BTCS (BTCS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BTCS shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 303,800 shares of BTCS short. 3.00% of BTCS's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on BTCS's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.00% of BTCS's floating shares are currently sold short.

BTCS saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 303,800 shares, a decrease of 28.2% from the previous total of 423,400 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.

BTCS currently has issued a total of 17,020,000 shares. Some of BTCS's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. BTCS currently has a public float of 10,140,000 shares.

3.00% of BTCS's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banking" compare to BTCS: Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. (1.50%), Meridian Co. (0.08%), Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (0.34%), Hanover Bancorp, Inc. (1.32%), Orange County Bancorp, Inc. (1.13%), CB Financial Services, Inc. (0.58%), Sound Financial Bancorp, Inc. (0.22%), Landmark Bancorp, Inc. (0.53%), Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (0.33%), Union Bankshares, Inc. (0.95%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BTCS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BTCS as its price is falling. BTCS shares are trading up $0.89 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 BTCS occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BTCS, 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 BTCS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024.