IFAN Financial (IFAN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of IFAN Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 30th, investors have sold 2,264,600 shares of IFAN short. Learn More on IFAN Financial's current short interest.

IFAN Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,264,600 shares, a drop of 53.4% from the previous total of 4,862,000 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 "computer and technology" compare to IFAN Financial: Global Digital Solutions, Inc. (0.02%), SinglePoint Inc. (0.37%), Tempo Automation Holdings, Inc. (3.08%), Sonic Foundry, Inc. (2.18%), WiSA Technologies, Inc. (10.91%), Dais Co. (0.01%), China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (0.92%), Infinite Group, Inc. (0.12%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.31 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), TC Energy Co. ($2.13 billion), Paramount Global ($1.50 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.48 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.48 billion), PG&E Co. ($1.47 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.46 billion), United Rentals, Inc. ($1.35 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.32 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IFAN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from IFAN Financial 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 IFAN Financial 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 IFAN, 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 IFAN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 30 2022.