ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $23.42 -0.16 (-0.68%) Closing price 01/31/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$23.39 -0.03 (-0.13%) As of 01/31/2025 06:01 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ASA Gold and Precious Metals Short Interest DataASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) has a short interest of 41,400 shares. This marks a 160.38% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.7, indicating that it would take 0.7 days of the average trading volume of 70,823 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest41,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest15,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+160.38%Dollar Volume Sold Short$909,972.00Short Interest Ratio0.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares21,520,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.19%Today's Trading Volume42,054 sharesAverage Trading Volume70,823 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average59% Short Selling ASA Gold and Precious Metals? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartASA Short Interest Over TimeASA Days to Cover Over TimeASA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time ASA Gold and Precious Metals Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/202541,400 shares $909,972.00 +160.4%N/A0.7 $21.98 12/31/202415,900 shares $321,498.00 +1.3%N/A0.3 $20.22 12/15/202415,700 shares $325,147.00 -27.7%N/A0.3 $20.71 11/30/202421,700 shares $442,463.00 +3.8%N/A0.4 $20.39 11/15/202420,900 shares $406,923.00 +12.4%N/A0.4 $19.47 10/31/202418,600 shares $408,642.00 +708.7%N/A0.4 $21.97 10/15/20242,300 shares $48,898.00 -66.7%N/A0.1 $21.26 9/30/20246,900 shares $143,382.00 -78.6%N/A0.2 $20.78 9/15/202432,200 shares $651,728.00 +29.3%N/A0.8 $20.24 8/31/202424,900 shares $486,546.00 -4.2%N/A0.7 $19.54 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ASA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/202426,000 shares $489,320.00 +2.4%N/A0.7 $18.82 7/31/202425,400 shares $486,156.00 -43.2%N/A0.7 $19.14 7/15/202444,700 shares $898,470.00 +128.1%N/A0.9 $20.10 6/30/202419,600 shares $343,784.00 -14.0%N/A0.4 $17.54 6/15/202422,800 shares $394,440.00 -43.6%N/A0.4 $17.30 5/31/202440,400 shares $742,956.00 +49.1%N/A0.6 $18.39 5/15/202427,100 shares $503,518.00 -33.7%N/A0.4 $18.58 4/30/202440,900 shares $707,979.00 +6.5%N/A0.6 $17.31 4/15/202438,400 shares $649,344.00 -2.5%N/A0.6 $16.91 3/31/202439,400 shares $605,184.00 +36.3%N/A0.5 $15.36 3/15/202428,900 shares $436,968.00 No ChangeN/A0.3 $15.12 2/29/202428,900 shares $387,260.00 -50.8%N/A0.3 $13.40 2/15/202458,700 shares $806,538.00 -9.8%N/A0.7 $13.74 1/31/202465,100 shares $949,809.00 +205.6%N/A0.7 $14.59 1/15/202421,300 shares $325,038.00 -5.8%N/A0.2 $15.26 12/31/202322,600 shares $340,356.00 -20.1%N/A0.2 $15.06 12/15/202328,300 shares $431,009.00 -36.4%N/A0.4 $15.23 11/30/202344,500 shares $682,185.00 +423.5%N/A0.7 $15.33 11/15/20238,500 shares $114,622.50 -74.6%N/A0.1 $13.49 10/31/202333,500 shares $453,925.00 +113.4%N/A0.7 $13.55 10/15/202315,700 shares $211,479.00 +74.4%N/A0.4 $13.47 9/30/20239,000 shares $119,970.00 -48.9%N/A0.2 $13.33 9/15/202317,600 shares $253,440.00 +225.9%N/A0.5 $14.40 8/31/20235,400 shares $80,352.00 -6.9%N/A0.2 $14.88 8/15/20235,800 shares $84,216.00 +20.8%N/A0.2 $14.52 7/31/20234,800 shares $74,352.00 -50.0%N/A0.2 $15.49 7/15/20239,600 shares $150,240.00 +24.7%N/A0.3 $15.65 6/30/20237,700 shares $114,499.00 +20.3%N/A0.2 $14.87 6/15/20236,400 shares $96,960.00 -1.5%N/A0.2 $15.15 5/31/20236,500 shares $102,245.00 -43.0%N/A0.2 $15.73Alert: DOGE goes live (Ad)"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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And one widely followed Boston based think tank is stepping forward with their official playbook.Click here to learn more. 5/15/202311,400 shares $191,862.00 -68.6%N/A0.3 $16.83 4/30/202336,300 shares $605,121.00 +163.0%N/A0.9 $16.67 4/15/202313,800 shares $238,188.00 +23.2%N/A0.3 $17.26 3/31/202311,200 shares $179,536.00 -74.7%N/A0.2 $16.03 3/15/202344,200 shares $659,464.00 +144.2%N/A0.8 $14.92 2/28/202318,100 shares $260,821.00 +88.5%N/A0.3 $14.41 2/15/20239,600 shares $141,984.00 -66.2%N/A0.2 $14.79 1/31/202328,400 shares $464,056.00 +226.4%N/A0.4 $16.34 1/15/20238,700 shares $142,419.00 +42.6%N/A0.1 $16.37 12/30/20226,100 shares $87,291.00 -75.5%N/A0.1 $14.31 12/15/202224,900 shares $351,090.00 +361.1%N/A0.4 $14.10 11/30/20225,400 shares $77,004.00 -8.5%N/A0.1 $14.26 11/15/20225,900 shares $81,361.00 +78.8%N/A0.1 $13.79 10/31/20223,300 shares $40,194.00 -73.6%N/A0.1 $12.18 10/15/202212,500 shares $157,750.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $12.62 9/30/20224,200 shares $52,626.00 -79.2%N/A0.1 $12.53 9/15/202220,200 shares $271,690.00 +87.0%N/A0.3 $13.45 8/31/202210,800 shares $151,092.00 +200.0%N/A0.2 $13.99 8/15/20223,600 shares $55,908.00 -18.2%N/A0.1 $15.53 7/31/20224,400 shares $66,572.00 -57.3%N/A0.1 $15.13 7/15/202210,300 shares $136,887.00 +145.2%N/A0.2 $13.29 6/30/20224,200 shares $61,614.00 -61.1%N/A0.1 $14.67 6/15/202210,800 shares $182,304.00 +28.6%N/A0.2 $16.88 5/31/20228,400 shares $153,636.00 -70.6%N/A0.1 $18.29 5/15/202228,600 shares $512,512.00 -38.9%N/A0.4 $17.92 4/30/202246,800 shares $962,208.00 +136.4%N/A0.6 $20.56 4/15/202219,800 shares $453,024.00 +67.8%N/A0.3 $22.88 3/31/202211,800 shares $264,438.00 -30.6%N/A0.2 $22.41 3/15/202217,000 shares $365,500.00 -22.0%N/A0.2 $21.50 2/28/202221,800 shares $479,382.00 +49.3%N/A0.3 $21.99 2/15/202214,600 shares $310,980.00 -71.5%N/A0.2 $21.30 1/31/202251,300 shares $1.04 million +129.0%N/A0.7 $20.24 1/15/202222,400 shares $481,824.00 -38.1%N/A0.3 $21.51 12/31/202136,200 shares $763,458.00 +0.3%N/A0.5 $21.09 12/15/202136,100 shares $715,502.00 +231.2%N/A0.5 $19.82 11/30/202110,900 shares $225,630.00 +3.8%N/A0.2 $20.70 11/15/202110,500 shares $236,775.00 -13.2%N/A0.2 $22.55 10/29/202112,100 shares $250,107.00 -32.8%N/A0.2 $20.67 10/15/202118,000 shares $378,000.00 -52.6%N/A0.3 $21.00 9/30/202138,000 shares $717,820.00 +76.7%N/A0.7 $18.89 9/15/202121,500 shares $439,782.50 -36.0%N/A0.4 $20.46 8/31/202133,600 shares $705,600.00 +3.4%N/A0.6 $21.00 8/13/202132,500 shares $695,175.00 -27.6%N/A0.5 $21.39 7/30/202144,900 shares $992,739.00 +6,314.3%N/A0.8 $22.11 7/15/2021700 shares $14,735.00 -82.5%N/A0 $21.05 6/30/20214,000 shares $86,280.00 -41.2%N/A0.1 $21.57 6/15/20216,800 shares $161,704.00 -1.5%N/A0.1 $23.78 5/28/20216,900 shares $167,739.00 +35.3%N/A0.1 $24.31 5/14/20215,100 shares $114,801.00 +64.5%N/A0.1 $22.51 4/30/20213,100 shares $67,580.00 +3.3%N/A0 $21.80Alert: DOGE goes live (Ad)"It's Elon's world, and the rest of us live in it." 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And one widely followed Boston based think tank is stepping forward with their official playbook.Click here to learn more. 4/15/20213,000 shares $63,000.00 -91.7%N/A0 $21.00 3/31/202136,000 shares $697,320.00 +45.8%N/A0.4 $19.37 3/15/202124,700 shares $490,048.00 +751.7%N/A0.3 $19.84 2/26/20212,900 shares $56,956.00 -81.3%N/A0 $19.64 2/12/202115,500 shares $333,715.00 -80.9%N/A0.2 $21.53 1/29/202181,300 shares $1.72 million +59.7%N/A0.8 $21.10 1/15/202150,900 shares $1.09 million -4.5%N/A0.5 $21.51 12/31/202053,300 shares $1.18 million +8.1%N/A0.6 $22.13 12/15/202049,300 shares $1.00 million -12.9%N/A0.6 $20.34 11/30/202056,600 shares $1.10 million -13.2%N/A0.6 $19.40 11/15/202065,200 shares $1.35 million +5.5%N/A0.8 $20.72 10/30/202061,800 shares $1.22 million +6.9%N/A0.7 $19.67 10/15/202057,800 shares $1.30 million +3.0%N/A0 $22.50 9/30/202056,100 shares $1.19 million -3.4%N/A0.5 $21.28 9/15/202071,800 shares $1.72 million +23.6%N/A0.5 $23.95 8/31/202058,100 shares $1.35 million -27.9%N/A0.4 $23.28 8/14/202080,600 shares $1.85 million -37.5%N/A0.5 $22.93 7/31/2020128,900 shares $3.04 million +53.3%N/A0.8 $23.56 7/15/202084,100 shares $1.61 million +6.7%N/A0.6 $19.10 6/30/202078,800 shares $1.33 million -5.5%N/A0.6 $16.93 6/15/202083,400 shares $1.30 million +124.2%N/A0.6 $15.56 5/29/202037,200 shares $565,068.00 -30.6%N/A0.2 $15.19 5/15/202053,600 shares $821,152.00 -11.4%N/A0.3 $15.32 4/30/202060,500 shares $875,435.00 +70.4%N/A0.4 $14.47 4/15/202035,500 shares $456,175.00 -34.3%N/A0.3 $12.85 3/31/202054,000 shares $761,400.00 +82.4%N/A0.4 $14.10 3/13/202029,600 shares $360,824.00 -39.3%0.2%0.2 $12.19 2/28/202048,800 shares $456,280.00 +31.5%N/A0.4 $9.35 2/14/202037,100 shares $457,443.00 +11.1%N/A0.3 $12.33 ASA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is ASA Gold and Precious Metals' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of January 15th, traders have sold 41,400 shares of ASA short. Learn More on ASA Gold and Precious Metals' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for ASA Gold and Precious Metals? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. ASA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on ASA Gold and Precious Metals's short interest ratio. Is ASA Gold and Precious Metals' short interest increasing or decreasing? ASA Gold and Precious Metals saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 41,400 shares, an increase of 160.4% from the previous total of 15,900 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. How does ASA Gold and Precious Metals' short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to ASA Gold and Precious Metals: Royce Value Trust Inc. (0.20%), Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (0.79%), The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (0.08%), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (0.17%), SRH Total Return Fund, Inc. (0.01%), Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (1.24%), MidCap Financial Investment Co. (0.45%), New Mountain Finance Co. (1.91%), Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc. (0.60%), Barings BDC, Inc. (0.71%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($4.18 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.91 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.16 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.75 billion), International Paper ($2.57 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.06 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.06 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.00 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.63 billion), and Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock? Short selling ASA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ASA Gold and Precious Metals as its price is falling. ASA shares are trading down $0.16 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. How does a short squeeze work against ASA Gold and Precious Metals? A short squeeze for ASA Gold and Precious Metals 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 ASA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is ASA Gold and Precious Metals' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including ASA, twice per month. 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