Frederick County Bancorp (MD) (FCBI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Frederick County Bancorp (MD) shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, investors have sold 100 shares of FCBI short. Learn More on Frederick County Bancorp (MD)'s current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "finance" compare to Frederick County Bancorp (MD): TC Bancshares, Inc. (0.29%), Madison County Financial, Inc. (0.01%), IF Bancorp, Inc. (0.12%), Territorial Bancorp Inc. (0.60%), Catalyst Bancorp, Inc. (0.13%), Wayne Savings Bancshares, Inc. (0.00%), NSTS Bancorp, Inc. (0.10%), CFSB Bancorp, Inc. (0.12%), Broadway Financial Co. (0.17%), First Seacoast Bancorp, Inc. (0.21%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Tesla, Inc. ($14.83 billion), Netflix, Inc. ($7.72 billion), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ($4.69 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.67 billion), Microchip Technology Incorporated ($3.40 billion), Centene Co. ($3.26 billion), Match Group, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Teladoc Health, Inc. ($2.31 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Wayfair Inc. ($2.22 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FCBI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Frederick County Bancorp (MD) as its price is falling. FCBI shares are trading down $0.18 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 Frederick County Bancorp (MD) 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 FCBI, 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 FCBI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2019.