Aluf Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Aluf shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 53,700 shares of AHIX short. 0.00% of Aluf's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Aluf saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 53,700 shares, an increase of 10,640.0% from the previous total of 500 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.

0.00% of Aluf's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "computer and technology" compare to Aluf: Cubic Co. (10.78%), Domo, Inc. (0.00%), PROS Holdings, Inc. (11.41%), InterDigital, Inc. (5.10%), Htc Corporation (0.00%), Calix, Inc. (5.37%), Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (0.00%), Micro Focus International plc (0.00%), Cohu, Inc. (2.40%), and TechTarget, Inc. (3.91%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.18 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($4.71 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Aon Plc ($4.28 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.70 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.00 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.46 billion), Peloton Interactive, Inc. ($2.40 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.38 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.37 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling AHIX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Aluf as its price is falling. Aluf's stock is trading up $0.02 today. To short Aluf 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 Aluf 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 Aluf 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 AHIX, 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 AHIX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2020.