John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (HEQ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.66 +0.10 (+0.95%) (As of 11/15/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Short Interest DataJohn Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund (HEQ) has a short interest of 7,300 shares. This marks a -39.67% decrease 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 33,091 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest7,300 sharesPrevious Short Interest12,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-39.67%Dollar Volume Sold Short$78,256.00Short Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateOctober 31, 2024Today's Trading Volume25,584 sharesAverage Trading Volume33,091 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Check out the $100 Challenge now John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 10/31/20247,300 shares $78,256.00 -39.7%N/A0.3 $10.72 10/15/202412,100 shares $132,616.00 +255.9%N/A0.5 $10.96 9/30/20243,400 shares $37,298.00 -77.0%N/A0.1 $10.97 9/15/202414,800 shares $157,620.00 +2.8%N/A0.5 $10.65 8/31/202414,400 shares $157,680.00 +33.3%N/A0.5 $10.95 8/15/202410,800 shares $114,048.00 -61.2%N/A0.4 $10.56 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HEQ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202427,800 shares $298,016.00 +94.4%N/A1 $10.72 7/15/202414,300 shares $148,863.00 -27.4%N/A0.5 $10.41 6/30/202419,700 shares $204,683.00 +91.3%N/A0.6 $10.39 6/15/202410,300 shares $104,339.00 -51.6%N/A0.3 $10.13 5/31/202421,300 shares $221,946.00 -35.5%N/A0.6 $10.42 5/15/202433,000 shares $346,170.00 +236.7%N/A0.8 $10.49 4/30/20249,800 shares $98,098.00 +29.0%N/A0.2 $10.01 4/15/20247,600 shares $74,936.00 -66.4%N/A0.2 $9.86 3/31/202422,600 shares $237,074.00 +179.0%N/A0.5 $10.49 3/15/20248,100 shares $81,162.00 +19.1%N/A0.2 $10.02 2/29/20246,800 shares $69,496.00 -83.8%N/A0.1 $10.22 2/15/202441,900 shares $433,246.00 +355.4%N/A0.9 $10.34 1/31/20249,200 shares $92,000.00 -14.8%N/A0.2 $10.00 1/15/202410,800 shares $110,160.00 +272.4%N/A0.2 $10.20 12/31/20232,900 shares $29,145.00 +141.7%N/A0.1 $10.05 12/15/20231,200 shares $11,796.00 -92.7%N/A0 $9.83 11/30/202316,500 shares $165,660.00 +258.7%N/A0.3 $10.04 11/15/20234,600 shares $44,528.00 -56.2%N/A0.1 $9.68 10/31/202310,500 shares $98,490.00 -45.9%N/A0.2 $9.38 10/15/202319,400 shares $184,106.00 +207.9%N/A0.4 $9.49 9/30/20236,300 shares $60,291.00 +96.9%N/A0.1 $9.57 9/15/20233,200 shares $31,360.00 +18.5%N/A0.1 $9.80 8/31/20232,700 shares $28,620.00 -76.7%N/A0.1 $10.60 8/15/202311,600 shares $124,236.00 +213.5%N/A0.3 $10.71 7/31/20233,700 shares $40,145.00 +5.7%N/A0.1 $10.85 7/15/20233,500 shares $36,820.00 -18.6%N/A0.1 $10.52 6/30/20234,300 shares $46,354.00 -68.8%N/A0.1 $10.78 6/15/202313,800 shares $146,694.00 +165.4%N/A0.4 $10.63 5/31/20235,200 shares $52,780.00 +136.4%N/A0.2 $10.15 5/15/20232,200 shares $23,958.00 -24.1%N/A0.1 $10.89 4/30/20232,900 shares $32,886.00 -73.6%N/A0.1 $11.34 4/15/202311,000 shares $124,850.00 -45.3%N/A0.4 $11.35 3/31/202320,100 shares $233,763.00 +272.2%N/A0.7 $11.63 3/15/20235,400 shares $59,724.00 +260.0%N/A0.2 $11.06Has Trump Finally Gone Too Far? 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And here's the good news.Register For The Webinar To Discover 2/28/20231,500 shares $17,565.00 -50.0%N/A0 $11.71 2/15/20233,000 shares $36,300.00 -61.0%N/A0.1 $12.10 1/31/20237,700 shares $93,940.00 +220.8%N/A0.3 $12.20 1/15/20232,400 shares $28,824.00 +26.3%N/A0.1 $12.01 12/30/20221,900 shares $21,850.00 -86.8%N/A0.1 $11.50 12/15/202214,400 shares $171,936.00 +125.0%N/A0.5 $11.94 11/30/20226,400 shares $79,424.00 +255.6%N/A0.2 $12.41 11/15/20221,800 shares $20,970.00 -33.3%N/A0.1 $11.65 10/31/20222,700 shares $30,996.00 -88.5%N/A0.1 $11.48 10/15/202223,400 shares $277,992.00 No ChangeN/A0.9 $11.88 9/30/20228,800 shares $103,664.00 -18.5%N/A0.3 $11.78 9/15/202210,800 shares $130,572.00 +145.5%N/A0.4 $12.09 8/31/20224,400 shares $54,384.00 -33.3%N/A0.2 $12.36 8/15/20226,600 shares $83,160.00 -20.5%N/A0.2 $12.60 7/31/20228,300 shares $100,513.00 -45.8%N/A0.3 $12.11 7/15/202215,300 shares $195,993.00 +232.6%N/A0.5 $12.81 6/30/20224,600 shares $54,142.00 +142.1%N/A0.1 $11.77 6/15/20221,900 shares $23,199.00 -86.1%N/A0.1 $12.21 5/31/202213,700 shares $183,169.00 +107.6%N/A0.4 $13.37 5/15/20226,600 shares $82,764.00 +230.0%N/A0.2 $12.54 4/30/20222,000 shares $26,100.00 -65.5%N/A0.1 $13.05 4/15/20225,800 shares $74,588.00 -52.5%N/A0.2 $12.86 3/31/202212,200 shares $158,722.00 +0.8%N/A0.3 $13.01 3/15/202212,100 shares $151,371.00 +98.4%N/A0.3 $12.51 2/28/20226,100 shares $77,958.00 +154.2%N/A0.1 $12.78 2/15/20222,400 shares $31,560.00 -86.3%N/A0.1 $13.15 1/31/202217,500 shares $225,925.00 +177.8%N/A0.4 $12.91 1/15/20226,300 shares $84,609.00 -37.0%N/A0.1 $13.43 12/31/202110,000 shares $130,000.00 +233.3%N/A0.3 $13.00 12/15/20213,000 shares $37,440.00 -88.9%N/A0.1 $12.48 11/30/202127,000 shares $356,130.00 +84.9%N/A0.8 $13.19 11/15/202114,600 shares $191,552.00 +305.6%N/A0.4 $13.12 10/29/20213,600 shares $46,620.00 -72.1%N/A0.1 $12.95 10/15/202112,900 shares $166,152.00 +26.5%N/A0.3 $12.88 9/30/202110,200 shares $128,010.00 -25.0%N/A0.2 $12.55 9/15/202113,600 shares $178,160.00 +83.8%N/A0.3 $13.10 8/31/20217,400 shares $98,198.00 -65.7%N/A0.1 $13.27 8/13/202121,600 shares $292,464.00 -52.8%N/A0.4 $13.54 7/30/202145,800 shares $610,514.00 -43.8%N/A0.8 $13.33 7/15/202181,500 shares $1.12 million +44.8%N/A1.4 $13.74 6/30/202156,300 shares $747,101.00 +1,463.9%N/A1 $13.27 6/15/20213,600 shares $46,476.00 -72.9%N/A0.1 $12.91 5/28/202113,300 shares $171,304.00 +209.3%N/A0.3 $12.88 5/14/20214,300 shares $53,148.00 -74.9%N/A0.1 $12.36 4/30/202117,100 shares $210,843.00 +451.6%N/A0.3 $12.33 4/15/20213,100 shares $37,944.00 -79.5%N/A0.1 $12.24 3/31/202115,100 shares $181,351.00 -56.5%N/A0.2 $12.01 3/15/202134,700 shares $410,154.00 +70.9%N/A0.5 $11.82 2/26/202120,300 shares $238,119.00 +745.8%N/A0.3 $11.73 2/12/20212,400 shares $27,744.00 -84.4%N/A0 $11.56Has Trump Finally Gone Too Far? 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And here's the good news.Register For The Webinar To Discover 1/29/202115,400 shares $174,020.00 -48.0%N/A0.2 $11.30 1/15/202129,600 shares $341,288.00 +1,380.0%N/A0.4 $11.53 12/31/20202,000 shares $22,840.00 -91.6%N/A0 $11.42 12/15/202023,900 shares $272,699.00 +38.2%N/A0.3 $11.41 11/30/202017,300 shares $196,009.00 +98.9%N/A0.3 $11.33 11/15/20208,700 shares $94,569.00 +47.5%N/A0.1 $10.87 10/30/20205,900 shares $58,410.00 +156.5%N/A0.1 $9.90 10/15/20202,300 shares $24,242.00 -8.0%N/A0 $10.54 9/30/20202,500 shares $26,400.00 -71.3%N/A0.1 $10.56 9/15/20207,900 shares $85,320.00 -9.2%N/A0.2 $10.80 8/31/20208,700 shares $98,571.00 -4.4%N/A0.2 $11.33 8/14/20209,100 shares $103,012.00 -23.5%N/A0.2 $11.32 7/31/202011,900 shares $132,447.00 -64.2%N/A0.2 $11.13 7/15/202033,200 shares $376,820.00 -16.6%N/A0.5 $11.35 6/30/202039,800 shares $431,034.00 +116.3%N/A0.6 $10.83 6/15/202018,400 shares $207,184.00 -2.7%N/A0.3 $11.26 5/29/202018,900 shares $215,649.00 -31.3%N/A0.2 $11.41 5/15/202027,500 shares $293,425.00 +68.7%N/A0.3 $10.67 4/30/202016,300 shares $178,811.00 +246.8%N/A0.2 $10.97 4/15/20204,700 shares $49,444.00 -42.7%N/A0.1 $10.52 3/31/20208,200 shares $86,346.00 -86.3%N/A0.1 $10.53 3/13/202059,800 shares $645,840.00 No ChangeN/A0.9 $10.80 2/28/202033,000 shares $272,910.00 -11.8%N/A0.6 $8.27 2/14/202037,400 shares $497,420.00 -31.5%N/A0.7 $13.30 1/31/202054,600 shares $778,596.00 -24.8%N/A1 $14.26 1/15/202072,600 shares $1.09 million -28.1%N/A1.4 $15.03 12/31/2019101,000 shares $1.52 million +6,633.3%N/A2.1 $15.01 HEQ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 31st, traders have sold 7,300 shares of HEQ short. Learn More on John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's current short interest. Is John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,300 shares, a decline of 39.7% from the previous total of 12,100 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: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.18 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.64 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.54 billion), International Paper ($2.46 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.87 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.81 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Onsemi ($1.71 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund stock? Short selling HEQ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund as its price is falling. HEQ shares are trading up $0.10 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 John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund? A short squeeze for John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund 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 HEQ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund'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 HEQ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 31 2024. 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