Bitfarms (BFARF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bitfarms shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, traders have sold 348,400 shares of BFARF short. Learn More on Bitfarms' current short interest.

Bitfarms saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 348,400 shares, a drop of 3.9% from the previous total of 362,700 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.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AstraZeneca PLC ($7.95 billion), Tesla, Inc. ($7.86 billion), Block, Inc. ($7.16 billion), Aon plc ($7.04 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($6.99 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($6.83 billion), S&P Global Inc. ($6.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.98 billion), AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ($5.02 billion), and Wayfair Inc. ($4.68 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BFARF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bitfarms as its price is falling. BFARF shares are trading up $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 Bitfarms 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 BFARF, 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 BFARF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2021.