TearLab (TEAR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of TearLab shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of June 30th, investors have sold 2,200 shares of TEAR short. Learn More on TearLab's current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Match Group, Inc. ($4.49 billion), Wayfair Inc. ($3.21 billion), Morgan Stanley ($2.93 billion), The Charles Schwab Co. ($2.55 billion), Aon plc ($2.52 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.41 billion), Snap Inc. ($2.25 billion), Carnival Co. & plc ($2.06 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($1.88 billion), and DocuSign, Inc. ($1.85 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TEAR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from TearLab as its price is falling. TEAR shares are trading down $0.00 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 TearLab 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 TEAR, 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 TEAR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 30 2020.