THL Credit Senior Loan Fund (TSLF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of THL Credit Senior Loan Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 6,400 shares of TSLF short. Learn More on THL Credit Senior Loan Fund's current short interest.

THL Credit Senior Loan Fund saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,400 shares, an increase of 14.3% from the previous total of 5,600 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: AbbVie Inc. ($7.01 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.31 billion), Match Group, Inc. ($2.95 billion), The Charles Schwab Co. ($2.81 billion), Tesla, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Microchip Technology Incorporated ($2.59 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($2.19 billion), Snap Inc. ($1.99 billion), The Clorox Company ($1.97 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.92 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TSLF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from THL Credit Senior Loan 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 THL Credit Senior Loan 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 TSLF, 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 TSLF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2020.