Western Uranium & Vanadium Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Western Uranium & Vanadium shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 30th, traders have sold 900 shares of WSTRF short. 0.00% of Western Uranium & Vanadium's shares are currently sold short. View details.

Western Uranium & Vanadium saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 900 shares, a drop of 96.0% from the previous total of 22,300 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.

0.00% of Western Uranium & Vanadium's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "basic materials" compare to Western Uranium & Vanadium: Deep Yellow Limited (0.00%), Entrée Resources Ltd. (0.00%), Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. (0.14%), India Globalization Capital, Inc. (5.70%), American Resources Co. (0.53%), Westwater Resources, Inc. (0.00%), ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. (0.16%), Friedman Industries, Incorporated (0.08%), Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. (0.64%), and Bullfrog Gold Corp (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications Inc ($5.12 billion), Aon PLC ($3.76 billion), Clorox Co ($3.07 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($2.89 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($2.49 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Datadog, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Kroger Co ($2.20 billion), and Simon Property Group, Inc. ($1.88 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling WSTRF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Uranium & Vanadium as its price is falling. Western Uranium & Vanadium's stock is trading down $0.01 today. To short Western Uranium & Vanadium 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 Western Uranium & Vanadium 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 Western Uranium & Vanadium 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 WSTRF, 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 WSTRF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2020.