Alpha Lithium Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Alpha Lithium shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 31st, traders have sold 4,100 shares of APHLF short. Learn More on Alpha Lithium's current short interest.

Alpha Lithium saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,100 shares, a drop of 98.8% from the previous total of 344,200 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 Alpha Lithium's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to Alpha Lithium: Amerigo Resources Ltd. (0.00%), Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (0.89%), L.B. Foster (0.37%), Great Panther Mining Limited (1.18%), Gold Reserve Inc. (0.00%), Gold Standard Ventures Corp (1.28%), Comstock Mining Inc. (7.46%), Aurcana Silver Co. (0.00%), Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (1.71%), and Northern Technologies International Co. (0.27%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Square, Inc. ($9.81 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($7.52 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($7.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($6.21 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($4.60 billion), Zoom Video Communications, Inc. ($3.23 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($3.11 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($2.74 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.52 billion), and Etsy, Inc. ($2.16 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling APHLF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Alpha Lithium as its price is falling. Alpha Lithium's stock is trading up $0.04 today. To short Alpha Lithium 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 Alpha Lithium 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 Alpha Lithium 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 APHLF, 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 APHLF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2021.