WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund (WTPI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 5,800 shares of WTPI short. Learn More on WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund's current short interest.

WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,800 shares, a decline of 73.3% from the previous total of 21,700 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 compare to WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund: Defiance Nasdaq 100 Enhanced Options & 0DTE Income ETF (3.29%), Neuberger Berman Option Strategy ETF (0.10%), Defiance R2000 Enhanced Options & 0DTE Income ETF (1.18%), Defiance S&P 500 Enhanced Options & 0DTE Income ETF (0.45%), and Innovator Equity Premium Income - Daily PutWrite ETF (0.60%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WTPI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from WisdomTree Equity Premium Income Fund as its price is falling. WTPI shares are trading down $0.01 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 WisdomTree Equity Premium 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 WTPI, 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 WTPI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.