Bancroft Fund (BCV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $17.82 -0.02 (-0.11%) As of 05/23/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendInsider TradesSEC FilingsShort InterestBuy This Stock Bancroft Fund Short Interest DataBancroft Fund (BCV) has a short interest of 7,600 shares. This marks a 40.74% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 20,612 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,600 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+40.74%Dollar Volume Sold Short$127,908.00Short Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares5,880,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.13%Today's Trading Volume2,278 sharesAverage Trading Volume20,612 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average11% Short Selling Bancroft Fund? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBCV Short Interest Over TimeBCV Days to Cover Over TimeBCV Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Bancroft 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 4/30/20257,600 shares $127,908.00 +40.7%N/A0.3 $16.83 4/15/20255,400 shares $87,912.00 -71.4%0.1%0.2 $16.28 3/31/202518,900 shares $329,238.00 -4.1%0.3%0.8 $17.42 3/15/202519,700 shares $348,099.00 +5.4%0.3%0.9 $17.67 2/28/202518,700 shares $0.00 +392.1%0.3%1.1 $0.00 2/15/20253,800 shares $0.00 +123.5%0.1%0.2 $0.00 1/31/20251,700 shares $0.00 -58.5%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/15/20254,100 shares $0.00 -69.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/31/202413,600 shares $0.00 +491.3%N/A0.8 $0.00 12/15/20242,300 shares $0.00 -77.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BCV and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Bancroft Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202410,000 shares $0.00 +3.1%N/A0.5 $0.00 11/15/20249,700 shares $0.00 -36.2%N/A0.6 $0.00 10/31/202415,200 shares $0.00 +11.8%N/A0.9 $0.00 10/15/202413,600 shares $0.00 +47.8%N/A0.8 $0.00 9/30/20249,200 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $0.00 9/15/20249,200 shares $0.00 +5.8%N/A0.6 $0.00 8/31/20248,700 shares $0.00 -52.7%N/A0.6 $0.00 8/15/202418,400 shares $0.00 +12.2%N/A1.1 $0.00 7/31/202416,400 shares $0.00 +144.8%N/A0.9 $0.00 7/15/20246,700 shares $0.00 -50.7%N/A0.4 $0.00 6/30/202413,600 shares $0.00 -21.4%N/A0.8 $0.00 6/15/202417,300 shares $0.00 +55.9%N/A0.9 $0.00 5/31/202411,100 shares $0.00 +54.2%N/A0.5 $0.00 5/15/20247,200 shares $0.00 -19.1%N/A0.3 $0.00 4/30/20248,900 shares $0.00 +97.8%N/A0.4 $0.00 4/15/20244,500 shares $0.00 -44.4%N/A0.2 $0.00 3/31/20248,100 shares $0.00 +68.8%N/A0.3 $0.00 3/15/20244,800 shares $0.00 +11.6%N/A0.2 $0.00 2/29/20244,300 shares $0.00 -59.4%N/A0.2 $0.00 2/15/202410,600 shares $0.00 +65.6%N/A0.4 $0.00 1/31/20246,400 shares $0.00 +36.2%N/A0.3 $0.00 1/15/20244,700 shares $0.00 -60.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/31/202311,800 shares $0.00 +37.2%N/A0.6 $0.00 12/15/20238,600 shares $0.00 +100.0%N/A0.5 $0.00 11/30/20234,300 shares $0.00 +13.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 11/15/20233,800 shares $0.00 -53.7%N/A0.3 $0.00 10/31/20238,200 shares $0.00 +121.6%N/A0.6 $0.00 10/15/20233,700 shares $0.00 -69.9%N/A0.3 $0.00 9/30/202312,300 shares $0.00 +24.2%N/A0.8 $0.00 9/15/20239,900 shares $0.00 +102.0%N/A0.7 $0.00Trump’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 8/31/20234,900 shares $0.00 +32.4%N/A0.3 $0.00 8/15/20233,700 shares $0.00 -52.0%N/A0.2 $0.00 7/31/20237,700 shares $0.00 -28.7%N/A0.5 $0.00 7/15/202310,800 shares $0.00 +33.3%N/A0.6 $0.00 6/30/20238,100 shares $0.00 +350.0%N/A0.5 $0.00 6/15/20231,800 shares $0.00 -78.3%N/A0.1 $0.00 5/31/20238,300 shares $0.00 +196.4%N/A0.4 $0.00 5/15/20232,800 shares $0.00 -15.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 4/30/20233,300 shares $0.00 +26.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 4/15/20232,600 shares $0.00 -83.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 3/31/202316,100 shares $0.00 +906.3%N/A1 $0.00 3/15/20231,600 shares $0.00 -62.8%N/A0.1 $0.00 2/28/20234,300 shares $0.00 -21.8%N/A0.3 $0.00 2/15/20235,500 shares $0.00 -52.6%N/A0.3 $0.00 1/31/202311,600 shares $0.00 +132.0%N/A0.7 $0.00 1/15/20235,000 shares $0.00 +35.1%N/A0.3 $0.00 12/30/20223,700 shares $0.00 -49.3%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/15/20227,300 shares $0.00 +2,333.3%N/A0.5 $0.00 11/30/2022300 shares $0.00 -91.2%N/A0 $0.00 11/15/20223,400 shares $0.00 -59.5%N/A0.3 $0.00 10/31/20228,400 shares $0.00 +55.6%N/A0.7 $0.00 10/15/20225,400 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0.4 $0.00 9/30/202213,800 shares $0.00 +206.7%N/A1.1 $0.00 9/15/20224,500 shares $0.00 -61.9%N/A0.3 $0.00 8/31/202211,800 shares $0.00 -7.8%N/A0.8 $0.00 8/15/202212,800 shares $0.00 +161.2%N/A0.8 $0.00 7/31/20224,900 shares $0.00 +69.0%N/A0.3 $0.00 7/15/20222,900 shares $0.00 -45.3%N/A0.2 $0.00 6/30/20225,300 shares $0.00 +65.6%N/A0.3 $0.00 6/15/20223,200 shares $0.00 -8.6%N/A0.2 $0.00 5/31/20223,500 shares $0.00 -25.5%N/A0.2 $0.00 5/15/20224,700 shares $0.00 -50.5%N/A0.2 $0.00 4/30/20229,500 shares $0.00 +72.7%N/A0.5 $0.00 4/15/20225,500 shares $0.00 -74.8%N/A0.3 $0.00 3/31/202221,800 shares $0.00 +21.8%N/A0.9 $0.00 3/15/202217,900 shares $0.00 +9.8%N/A0.7 $0.00 2/28/202216,300 shares $0.00 -11.9%N/A0.6 $0.00 2/15/202218,500 shares $0.00 +670.8%N/A0.7 $0.00 1/31/20222,400 shares $56,664.00 -25.0%N/A0.1 $23.61 1/15/20223,200 shares $0.00 +28.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/31/20212,500 shares $0.00 +525.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/15/2021400 shares $0.00 -95.5%N/A0 $0.00 11/30/20218,900 shares $0.00 +423.5%N/A0.4 $0.00 11/15/20211,700 shares $0.00 -77.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 10/29/20217,600 shares $0.00 +10.1%N/A0.6 $0.00 10/15/20216,900 shares $0.00 +21.1%N/A0.4 $0.00 9/30/20215,700 shares $0.00 +1,325.0%N/A0.3 $0.00 9/15/2021400 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0 $0.00 8/31/2021400 shares $0.00 -89.7%N/A0 $0.00 8/13/20213,900 shares $0.00 +1,200.0%N/A0.2 $0.00Gold Hits New Highs as Global Markets Spiral (Ad)When Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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Short interest is the volume of Bancroft Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 7,600 shares of BCV short. Learn More on Bancroft Fund's current short interest. Is Bancroft Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Bancroft Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,600 shares, an increase of 40.7% from the previous total of 5,400 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. How does Bancroft Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "misc." compare to Bancroft Fund: Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.26%), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. (0.05%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.09%), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.15%), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (0.04%), Dogness (International) Co. (9.11%), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (1.07%), Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust (0.13%), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (0.36%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (0.18%), 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 Bancroft Fund stock? Short selling BCV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bancroft Fund as its price is falling. BCV shares are trading down $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 Bancroft Fund? A short squeeze for Bancroft 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 BCV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Bancroft 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 BCV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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