Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (NVG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, traders have sold 84,100 shares of NVG short. Learn More on Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund's current short interest.

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 84,100 shares, a decrease of 25.1% from the previous total of 112,300 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.10 billion), General Motors ($3.90 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.31 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.91 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.75 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.44 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.10 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($2.09 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.03 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling NVG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income 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 AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income 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 NVG, 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 NVG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2024.