Alcanna (LQSIF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Alcanna shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 9,400 shares of LQSIF short. Learn More on Alcanna's current short interest.

Alcanna saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,400 shares, a drop of 6.9% from the previous total of 10,100 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 industry of "specialty retail" compare to Alcanna: Dunelm Group plc (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($4.71 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.05 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($2.70 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.50 billion), HP Inc. ($2.40 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.04 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.89 billion), Plug Power Inc. ($1.87 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.82 billion), and Teladoc Health, Inc. ($1.80 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling LQSIF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Alcanna as its price is falling. LQSIF shares are trading down $0.12 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 Alcanna 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 LQSIF, 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 LQSIF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2022.