Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (VKI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 8,900 shares of VKI short. Learn More on Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II's current short interest.

Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,900 shares, a drop of 63.1% from the previous total of 24,100 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II: Horizon Technology Finance Co. (3.52%), Tekla Life Sciences Investors (0.16%), Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (0.16%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.10%), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. (0.02%), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (0.11%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Co. (0.03%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (0.02%), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.05%), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (0.05%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling VKI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II as its price is falling. VKI 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.

A short squeeze for Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II 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 VKI, 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 VKI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.