Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II (NCZ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $13.16 -0.06 (-0.45%) Closing price 08/8/2025 03:57 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.20 +0.04 (+0.27%) As of 08/8/2025 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II Short Interest DataVirtus Convertible & Income Fund II (NCZ) has a short interest of 61,500 shares. This marks a -4.35% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.9, indicating that it would take 0.9 days of the average trading volume of 78,404 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest61,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest64,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-4.35%Dollar Volume Sold Short$776.75 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume69,969 sharesAverage Trading Volume78,404 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average89% Short Selling Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNCZ Short Interest Over TimeNCZ Days to Cover Over TimeNCZ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202561,500 shares $776.75 thousand -4.4%N/A0.9 $12.63 6/30/202564,300 shares $824.33 thousand +37.1%N/A1.1 $12.82 6/15/202546,900 shares $571.24 thousand -49.6%N/A0.7 $12.18 5/31/202593,000 shares $1.14 million +38.2%N/A1.3 $12.28 5/15/202567,300 shares $818.37 thousand +115.7%N/A1 $12.16 4/30/202531,200 shares $361.61 thousand +41.8%N/A0.4 $11.59 4/15/202522,000 shares $243.87 thousand -62.0%N/A0.2 $11.09 3/31/202557,900 shares $668.75 thousand -50.0%N/A0.6 $11.55 3/15/2025115,700 shares $1.35 million +7.7%N/A1.3 $11.64 2/28/2025107,400 shares $1.33 million -30.5%N/A1.2 $12.37 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NCZ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/2025154,500 shares $2.04 million +7.0%N/A1.6 $13.19 1/31/2025144,400 shares $1.89 million -66.7%N/A1.7 $13.12 1/15/2025433,200 shares $1.39 million +12.4%N/A1.2 $3.20 12/31/2024385,300 shares $1.21 million -3.2%N/A1.1 $3.13 12/15/2024398,000 shares $1.31 million +63.2%N/A1 $3.28 11/30/2024243,900 shares $812.19 thousand -21.7%N/A0.6 $3.33 11/15/2024311,600 shares $956.61 thousand +393.0%N/A0.7 $3.07 10/31/202463,200 shares $188.65 thousand -30.1%N/A0.1 $2.99 10/15/202490,400 shares $286.57 thousand +228.7%N/A0.2 $3.17 9/30/202427,500 shares $85.53 thousand -57.2%N/A0 $3.11 9/15/202464,200 shares $195.81 thousand +483.6%N/A0.1 $3.05 8/31/202411,000 shares $33.55 thousand -89.8%N/A0 $3.05 8/15/2024107,300 shares $315.46 thousand +689.0%N/A0.2 $2.94 7/31/202413,600 shares $40.39 thousand -65.3%N/A0 $2.97 7/15/202439,200 shares $118.78 thousand -75.6%N/A0.1 $3.03 6/30/2024160,800 shares $469.54 thousand +61.6%N/A0.4 $2.92 6/15/202499,500 shares $286.56 thousand -22.1%N/A0.3 $2.88 5/31/2024127,700 shares $367.78 thousand -18.7%N/A0.3 $2.88 5/15/2024157,000 shares $453.73 thousand -35.2%N/A0.4 $2.89 4/30/2024242,400 shares $679.93 thousand +63.8%N/A0.6 $2.81 4/15/2024148,000 shares $404.04 thousand +167.6%N/A0.3 $2.73 3/31/202450,300 shares $150.40 thousand +147.8%N/A0.1 $2.99 3/15/202420,300 shares $57.45 thousand -45.7%N/A0 $2.83 2/29/202437,400 shares $107.34 thousand +56.5%N/A0.1 $2.87 2/15/202423,900 shares $69.31 thousand -82.7%N/A0 $2.90 1/31/2024138,000 shares $397.44 thousand -34.4%N/A0.2 $2.88 1/15/2024210,300 shares $620.39 thousand +30.8%N/A0.4 $2.95 12/31/2023160,800 shares $479.18 thousand -8.6%N/A0.3 $2.98 12/15/2023176,000 shares $523.60 thousand +175.0%N/A0.3 $2.98 11/30/202364,000 shares $178.56 thousand +10.0%N/A0.1 $2.79Why AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDA (Ad)Investing Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla and Nvidia are all on the verge of major disruption. 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He gives away the names and tickers completely free in his brand-new "Sell This, Buy That" broadcast.Click to get the full details on Eric Fry's "Nvidia alternative" right here. 11/15/202358,200 shares $157.14 thousand -19.8%N/A0.1 $2.70 10/31/202372,600 shares $185.86 thousand -65.9%N/A0.1 $2.56 10/15/2023212,900 shares $568.44 thousand -33.5%N/A0.4 $2.67 9/30/2023319,900 shares $882.92 thousand +53.9%N/A0.6 $2.76 9/15/2023207,900 shares $582.12 thousand -0.6%N/A0.4 $2.80 8/31/2023209,100 shares $629.39 thousand +4.6%N/A0.5 $3.01 8/15/2023199,900 shares $601.70 thousand -7.3%N/A0.4 $3.01 7/31/2023215,600 shares $675.91 thousand -11.7%N/A0.4 $3.14 7/15/2023244,200 shares $747.25 thousand -18.6%N/A0.5 $3.06 6/30/2023299,800 shares $932.38 thousand +82.9%N/A0.7 $3.11 6/15/2023163,900 shares $496.62 thousand +19.1%N/A0.4 $3.03 5/31/2023137,600 shares $390.78 thousand -54.0%N/A0.3 $2.84 5/15/2023299,200 shares $873.66 thousand -52.0%N/A0.6 $2.92 4/30/2023623,300 shares $1.91 million +84.5%N/A1.2 $3.06 4/15/2023337,900 shares $1.02 million -15.2%N/A0.6 $3.01 3/31/2023398,500 shares $1.20 million +126.9%N/A0.7 $3.00 3/15/2023175,600 shares $491.68 thousand +250.5%N/A0.3 $2.80 2/28/202350,100 shares $156.81 thousand -20.0%N/A0.1 $3.13 2/15/202362,600 shares $207.21 thousand -29.9%N/A0.1 $3.31 1/31/202389,300 shares $297.37 thousand +37.6%N/A0.1 $3.33 1/15/202364,900 shares $214.17 thousand -36.9%N/A0.1 $3.30 12/30/2022102,900 shares $296.35 thousand -13.8%N/A0.2 $2.88 12/15/2022119,400 shares $357.01 thousand -37.6%N/A0.2 $2.99 11/30/2022191,300 shares $596.86 thousand +178.5%N/A0.3 $3.12 11/15/202268,700 shares $211.60 thousand +62.0%N/A0.1 $3.08 10/31/202242,400 shares $125.50 thousand -71.4%N/A0.1 $2.96 10/15/2022148,300 shares $406.34 thousand No ChangeN/A0.3 $2.74 9/30/2022358,900 shares $1.01 million +37.7%N/A0.7 $2.82 9/15/2022260,600 shares $857.37 thousand +97.7%N/A0.5 $3.29 8/31/2022131,800 shares $444.17 thousand +32.7%N/A0.2 $3.37 8/15/202299,300 shares $361.45 thousand +55.9%N/A0.2 $3.64 7/31/202263,700 shares $217.85 thousand +44.4%N/A0.1 $3.42 7/15/202244,100 shares $134.95 thousand +34.9%N/A0.1 $3.06 6/30/202232,700 shares $103.33 thousand -17.4%N/A0.1 $3.16 6/15/202239,600 shares $125.53 thousand -32.1%N/A0.1 $3.17 5/31/202258,300 shares $205.22 thousand +36.2%N/A0.1 $3.52 5/15/202242,800 shares $141.67 thousand +38.1%N/A0.1 $3.31 4/30/202231,000 shares $119.35 thousand -18.4%N/A0.1 $3.85 4/15/202238,000 shares $154.66 thousand -38.1%N/A0.1 $4.07 3/31/202261,400 shares $265.86 thousand +51.6%N/A0.2 $4.33 3/15/202240,500 shares $163.22 thousand -68.9%N/A0.1 $4.03 2/28/2022130,100 shares $572.44 thousand +338.1%N/A0.4 $4.40 2/15/202229,700 shares $132.46 thousand -56.5%N/A0.1 $4.46 1/31/202268,200 shares $315.08 thousand +62.0%N/A0.2 $4.62 1/15/202242,100 shares $205.03 thousand +113.7%N/A0.1 $4.87 12/31/202119,700 shares $100.47 thousand -53.2%N/A0.1 $5.10 12/15/202142,100 shares $208.82 thousand -75.8%N/A0.1 $4.96 11/30/2021173,900 shares $886.89 thousand +416.0%N/A0.4 $5.10 11/15/202133,700 shares $181.64 thousand +343.4%N/A0.1 $5.39 10/29/20217,600 shares $41.12 thousand -65.9%N/A0 $5.41Why AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDA (Ad)Investing Legend Hints the End May be Near for These 3 Iconic Stocks Futurist Eric Fry say Amazon, Tesla and Nvidia are all on the verge of major disruption. 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Short interest is the volume of Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 61,500 shares of NCZ short. Learn More on Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NCZ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II's short interest ratio. Is Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II's short interest increasing or decreasing? Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 61,500 shares, a decline of 4.4% from the previous total of 64,300 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 Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II stock? Short selling NCZ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II as its price is falling. NCZ shares are trading down $0.06 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 Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II? A short squeeze for Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II 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 NCZ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II'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 NCZ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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