Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals (RCPIQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, traders have sold 6,400 shares of RCPIQ short. Learn More on Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals' current short interest.

Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,400 shares, a drop of 5.9% from the previous total of 6,800 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: Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.19 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($2.35 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.14 billion), Paramount Global ($1.99 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.76 billion), Lucid Group, Inc. ($1.70 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($1.63 billion), Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. ($1.61 billion), and CarMax, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RCPIQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals 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 Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals 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 RCPIQ, 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 RCPIQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2023.