Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen Senior Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 19,900 shares of NSL short. Learn More on Nuveen Senior Income Fund's current short interest.

Nuveen Senior Income Fund saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,900 shares, an increase of 2,742.9% from the previous total of 700 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: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.75 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.17 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.86 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.29 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.05 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.04 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.98 billion), Enphase Energy, Inc. ($1.66 billion), and Tractor Supply ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NSL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen Senior Income Fund as its price is falling. NSL shares are trading up $0.03 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 Nuveen Senior Income 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 NSL, 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 NSL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2023.