BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (BFK) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.25 +0.05 (+0.49%) Closing price 01/31/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.25 0.00 (0.00%) As of 01/31/2025 06:30 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends BlackRock Municipal Income Trust Short Interest DataBlackRock Municipal Income Trust (BFK) has a short interest of 35,700 shares. This marks a 28.42% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 77,934 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest35,700 sharesPrevious Short Interest27,800 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+28.42%Dollar Volume Sold Short$357,357.00Short Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 15, 2025Today's Trading Volume73,983 sharesAverage Trading Volume77,934 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average95% Short Selling BlackRock Municipal Income Trust? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for BlackRock Municipal Income Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBFK Short Interest Over TimeBFK Days to Cover Over TimeBFK Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time BlackRock Municipal Income Trust Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/15/202535,700 shares $357,357.00 +28.4%N/A0.3 $10.01 12/31/202427,800 shares $274,108.00 -1.8%N/A0.2 $9.86 12/15/202428,300 shares $290,358.00 -4.7%N/A0.2 $10.26 11/30/202429,700 shares $310,365.00 +28.6%N/A0.3 $10.45 11/15/202423,100 shares $234,465.00 +9.0%N/A0.2 $10.15 10/31/202421,200 shares $216,452.00 -45.8%N/A0.2 $10.21 10/15/202439,100 shares $411,332.00 +145.9%N/A0.4 $10.52 9/30/202415,900 shares $168,063.00 -46.5%N/A0.2 $10.57 9/15/202429,700 shares $317,790.00 -21.6%N/A0.3 $10.70 8/31/202437,900 shares $397,950.00 -42.2%N/A0.4 $10.50 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BFK and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for BlackRock Municipal Income Trust and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/15/202465,600 shares $685,520.00 +78.3%N/A0.7 $10.45 7/31/202436,800 shares $376,464.00 +106.7%N/A0.4 $10.23 7/15/202417,800 shares $181,204.00 -10.1%N/A0.2 $10.18 6/30/202419,800 shares $202,158.00 +9.4%N/A0.2 $10.21 6/15/202418,100 shares $182,810.00 -38.4%N/A0.2 $10.10 5/31/202429,400 shares $292,236.00 +17.1%N/A0.3 $9.94 5/15/202425,100 shares $252,506.00 -50.9%N/A0.3 $10.06 4/30/202451,100 shares $506,656.50 -14.3%N/A0.6 $9.92 4/15/202459,600 shares $592,424.00 -26.9%N/A0.6 $9.94 3/31/202481,500 shares $841,895.00 -12.1%N/A0.8 $10.33 3/15/202492,700 shares $958,518.00 -23.3%N/A0.8 $10.34 2/29/2024120,900 shares $1.24 million +24.6%N/A0.9 $10.28 2/15/202497,000 shares $1.00 million +23.3%N/A0.7 $10.33 1/31/202478,700 shares $795,263.50 -23.6%N/A0.5 $10.11 1/15/2024103,000 shares $1.04 million -4.3%N/A0.6 $10.08 12/31/2023107,600 shares $1.08 million -51.4%N/A0.7 $10.07 12/15/2023221,500 shares $2.28 million +54.3%N/A1.4 $10.28 11/30/2023143,600 shares $1.41 million +173.5%N/A0.9 $9.84 11/15/202352,500 shares $496,125.00 +9.4%N/A0.4 $9.45 10/31/202348,000 shares $417,600.00 -46.8%N/A0.3 $8.70 10/15/202390,200 shares $811,800.00 +32.3%N/A0.7 $9.00 9/30/202368,200 shares $604,934.00 +98.3%N/A0.5 $8.87 9/15/202334,400 shares $324,392.00 +20.7%N/A0.3 $9.43 8/31/202328,500 shares $275,595.00 +58.3%N/A0.2 $9.67 8/15/202318,000 shares $175,320.00 -50.0%N/A0.2 $9.74 7/31/202336,000 shares $363,060.00 +183.5%N/A0.3 $10.09 7/15/202312,700 shares $126,746.00 +38.0%N/A0.1 $9.98 6/30/20239,200 shares $91,448.00 -11.5%N/A0.1 $9.94 6/15/202310,400 shares $102,440.00 -72.6%N/A0.1 $9.85 5/31/202337,900 shares $369,146.00 +59.9%N/A0.3 $9.74Elon’s Chosen Ones (Ad)Millions of Federal employees just got put on notice... In a single sweeping move, President Trump just offered to pay eight months' salary to any Federal worker who voluntarily quits. But according to one Boston-based think tank, who has consulted with the Pentagon, US Army, Harvard and who's work has been followed by many of the world's biggest banks...It's likely just the start of a MUCH more radical move. 5/15/202323,700 shares $234,393.00 +64.6%N/A0.2 $9.89 4/30/202314,400 shares $144,720.00 -10.0%N/A0.1 $10.05 4/15/202316,000 shares $162,240.00 -37.5%N/A0.1 $10.14 3/31/202325,600 shares $261,376.00 -69.0%N/A0.2 $10.21 3/15/202382,700 shares $832,789.00 +180.3%N/A0.6 $10.07 2/28/202329,500 shares $292,050.00 +92.8%N/A0.2 $9.90 2/15/202315,300 shares $158,814.00 +7.0%N/A0.1 $10.38 1/31/202314,300 shares $151,580.00 +23.3%N/A0.1 $10.60 1/15/202311,600 shares $120,292.00 -80.0%N/A0.1 $10.37 12/30/202258,000 shares $583,480.00 +235.3%N/A0.3 $10.06 12/15/202217,300 shares $174,557.00 +4.2%N/A0.1 $10.09 11/30/202216,600 shares $172,972.00 -13.5%N/A0.1 $10.42 11/15/202219,200 shares $182,208.00 +54.8%N/A0.1 $9.49 10/31/202212,400 shares $112,344.00 -54.6%N/A0.1 $9.06 10/15/202227,300 shares $261,261.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $9.57 9/30/202225,800 shares $245,874.00 +52.7%N/A0.2 $9.53 9/15/202216,900 shares $171,366.00 -14.7%N/A0.1 $10.14 8/31/202219,800 shares $212,058.00 -8.8%N/A0.1 $10.71 8/15/202221,700 shares $247,814.00 +75.0%N/A0.1 $11.42 7/31/202212,400 shares $139,500.00 -73.8%N/A0.1 $11.25 7/15/202247,400 shares $523,296.00 +241.0%N/A0.3 $11.04 6/30/202213,900 shares $149,147.00 -67.9%N/A0.1 $10.73 6/15/202243,300 shares $466,341.00 -80.6%N/A0.2 $10.77 5/31/2022222,900 shares $2.88 million +49.5%N/A1.4 $12.91 5/15/2022149,100 shares $1.76 million +286.3%N/A1 $11.83 4/30/202238,600 shares $451,234.00 -3.3%N/A0.3 $11.69 4/15/202239,900 shares $462,441.00 +191.2%N/A0.3 $11.59 3/31/202213,700 shares $166,866.00 -37.7%N/A0.1 $12.18 3/15/202222,000 shares $280,280.00 -14.4%N/A0.2 $12.74 2/28/202225,700 shares $344,380.00 +23.6%N/A0.3 $13.40 2/15/202220,800 shares $271,440.00 -47.7%N/A0.3 $13.05 1/31/202239,800 shares $550,832.00 -55.3%N/A0.6 $13.84 1/15/202289,000 shares $1.33 million +6.6%N/A1.3 $14.98 12/31/202183,500 shares $1.30 million +27.9%N/A1.3 $15.54 12/15/202165,300 shares $994,519.00 +20.0%N/A1 $15.23 11/30/202154,400 shares $807,840.00 +8.6%N/A0.9 $14.85 11/15/202150,100 shares $760,518.00 +35.0%N/A0.9 $15.18 10/29/202137,100 shares $546,483.00 -32.6%N/A0.6 $14.73 10/15/202155,000 shares $834,900.00 -1.6%N/A1 $15.18 9/30/202155,900 shares $827,320.00 -13.5%N/A1 $14.80 9/15/202164,600 shares $1.01 million -23.4%N/A1.2 $15.56 8/31/202184,300 shares $1.32 million +63.7%N/A1.5 $15.62 8/13/202151,500 shares $801,855.00 +178.4%N/A0.9 $15.57 7/30/202118,500 shares $286,565.00 -58.8%N/A0.3 $15.49 7/15/202144,900 shares $692,358.00 +45.3%N/A0.7 $15.42 6/30/202130,900 shares $477,096.00 -16.3%N/A0.5 $15.44 6/15/202136,900 shares $559,773.00 -42.0%N/A0.5 $15.17 5/28/202163,600 shares $964,812.00 +17.1%N/A0.9 $15.17 5/14/202154,300 shares $806,898.00 -42.5%N/A0.8 $14.86 4/30/202194,400 shares $1.42 million -11.0%N/A1.3 $15.04Elon’s Chosen Ones (Ad)Millions of Federal employees just got put on notice... In a single sweeping move, President Trump just offered to pay eight months' salary to any Federal worker who voluntarily quits. But according to one Boston-based think tank, who has consulted with the Pentagon, US Army, Harvard and who's work has been followed by many of the world's biggest banks...It's likely just the start of a MUCH more radical move. 4/15/2021106,100 shares $1.60 million +6.4%N/A1.5 $15.04 3/31/202199,700 shares $1.48 million -13.5%N/A1.4 $14.85 3/15/2021115,300 shares $1.66 million +0.4%N/A1.6 $14.44 2/26/2021114,800 shares $1.70 million +21.1%N/A1.6 $14.83 2/12/202194,800 shares $1.46 million -16.7%N/A1.5 $15.40 1/29/2021113,800 shares $1.72 million -23.8%N/A1.8 $15.15 1/15/2021149,400 shares $2.25 million -29.5%N/A2.3 $15.07 12/31/2020212,000 shares $3.26 million +38.6%N/A3.4 $15.37 12/15/2020153,000 shares $2.28 million -12.7%N/A2.5 $14.92 11/30/2020175,300 shares $2.60 million -5.9%N/A3 $14.81 11/15/2020186,200 shares $2.68 million +129.6%N/A3.1 $14.39 10/30/202081,100 shares $1.12 million -22.5%N/A1.3 $13.75 10/15/2020104,600 shares $1.44 million +113.9%N/A0 $13.79 9/30/202048,900 shares $670,419.00 -4.3%N/A0.8 $13.71 9/15/202077,900 shares $1.09 million +52.5%N/A1.2 $14.03 8/31/202051,100 shares $714,378.00 -57.1%N/A0.7 $13.98 8/14/2020119,100 shares $1.73 million -3.4%N/A1.6 $14.55 7/31/2020123,300 shares $1.81 million -21.9%N/A1.7 $14.69 7/15/2020157,900 shares $2.22 million +179.5%N/A1.9 $14.09 6/30/202056,500 shares $756,535.00 -18.8%N/A0.6 $13.39 6/15/202069,600 shares $919,416.00 +137.5%N/A0.6 $13.21 5/29/202029,300 shares $380,607.00 +28.0%N/A0.2 $12.99 5/15/202022,900 shares $279,151.00 -32.1%N/A0.1 $12.19 4/30/202033,700 shares $408,444.00 -0.9%N/A0.2 $12.12 4/15/202034,000 shares $442,340.00 -47.0%N/A0.2 $13.01 3/31/202064,200 shares $783,240.00 +2,691.3%N/A0.4 $12.20 3/13/20202,300 shares $30,015.00 -97.7%0.0%0 $13.05 2/28/2020100,300 shares $1.06 million +62.6%N/A1.1 $10.53 2/14/202061,700 shares $860,715.00 +10.2%N/A0.9 $13.95 BFK Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is BlackRock Municipal Income Trust's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of BlackRock Municipal Income Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 15th, traders have sold 35,700 shares of BFK short. Learn More on BlackRock Municipal Income Trust's current short interest. Is BlackRock Municipal Income Trust's short interest increasing or decreasing? BlackRock Municipal Income Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,700 shares, an increase of 28.4% from the previous total of 27,800 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. 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 BlackRock Municipal Income Trust stock? Short selling BFK is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BlackRock Municipal Income Trust as its price is falling. BFK shares are trading up $0.05 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 BlackRock Municipal Income Trust? A short squeeze for BlackRock Municipal Income Trust 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 BFK, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is BlackRock Municipal Income Trust's 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 BFK, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 15 2025. 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