19.8%N/A0.7 $27.58 4/15/202376,100 shares $2.21 million -45.3%N/A1.1 $29.01 3/31/2023139,200 shares $4.25 million +283.5%N/A2 $30.54 3/15/202336,300 shares $1.04 million +97.3%N/A0.6 $28.72 2/28/202318,400 shares $644.92 thousand +60.0%N/A0.4 $35.05 2/15/202311,500 shares $422.28 thousand -25.8%N/A0.3 $36.72 1/31/202315,500 shares $579.55 thousand -41.7%N/A0.4 $37.39 1/15/202326,600 shares $959.73 thousand +78.5%N/A0.6 $36.08 12/30/202214,900 shares $496.32 thousand +86.3%N/A0.3 $33.31 12/15/20228,000 shares $252.64 thousand -16.7%N/A0.2 $31.58 11/30/20229,600 shares $350.59 thousand -23.8%N/A0.2 $36.52 11/15/202212,600 shares $457.13 thousand -16.6%N/A0.3 $36.28 10/31/202215,100 shares $521.25 thousand +77.7%N/A0.4 $34.52 10/15/20228,500 shares $262.74 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $30.91 9/30/202213,600 shares $429.22 thousand +27.1%N/A0.4 $31.56 9/15/202210,700 shares $379.53 thousand -6.1%N/A0.3 $35.47 8/31/202211,400 shares $405.95 thousand -43.6%N/A0.3 $35.61 8/15/202220,200 shares $799.92 thousand -19.8%N/A0.6 $39.60 7/31/202225,200 shares $974.99 thousand +34.8%N/A0.6 $38.69 7/15/202218,700 shares $652.44 thousand -2.6%N/A0.5 $34.89 6/30/202219,200 shares $712.90 thousand +51.2%N/A0.5 $37.13 6/15/202212,700 shares $434.34 thousand -54.3%N/A0.3 $34.20 5/31/202227,800 shares $1.07 million +26.9%N/A0.6 $38.59 5/15/202221,900 shares $765.41 thousand +196.0%N/A0.4 $34.95 4/30/20227,400 shares $266.03 thousand -50.3%N/A0.2 $35.95 4/15/202214,900 shares $597.19 thousand +12.0%N/A0.3 $40.08 3/31/202213,300 shares $534.66 thousand -33.5%N/A0.2 $40.20 3/15/202220,000 shares $871.20 thousand +25.8%N/A0.4 $43.56 2/28/202215,900 shares $687.04 thousand +13.6%N/A0.3 $43.21 2/15/202214,000 shares $632.10 thousand -34.3%N/A0.3 $45.15 1/31/202221,300 shares $1.01 million -38.6%N/A0.5 $47.25 1/15/202234,700 shares $1.61 million +128.3%N/A0.8 $46.50 12/31/202115,200 shares $708.17 thousand -35.9%N/A0.4 $46.59 12/15/202123,700 shares $1.03 million -10.2%N/A0.7 $43.48 11/30/202126,400 shares $1.10 million +89.9%N/A0.7 $41.82 11/15/202113,900 shares $622.72 thousand -55.0%N/A0.3 $44.80 10/29/202130,900 shares $1.36 million -54.1%N/A0.7 $44.06 10/15/202167,300 shares $2.90 million +4.3%N/A1.4 $43.03 9/30/202164,500 shares $2.74 million +36.7%N/A1.3 $42.52 9/15/202147,200 shares $1.86 million -27.5%N/A0.8 $39.48 8/31/202165,100 shares $2.86 million +3.8%N/A1 $43.97 8/13/202162,700 shares $2.69 million +97.2%N/A0.9 $42.97 7/30/202131,800 shares $1.22 million -31.0%N/A0.5 $38.42 7/15/202146,100 shares $1.82 million +244.0%N/A0.7 $39.42 6/30/202113,400 shares $503.04 thousand +31.4%N/A0.2 $37.54 6/15/202110,200 shares $417.79 thousand -77.0%N/A0.2 $40.96 5/28/202144,400 shares $1.85 million +311.1%N/A0.8 $41.69 5/14/202110,800 shares $424.55 thousand -11.5%N/A0.2 $39.31 4/30/202112,200 shares $481.05 thousand -61.8%N/A0.2 $39.43 4/15/202131,900 shares $1.26 million +15.2%N/A0.5 $39.47 3/31/202127,700 shares $1.07 million +111.5%N/A0.4 $38.56 3/15/202113,100 shares $510.90 thousand -41.0%N/A0.2 $39.00 2/26/202122,200 shares $788.10 thousand -26.7%N/A0.3 $35.50 2/12/202130,300 shares $1.02 million -16.5%N/A0.4 $33.59 1/29/202136,300 shares $1.14 million -20.9%N/A0.5 $31.50 1/15/202145,900 shares $1.57 million -51.1%N/A0.6 $34.16 12/31/202093,900 shares $2.85 million +47.9%N/A1.2 $30.38 12/15/202063,500 shares $1.84 million +41.7%N/A0.8 $29.00 11/30/202044,800 shares $1.28 million +5.7%N/A0.6 $28.66 11/15/202042,400 shares $1.10 million -20.2%N/A0.6 $25.95 10/30/202053,100 shares $1.18 million -42.0%N/A0.7 $22.32 10/15/202091,500 shares $2.07 million -32.7%N/A0 $22.58 BTO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 17,500 shares of BTO short. Learn More on John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's current short interest. Is John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,500 shares, an increase of 130.3% from the previous total of 7,600 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. How does John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund: Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (0.54%), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (0.38%), Royce Small-Cap Trust, Inc. (0.13%), Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.29%), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (0.10%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.03%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.21%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (1.22%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (2.34%), MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (0.78%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund stock? Short selling BTO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund as its price is falling. BTO shares are trading up $0.59 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. How does a short squeeze work against John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund? A short squeeze for John Hancock Financial Opportunities 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 BTO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BTO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025. 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