BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BNY Mellon Municipal Income shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 19,700 shares of DMF short. Learn More on BNY Mellon Municipal Income's current short interest.

BNY Mellon Municipal Income saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,700 shares, a drop of 41.2% from the previous total of 33,500 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "misc." compare to BNY Mellon Municipal Income: Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (0.46%), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (0.13%), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (0.06%), Invesco Municipal Trust (0.08%), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (0.05%), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (0.60%), BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (0.08%), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.12%), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. (0.09%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.26%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DMF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BNY Mellon Municipal Income as its price is falling. DMF shares are trading down $0.01 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 BNY Mellon Municipal Income 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 DMF, 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 DMF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.