Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (WIA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $8.26 +0.02 (+0.18%) As of 10:14 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund Short Interest DataWestern Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (WIA) has a short interest of 17,900 shares. This marks a 894.44% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.6, indicating that it would take 0.6 days of the average trading volume of 35,295 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest17,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+894.44%Dollar Volume Sold Short$145,348.00Short Interest Ratio0.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume2,321 sharesAverage Trading Volume35,295 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average7% Short Selling Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartWIA Short Interest Over TimeWIA Days to Cover Over TimeWIA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/15/202517,900 shares $145,348.00 +894.4%N/A0.6 $8.12 3/31/20251,800 shares $15,021.00 -84.9%N/A0.1 $8.35 3/15/202511,900 shares $99,008.00 +54.6%N/A0.4 $8.32 2/28/20257,700 shares $63,910.00 +97.4%N/A0.2 $8.30 2/15/20253,900 shares $32,003.40 -26.4%N/A0.1 $8.21 1/31/20255,300 shares $43,195.00 -82.3%N/A0.1 $8.15 1/15/202529,900 shares $240,994.00 +11.6%N/A0.8 $8.06 12/31/202426,800 shares $214,400.00 -2.9%N/A0.7 $8.00 12/15/202427,600 shares $227,424.00 +122.6%N/A0.7 $8.24 11/30/202412,400 shares $102,672.00 +18.1%N/A0.3 $8.28 Get the Latest News and Ratings for WIA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/15/202410,500 shares $85,575.00 -56.6%N/A0.2 $8.15 10/31/202424,200 shares $200,376.00 -69.1%N/A0.6 $8.28 10/15/202478,200 shares $660,790.00 -12.8%N/A1.8 $8.45 9/30/202489,700 shares $766,935.00 +21.5%N/A2 $8.55 9/15/202473,800 shares $614,754.00 +1.1%N/A1.8 $8.33 8/31/202473,000 shares $599,330.00 +39.6%N/A2.3 $8.21 8/15/202452,300 shares $424,676.00 +293.2%N/A1.7 $8.12 7/31/202413,300 shares $107,331.00 +850.0%N/A0.4 $8.07 7/15/20241,400 shares $11,410.00 +133.3%N/A0 $8.15 6/30/2024600 shares $4,806.00 -33.3%N/A0 $8.01 6/15/2024900 shares $7,245.00 -83.3%N/A0 $8.05 5/31/20245,400 shares $43,524.00 +671.4%N/A0.2 $8.06 5/15/2024700 shares $5,670.00 +16.7%N/A0 $8.10 4/30/2024600 shares $4,728.00 -73.9%N/A0 $7.88 4/15/20242,300 shares $18,191.62 +21.1%N/A0.1 $7.91 3/31/2024200 shares $1,628.00 -80.0%N/A0 $8.14 3/15/20241,000 shares $8,000.00 -96.8%N/A0 $8.00 2/29/202430,800 shares $247,632.00 +98.7%N/A0.6 $8.04 2/15/202415,500 shares $124,930.00 +101.3%N/A0.3 $8.06 1/31/20247,700 shares $63,063.00 +381.3%N/A0.2 $8.19 1/15/20241,600 shares $13,136.00 -81.8%N/A0 $8.21 12/31/20238,800 shares $71,456.00 +60.0%N/A0.2 $8.12 12/15/20235,500 shares $45,375.00 -59.0%N/A0.1 $8.25 11/30/202313,400 shares $106,664.00 -61.5%N/A0.3 $7.96 11/15/202334,800 shares $278,748.00 +130.5%N/A0.8 $8.01 10/31/202315,100 shares $117,780.00 +88.8%N/A0.4 $7.80 10/15/20238,000 shares $61,680.00 -55.6%N/A0.2 $7.71 9/30/202318,000 shares $140,760.00 +130.8%N/A0.5 $7.82 9/15/20237,800 shares $63,180.00 -37.6%N/A0.2 $8.10 8/31/202312,500 shares $103,375.00 +119.3%N/A0.3 $8.27URGENT: Someone's Moving Gold Out of London... 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Go here to learn about my Top Four picks for the coming bull mania. 8/15/20235,700 shares $47,025.00 -70.5%N/A0.1 $8.25 7/31/202319,300 shares $163,278.00 +1,384.6%N/A0.4 $8.46 7/15/20231,300 shares $10,985.00 -97.0%N/A0 $8.45 6/30/202343,200 shares $356,832.00 +1,700.0%N/A1 $8.26 6/15/20232,400 shares $20,256.00 +100.0%N/A0.1 $8.44 5/31/20231,200 shares $10,104.00 -67.6%N/A0 $8.42 5/15/20233,700 shares $31,968.00 -66.1%N/A0.1 $8.64 4/30/202310,900 shares $94,612.00 +87.9%N/A0.3 $8.68 4/15/20235,800 shares $50,344.00 -61.8%N/A0.2 $8.68 3/31/202315,200 shares $131,480.00 +390.3%N/A0.4 $8.65 3/15/20233,100 shares $26,784.00 -68.0%N/A0.1 $8.64 2/28/20239,700 shares $83,614.00 +102.1%N/A0.1 $8.62 2/15/20234,800 shares $42,720.00 +20.0%N/A0.1 $8.90 1/31/20234,000 shares $36,240.00 -38.5%N/A0.1 $9.06 1/15/20236,500 shares $58,565.00 +150.0%N/A0.1 $9.01 12/30/20222,600 shares $22,386.00 +160.0%N/A0 $8.61 12/15/20221,000 shares $9,050.00 +150.0%N/A0 $9.05 11/30/2022400 shares $3,596.00 -85.2%N/A0 $8.99 11/15/20222,700 shares $24,003.00 +58.8%N/A0 $8.89 10/31/20221,700 shares $14,790.00 -83.2%N/A0 $8.70 10/15/202210,100 shares $87,769.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $8.69 9/30/202227,600 shares $247,020.00 +430.8%N/A0.6 $8.95 9/15/20225,200 shares $50,908.00 -23.5%N/A0.1 $9.79 8/31/20226,800 shares $68,340.00 -9.3%N/A0.2 $10.05 8/15/20227,500 shares $80,400.00 +108.3%N/A0.1 $10.72 7/31/20223,600 shares $37,764.00 +50.0%N/A0.1 $10.49 7/15/20222,400 shares $23,424.00 +71.4%N/A0 $9.76 6/30/20221,400 shares $13,692.00 -93.4%N/A0 $9.78 6/15/202221,200 shares $217,936.00 +1,313.3%N/A0.4 $10.28 5/31/20221,500 shares $16,230.00 -76.2%N/A0 $10.82 5/15/20226,300 shares $64,071.00 +26.0%N/A0.1 $10.17 4/30/20225,000 shares $53,600.00 -38.3%N/A0.1 $10.72 4/15/20228,100 shares $91,287.00 +11.0%N/A0.2 $11.27 3/31/20227,300 shares $85,410.00 -21.5%N/A0.2 $11.70 3/15/20229,300 shares $112,297.50 +75.5%N/A0.2 $12.08 2/28/20225,300 shares $64,448.00 +430.0%N/A0.1 $12.16 2/15/20221,000 shares $11,760.00 -89.9%N/A0 $11.76 1/31/20229,900 shares $120,978.00 +280.8%N/A0.2 $12.22 1/15/20222,600 shares $33,176.00 -33.3%N/A0.1 $12.76 12/31/20213,900 shares $51,675.00 -11.4%N/A0.1 $13.25 12/15/20214,400 shares $61,776.00 -62.4%N/A0.1 $14.04 11/30/202111,700 shares $164,853.00 -15.2%N/A0.3 $14.09 11/15/202113,800 shares $196,236.00 +220.9%N/A0.4 $14.22 10/29/20214,300 shares $59,899.00 +760.0%N/A0.1 $13.93 10/15/2021500 shares $7,010.00 -28.6%N/A0 $14.02 9/30/2021700 shares $9,646.00 -69.6%N/A0 $13.78 9/15/20212,300 shares $32,154.00 -77.2%N/A0.1 $13.98 8/31/202110,100 shares $140,895.00 +818.2%N/A0.4 $13.95 8/13/20211,100 shares $15,323.00 -21.4%N/A0 $13.93 7/30/20211,400 shares $19,936.00 -88.6%N/A0 $14.24URGENT: Someone's Moving Gold Out of London... 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Go here to learn about my Top Four picks for the coming bull mania. 7/15/202112,300 shares $174,537.00 +156.3%N/A0.3 $14.19 6/30/20214,800 shares $67,200.00 -4.0%N/A0.1 $14.00 6/15/20215,000 shares $70,000.00 -87.4%N/A0.1 $14.00 5/28/202139,800 shares $556,802.00 +403.8%N/A1.1 $13.99 5/14/20217,900 shares $107,993.00 +1.3%N/A0.3 $13.67 4/30/20217,800 shares $102,726.00 -42.2%N/A0.3 $13.17 4/15/202113,500 shares $174,555.00 +309.1%N/A0.5 $12.93 3/31/20213,300 shares $42,471.00 -56.6%N/A0.1 $12.87 3/15/20217,600 shares $98,420.00 -19.2%N/A0.2 $12.95 2/26/20219,400 shares $121,918.00 +129.3%N/A0.2 $12.97 2/12/20214,100 shares $53,300.00 +32.3%N/A0.1 $13.00 1/29/20213,100 shares $39,835.00 +19.2%N/A0 $12.85 1/15/20212,600 shares $33,384.00 -98.7%N/A0 $12.84 12/31/2020200,100 shares $2.61 million +1,207.8%N/A3.1 $13.03 12/15/202015,300 shares $205,326.00 +91.3%N/A0.2 $13.42 11/30/20208,000 shares $105,280.00 -52.4%N/A0.1 $13.16 10/30/202011,600 shares $141,520.00 +45.0%N/A0.2 $12.20 10/15/20208,000 shares $98,181.60 -89.1%N/A0 $12.27 9/30/202073,100 shares $890,358.00 -22.3%N/A1 $12.18 9/15/202090,100 shares $1.15 million -4.3%N/A1.6 $12.81 8/31/202094,100 shares $1.20 million +8.5%N/A1.6 $12.78 8/14/202086,700 shares $1.11 million -25.8%N/A1.3 $12.86 7/31/2020116,800 shares $1.48 million +31.5%N/A1.7 $12.65 7/15/202088,800 shares $1.07 million -9.2%N/A1.2 $12.06 6/30/202097,800 shares $1.15 million +138.5%N/A1.1 $11.79 6/15/202041,000 shares $483,390.00 +30.6%N/A0.5 $11.79 5/29/202031,400 shares $357,332.00 -21.7%N/A0.2 $11.38 5/15/202040,100 shares $441,100.00 +61.0%N/A0.3 $11.00 WIA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 17,900 shares of WIA short. Learn More on Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund? 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. WIA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund's short interest ratio. Is Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,900 shares, an increase of 894.4% from the previous total of 1,800 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.71 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.48 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.92 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($3.86 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.72 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.47 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.64 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($2.46 billion), and The Kroger Co. ($2.33 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund stock? Short selling WIA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund as its price is falling. WIA shares are trading up $0.02 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 Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund? A short squeeze for Western Asset Inflation-Linked 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 WIA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund'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 WIA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2025. 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