ExeLED (ELED) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ExeLED shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 29th, traders have sold 10,800 shares of ELED short. Learn More on ExeLED's current short interest.

ExeLED saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 10,800 shares, an increase of 10,700.0% from the previous total of 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 sector of "industrial products" compare to ExeLED: ASSA ABLOY AB (publ) (0.00%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: GameStop Corp. ($6.96 billion), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. ($5.44 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.39 billion), Aon plc ($4.87 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.29 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($3.19 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.24 billion), Palantir Technologies Inc. ($2.18 billion), and Snowflake Inc. ($2.17 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling ELED is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ExeLED as its price is falling. 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 ExeLED 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 ELED, 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 ELED, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 29 2021.