Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund (NHA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 29th, traders have sold 2,800 shares of NHA short. Learn More on Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund's current short interest.

Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,800 shares, a decrease of 45.1% from the previous total of 5,100 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: GameStop Corp. ($6.96 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.39 billion), Aon plc ($4.87 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.29 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.19 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.24 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($2.17 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NHA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term Fund as its price is falling. 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 Nuveen Municipal 2021 Target Term 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 NHA, 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 NHA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.