The Mexico Fund (MXF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of The Mexico Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 3,600 shares of MXF short. Learn More on The Mexico Fund's current short interest.

The Mexico Fund saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,600 shares, a decrease of 25.0% from the previous total of 4,800 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 sector of "finance" compare to The Mexico Fund: Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.19%), Banco BBVA Argentina S.A. (1.03%), Banco Macro S.A. (1.52%), BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. (1.44%), Burford Capital Limited (0.58%), Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (2.52%), Grupo Supervielle S.A. (0.61%), Intercorp Financial Services Inc. (0.47%), Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (0.43%), Monroe Capital Co. (0.27%), and

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: TC Energy Co. ($4.49 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.94 billion), General Motors ($3.34 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.32 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.21 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.13 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.08 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.28 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.24 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.14 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling MXF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from The Mexico Fund as its price is falling. MXF shares are trading down $0.20 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 The Mexico Fund 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 MXF, 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 MXF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2024.