World Quantum Growth Acquisition (WQGA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of World Quantum Growth Acquisition shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, investors have sold 900 shares of WQGA short. Learn More on World Quantum Growth Acquisition's current short interest.

World Quantum Growth Acquisition saw a decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 900 shares, a decrease of 96.5% from the previous total of 26,000 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.

World Quantum Growth Acquisition currently has issued a total of 25,490,000 shares. Some of World Quantum Growth Acquisition's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. World Quantum Growth Acquisition currently has a public float of 20,300,000 shares.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "holding & other investment offices" compare to World Quantum Growth Acquisition: Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (0.01%), Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (0.00%), Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. II (0.09%), TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III (0.32%), Cartesian Growth Co. II (0.04%), CONX Corp. (0.49%), Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I (0.09%), Enphys Acquisition Corp. (0.00%), Keen Vision Acquisition Co. (0.05%), Gores Holdings IX, Inc. (0.01%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($4.91 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.53 billion), Suncor Energy Inc. ($2.26 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.01 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.92 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.84 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.81 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.66 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.64 billion), and Lumen Technologies, Inc. ($1.50 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WQGA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from World Quantum Growth Acquisition 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 World Quantum Growth Acquisition 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 WQGA, 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 WQGA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2022.