BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (BYM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.36 +0.01 (+0.05%) As of 11:00 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust Short Interest DataBlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (BYM) has a short interest of 24,500 shares. This marks a -51.58% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 81,008 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest24,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest50,600 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-51.58%Dollar Volume Sold Short$259,455.00Short Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Today's Trading Volume448 sharesAverage Trading Volume81,008 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average1% Short Selling BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBYM Short Interest Over TimeBYM Days to Cover Over TimeBYM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/202524,500 shares $259,455.00 -51.6%N/A0.2 $10.59 4/15/202550,600 shares $529,529.00 +602.8%N/A0.4 $10.47 3/31/20257,200 shares $77,436.00 -23.4%N/A0.1 $10.76 3/15/20259,400 shares $101,557.60 +84.3%N/A0.1 $10.80 2/28/20255,100 shares $57,298.50 -63.3%N/A0 $11.24 2/15/202513,900 shares $156,236.00 -40.6%N/A0.1 $11.24 1/31/202523,400 shares $261,846.00 -46.5%N/A0.2 $11.19 1/15/202543,700 shares $476,767.00 +180.1%N/A0.4 $10.91 12/31/202415,600 shares $169,260.00 -29.7%N/A0.2 $10.85 12/15/202422,200 shares $253,524.00 +107.5%N/A0.3 $11.42 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BYM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202410,700 shares $125,297.00 -54.1%N/A0.2 $11.71 11/15/202423,300 shares $265,154.00 +20.1%N/A0.4 $11.38 10/31/202419,400 shares $223,488.00 -39.6%N/A0.3 $11.52 10/15/202432,100 shares $381,027.00 -17.1%N/A0.7 $11.87 9/30/202438,700 shares $465,948.00 +29.4%N/A0.8 $12.04 9/15/202429,900 shares $361,790.00 -37.1%N/A0.6 $12.10 8/31/202447,500 shares $563,350.00 -36.2%N/A1 $11.86 8/15/202474,400 shares $893,544.00 +46.2%N/A1.5 $12.01 7/31/202450,900 shares $602,147.00 +28.5%N/A1 $11.83 7/15/202439,600 shares $460,152.00 +10.6%N/A0.7 $11.62 6/30/202435,800 shares $410,268.00 +46.7%N/A0.6 $11.46 6/15/202424,400 shares $281,576.00 +90.6%N/A0.4 $11.54 5/31/202412,800 shares $140,672.00 -36.0%N/A0.2 $10.99 5/15/202420,000 shares $224,500.00 -8.7%N/A0.4 $11.23 4/30/202421,900 shares $238,710.00 -73.1%N/A0.4 $10.90 4/15/202481,500 shares $906,280.00 +40.3%N/A1.5 $11.12 3/31/202458,100 shares $673,960.00 -42.1%N/A1.1 $11.60 3/15/2024100,300 shares $1.16 million +22.5%N/A1.7 $11.55 2/29/202481,900 shares $932,022.00 -16.6%N/A1.1 $11.38 2/15/202498,200 shares $1.13 million +291.2%N/A1.1 $11.48 1/31/202425,100 shares $283,128.00 -45.1%N/A0.3 $11.28 1/15/202445,700 shares $513,211.00 +14.3%N/A0.5 $11.23 12/31/202340,000 shares $448,400.00 +1,076.5%N/A0.4 $11.21 12/15/20233,400 shares $37,876.00 -46.9%N/A0 $11.14 11/30/20236,400 shares $69,184.00 -58.7%N/A0.1 $10.81 11/15/202315,500 shares $158,410.00 -37.0%N/A0.2 $10.22 10/31/202324,600 shares $233,208.00 +3.8%N/A0.3 $9.48 10/15/202323,700 shares $232,734.00 -23.3%N/A0.3 $9.82 9/30/202330,900 shares $304,674.00 +1,371.4%N/A0.5 $9.86 9/15/20232,100 shares $21,525.00 -61.1%N/A0 $10.25Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 8/31/20235,400 shares $57,294.00 -50.9%N/A0.1 $10.61 8/15/202311,000 shares $118,910.00 -71.7%N/A0.2 $10.81 7/31/202338,900 shares $436,458.00 -30.0%N/A0.7 $11.22 7/15/202355,600 shares $624,944.00 +52.8%N/A1 $11.24 6/30/202336,400 shares $409,500.00 +62.5%N/A0.6 $11.25 6/15/202322,400 shares $250,432.00 -9.3%N/A0.4 $11.18 5/31/202324,700 shares $267,995.00 -26.7%N/A0.4 $10.85 5/15/202333,700 shares $373,396.00 +110.6%N/A0.6 $11.08 4/30/202316,000 shares $184,320.00 +175.9%N/A0.3 $11.52 4/15/20235,800 shares $65,946.00 -24.7%N/A0.1 $11.37 3/31/20237,700 shares $88,088.00 +51.0%N/A0.1 $11.44 3/15/20235,100 shares $56,610.00 -61.7%N/A0.1 $11.10 2/28/202313,300 shares $149,093.00 -20.4%N/A0.1 $11.21 2/15/202316,700 shares $194,054.00 +288.4%N/A0.2 $11.62 1/31/20234,300 shares $50,826.00 -79.0%N/A0 $11.82 1/15/202320,500 shares $238,415.00 -27.3%N/A0.2 $11.63 12/30/202228,200 shares $320,070.00 -25.2%N/A0.2 $11.35 12/15/202237,700 shares $421,486.00 -19.3%N/A0.3 $11.18 11/30/202246,700 shares $556,664.00 +531.1%N/A0.4 $11.92 11/15/20227,400 shares $78,810.00 -37.8%N/A0.1 $10.65 10/31/202211,900 shares $121,261.00 -11.9%N/A0.1 $10.19 10/15/202213,500 shares $146,475.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $10.85 9/30/202221,100 shares $231,467.00 -68.5%N/A0.3 $10.97 9/15/202267,000 shares $795,960.00 -10.8%N/A1.1 $11.88 8/31/202275,100 shares $937,248.00 -9.1%N/A1.3 $12.48 8/15/202282,600 shares $1.11 million -4.2%N/A1.4 $13.46 7/31/202286,200 shares $1.15 million +19.1%N/A1.2 $13.34 7/15/202272,400 shares $949,888.00 +19.7%N/A1 $13.12 6/30/202260,500 shares $749,595.00 +234.3%N/A0.8 $12.39 6/15/202218,100 shares $213,399.00 +2.3%N/A0.2 $11.79 5/31/202217,700 shares $224,790.00 +39.4%N/A0.2 $12.70 5/15/202212,700 shares $152,400.00 -56.1%N/A0.2 $12.00 4/30/202228,900 shares $353,158.00 -37.5%N/A0.4 $12.22 4/15/202246,200 shares $594,594.00 +132.2%N/A0.7 $12.87 3/31/202219,900 shares $263,277.00 +38.2%N/A0.3 $13.23 3/15/202214,400 shares $190,800.00 +242.9%N/A0.2 $13.25 2/28/20224,200 shares $57,582.00 -10.6%N/A0.1 $13.71 2/15/20224,700 shares $63,356.00 -69.5%N/A0.1 $13.48 1/31/202215,400 shares $216,678.00 -56.9%N/A0.3 $14.07 1/15/202235,700 shares $526,218.00 +4.1%N/A0.7 $14.74 12/31/202134,300 shares $535,423.00 +19.9%N/A0.8 $15.61 12/15/202128,600 shares $448,162.00 +142.4%N/A0.7 $15.67 11/30/202111,800 shares $182,192.00 +391.7%N/A0.3 $15.44 11/15/20212,400 shares $36,600.00 -4.0%N/A0.1 $15.25 10/29/20212,500 shares $38,000.00 -75.0%N/A0.1 $15.20 10/15/202110,000 shares $153,900.00 +78.6%N/A0.3 $15.39 9/30/20215,600 shares $85,456.00 -70.7%N/A0.2 $15.26 9/15/202119,100 shares $303,690.00 -46.7%N/A0.5 $15.90 8/31/202135,800 shares $574,948.00 -13.3%N/A1 $16.06 8/13/202141,300 shares $664,930.00 +1.0%N/A1.1 $16.10Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/30/202140,900 shares $664,625.00 +501.5%N/A1.1 $16.25 7/15/20216,800 shares $109,344.00 +300.0%N/A0.2 $16.08 6/30/20211,700 shares $26,656.00 -86.5%N/A0 $15.68 6/15/202112,600 shares $196,434.00 -55.3%N/A0.3 $15.59 5/28/202128,200 shares $443,868.00 +24.2%N/A0.6 $15.74 5/14/202122,700 shares $354,120.00 -73.8%N/A0.5 $15.60 4/30/202186,500 shares $1.35 million +120.7%N/A1.6 $15.65 4/15/202139,200 shares $610,344.00 +39.0%N/A0.7 $15.57 3/31/202128,200 shares $428,076.00 +179.2%N/A0.5 $15.18 3/15/202110,100 shares $149,379.00 +4.1%N/A0.2 $14.79 2/26/20219,700 shares $142,493.00 +11.5%N/A0.2 $14.69 2/12/20218,700 shares $134,676.00 -54.7%N/A0.1 $15.48 1/29/202119,200 shares $288,960.00 -31.9%N/A0.3 $15.05 1/15/202128,200 shares $424,974.00 +7.6%N/A0.5 $15.07 12/31/202026,200 shares $393,786.00 +35.1%N/A0.4 $15.03 12/15/202019,400 shares $289,060.00 +162.2%N/A0.3 $14.90 11/30/20207,400 shares $108,188.00 -22.9%N/A0.2 $14.62 11/15/20209,600 shares $137,760.00 +17.1%N/A0.2 $14.35 10/30/20208,200 shares $116,030.00 +70.8%N/A0.2 $14.15 10/15/20204,800 shares $68,304.00 -12.7%N/A0 $14.23 9/30/20205,500 shares $78,320.00 +150.0%N/A0.2 $14.24 9/15/20208,600 shares $122,636.00 +290.9%N/A0.2 $14.26 8/31/20202,200 shares $31,218.00 -43.6%N/A0.1 $14.19 8/14/20203,900 shares $56,433.00 -49.4%N/A0.1 $14.47 7/31/20207,700 shares $111,650.00 +196.2%N/A0.2 $14.50 7/15/20202,600 shares $36,608.00 -74.5%N/A0.1 $14.08 6/30/202010,200 shares $140,862.00 -8.1%N/A0.2 $13.81 6/15/202011,100 shares $152,847.00 +24.7%N/A0.2 $13.77 5/29/20208,900 shares $119,883.00 -65.6%N/A0.1 $13.47 BYM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 24,500 shares of BYM short. Learn More on BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust's current short interest. Is BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 24,500 shares, a decrease of 51.6% from the previous total of 50,600 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust stock? Short selling BYM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust as its price is falling. BYM 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. How does a short squeeze work against BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust? A short squeeze for BlackRock Municipal Income Quality 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 BYM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust'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 BYM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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