XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $5.74 +0.05 (+0.79%) As of 11:01 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Short Interest DataXAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) has a short interest of 404,100 shares. This marks a 54.65% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.8, indicating that it would take 0.8 days of the average trading volume of 553,973 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest404,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest261,300 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+54.65%Dollar Volume Sold Short$2.28 millionShort Interest Ratio0.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Today's Trading Volume69,731 sharesAverage Trading Volume553,973 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average13% Short Selling XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartXFLT Short Interest Over TimeXFLT Days to Cover Over TimeXFLT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2025404,100 shares $2.28 million +54.7%N/A0.8 $5.64 4/15/2025261,300 shares $1.42 million +130.0%N/A0.5 $5.43 3/31/2025113,600 shares $671,944.00 +12.6%N/A0.2 $5.92 3/15/2025100,900 shares $622,048.50 +6.8%N/A0.2 $6.17 2/28/202594,500 shares $603,382.50 +126.6%N/A0.1 $6.39 2/15/202541,700 shares $271,258.50 -50.9%N/A0.1 $6.51 1/31/202585,000 shares $558,025.00 +11.7%N/A0.1 $6.57 1/15/202576,100 shares $502,260.00 -26.0%N/A0.1 $6.60 12/31/2024102,800 shares $682,592.00 -60.8%N/A0.1 $6.64 12/15/2024262,200 shares $1.78 million -66.5%N/A0.4 $6.80 Get the Latest News and Ratings for XFLT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/2024782,700 shares $5.52 million +630.1%N/A1.3 $7.05 11/15/2024107,200 shares $739,144.00 +8.2%N/A0.2 $6.90 10/31/202499,100 shares $685,772.00 +114.0%N/A0.2 $6.92 10/15/202446,300 shares $317,155.00 -55.4%N/A0.1 $6.85 9/30/2024103,800 shares $707,916.00 -44.9%N/A0.2 $6.82 9/15/2024188,500 shares $1.30 million -5.4%N/A0.4 $6.89 8/31/2024199,300 shares $1.37 million +0.6%N/A0.4 $6.89 8/15/2024198,200 shares $1.36 million +18.3%N/A0.4 $6.87 7/31/2024167,500 shares $1.18 million +23.4%N/A0.4 $7.06 7/15/2024135,700 shares $957,363.50 +2.0%N/A0.3 $7.06 6/30/2024133,100 shares $938,355.00 +91.5%N/A0.3 $7.05 6/15/202469,500 shares $501,095.00 +351.3%N/A0.2 $7.21 5/31/202415,400 shares $109,186.00 -84.2%N/A0 $7.09 5/15/202497,600 shares $696,864.00 -3.5%N/A0.2 $7.14 4/30/2024101,100 shares $708,205.50 -36.9%N/A0.3 $7.01 4/15/2024160,200 shares $1.12 million +100.5%N/A0.4 $7.00 3/31/20249,100 shares $64,519.00 -82.5%N/A0.2 $7.09 3/15/202451,900 shares $366,154.50 -35.5%N/A0.2 $7.06 2/29/202480,500 shares $573,160.00 +24.6%N/A0.3 $7.12 2/15/202464,600 shares $468,350.00 +88.3%N/A0.2 $7.25 1/31/202434,300 shares $256,564.00 -57.8%N/A0.1 $7.48 1/15/202481,300 shares $589,425.00 -14.9%N/A0.3 $7.25 12/31/202395,500 shares $681,870.00 +10.3%N/A0.3 $7.14 12/15/202386,600 shares $606,200.00 +11.5%N/A0.3 $7.00 11/30/202377,700 shares $532,633.50 -47.9%N/A0.2 $6.86 11/15/2023149,100 shares $1.05 million -33.9%N/A0.5 $7.02 10/31/2023225,400 shares $1.56 million +171.9%N/A0.8 $6.94 10/15/202382,900 shares $565,378.00 +10.8%N/A0.3 $6.82 9/30/202374,800 shares $519,860.00 +8.1%N/A0.3 $6.95 9/15/202369,200 shares $481,632.00 +33.9%N/A0.2 $6.96Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 8/31/202351,700 shares $356,730.00 -19.8%N/A0.2 $6.90 8/15/202364,500 shares $433,440.00 -28.0%N/A0.2 $6.72 7/31/202389,600 shares $607,488.00 +0.5%N/A0.3 $6.78 7/15/202389,200 shares $587,828.00 +49.7%N/A0.3 $6.59 6/30/202359,600 shares $398,128.00 -58.3%N/A0.2 $6.68 6/15/2023142,800 shares $927,486.00 -4.8%N/A0.6 $6.50 5/31/2023150,000 shares $976,500.00 -12.8%N/A0.7 $6.51 5/15/2023172,100 shares $1.12 million +962.4%N/A0.9 $6.50 4/30/202316,200 shares $105,138.00 -75.5%N/A0.1 $6.49 4/15/202366,000 shares $434,280.00 -17.1%N/A0.4 $6.58 3/31/202379,600 shares $511,430.00 +66.9%N/A0.5 $6.43 3/15/202347,700 shares $302,418.00 -4.4%N/A0.3 $6.34 2/28/202349,900 shares $334,330.00 -39.6%N/A0.3 $6.70 2/15/202382,600 shares $574,070.00 -3.4%N/A0.5 $6.95 1/31/202385,500 shares $587,385.00 -49.4%N/A0.5 $6.87 1/15/2023168,900 shares $1.14 million +33.9%N/A1 $6.76 12/30/2022126,100 shares $796,952.00 -15.5%N/A0.8 $6.32 12/15/2022149,200 shares $968,308.00 +22.9%N/A1 $6.49 11/30/2022121,400 shares $819,450.00 -7.3%N/A0.7 $6.75 11/15/2022130,900 shares $836,451.00 +374.3%N/A0.8 $6.39 10/31/202227,600 shares $173,328.00 +2.6%N/A0.2 $6.28 10/15/202226,900 shares $163,014.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $6.06 9/30/202228,200 shares $167,508.00 -71.9%N/A0.2 $5.94 9/15/2022100,300 shares $695,079.00 +227.8%N/A0.6 $6.93 8/31/202230,600 shares $213,588.00 -47.8%N/A0.2 $6.98 8/15/202258,600 shares $421,334.00 +22.9%N/A0.4 $7.19 7/31/202247,700 shares $345,825.00 -14.4%N/A0.3 $7.25 7/15/202255,700 shares $389,900.00 -16.1%N/A0.3 $7.00 6/30/202266,400 shares $463,472.00 -12.8%N/A0.4 $6.98 6/15/202276,100 shares $569,228.00 +19.1%N/A0.4 $7.48 5/31/202263,900 shares $494,586.00 +70.9%N/A0.4 $7.74 5/15/202237,400 shares $281,622.00 +3.9%N/A0.2 $7.53 4/30/202236,000 shares $304,920.00 +42.3%N/A0.2 $8.47 4/15/202225,300 shares $213,026.00 -10.0%N/A0.1 $8.42 3/31/202228,100 shares $238,007.00 -58.3%N/A0.1 $8.47 3/15/202267,400 shares $575,596.00 -12.4%N/A0.3 $8.54 2/28/202276,900 shares $672,106.00 -58.6%N/A0.3 $8.74 2/15/2022185,700 shares $1.68 million +11.1%N/A0.8 $9.02 1/31/2022167,200 shares $1.57 million +67.4%N/A0.7 $9.41 1/15/202299,900 shares $918,081.00 +29.7%N/A0.4 $9.19 12/31/202177,000 shares $686,840.00 +37.8%N/A0.3 $8.92 12/15/202155,900 shares $485,771.00 +66.4%N/A0.2 $8.69 11/30/202133,600 shares $308,784.00 -43.1%N/A0.2 $9.19 11/15/202159,000 shares $544,570.00 +95.4%N/A0.3 $9.23 10/29/202130,200 shares $271,800.00 +2.7%N/A0.1 $9.00 10/15/202129,400 shares $255,192.00 -16.2%N/A0.2 $8.68 9/30/202135,100 shares $301,158.00 -28.1%N/A0.2 $8.58 9/15/202148,800 shares $425,536.00 +214.8%N/A0.2 $8.72 8/31/202115,500 shares $137,330.00 -65.0%N/A0.1 $8.86 8/13/202144,300 shares $396,485.00 +50.7%N/A0.2 $8.95Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 7/30/202129,400 shares $262,542.00 -61.3%N/A0.1 $8.93 7/15/202175,900 shares $696,003.00 -0.1%N/A0.3 $9.17 6/30/202176,000 shares $725,800.00 +11.9%N/A0.4 $9.55 6/15/202167,900 shares $631,470.00 +47.6%N/A0.4 $9.30 5/28/202146,000 shares $396,980.00 +0.7%N/A0.3 $8.63 5/14/202145,700 shares $399,875.00 +11.2%N/A0.3 $8.75 4/30/202141,100 shares $358,803.00 -12.6%N/A0.2 $8.73 4/15/202147,000 shares $421,120.00 -10.1%N/A0.3 $8.96 3/31/202152,300 shares $474,884.00 -10.9%N/A0.3 $9.08 3/15/202158,700 shares $545,910.00 -39.4%N/A0.3 $9.30 2/26/202196,900 shares $804,270.00 +55.5%N/A0.6 $8.30 2/12/202162,300 shares $532,665.00 -12.6%N/A0.5 $8.55 1/29/202171,300 shares $565,409.00 -17.4%N/A0.6 $7.93 1/15/202186,300 shares $687,811.00 +2.6%N/A0.8 $7.97 12/31/202084,100 shares $630,750.00 +5.7%N/A0.8 $7.50 12/15/202079,600 shares $601,776.00 +65.8%N/A0.9 $7.56 11/30/202048,000 shares $354,720.00 -24.8%N/A0.6 $7.39 10/30/202050,500 shares $352,490.00 -18.0%N/A0.8 $6.98 10/15/202061,600 shares $434,280.00 +61,500.0%N/A0 $7.05 9/30/2020100 shares $599.00 -98.3%N/A0 $5.99 9/15/20209,000 shares $54,810.00 +52.5%N/A0.2 $6.09 8/31/20205,900 shares $35,577.00 +321.4%N/A0.1 $6.03 8/14/20201,400 shares $8,498.00 -68.2%N/A0 $6.07 7/31/20204,400 shares $26,268.00 -87.8%N/A0.1 $5.97 7/15/202036,000 shares $215,280.00 +279.0%N/A0.5 $5.98 6/30/20209,500 shares $53,675.00 -79.3%N/A0.1 $5.65 6/15/202045,900 shares $248,778.00 +453.0%N/A0.4 $5.42 5/29/20208,300 shares $41,500.00 -63.0%N/A0.1 $5.00 XFLT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 404,100 shares of XFLT short. Learn More on XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust? 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. XFLT shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust's short interest ratio. Is XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 404,100 shares, an increase of 54.6% from the previous total of 261,300 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust stock? Short selling XFLT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust as its price is falling. XFLT shares are trading up $0.05 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 XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust? A short squeeze for XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust 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 XFLT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust'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 XFLT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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