First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, investors have sold 500 shares of FEO short. 0.00% of First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund's shares are currently sold short. View details.

First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 500 shares, a decrease of 97.6% from the previous total of 20,900 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 First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity 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 First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund: Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund (0.00%), Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (0.00%), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (0.00%), ALLIANZGI CNV &/COM (0.00%), Allianzgi Convertible & Income Fund (0.00%), AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II (0.00%), AllianzGI Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (0.00%), Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (0.00%), Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc (0.00%), and Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Inc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.12 billion), Aon PLC ($3.76 billion), Clorox Co ($3.07 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.89 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.49 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Datadog ($2.29 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Kroger Co ($2.20 billion), and Simon Property Group Inc ($1.88 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FEO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund as its price is falling. First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity Fund's stock is trading up $0.12 today. To short First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity 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 First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity 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 First Trust/Aberdeen Emerging Opportunity 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 FEO, 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 FEO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2020.