Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $3.78 -0.01 (-0.13%) As of 11:16 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Short Interest DataWestern Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) has a short interest of 1.27 million shares. This marks a -14.19% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.1, indicating that it would take 2.1 days of the average trading volume of 461,838 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,270,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,480,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-14.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$5.06 millionShort Interest Ratio2.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Today's Trading Volume59,904 sharesAverage Trading Volume461,838 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average13% Short Selling Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHIO Short Interest Over TimeHIO Days to Cover Over TimeHIO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Western Asset High Income Opportunity 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 3/31/20251,270,000 shares $5.06 million -14.2%N/A2.1 $3.99 3/15/20251,480,000 shares $6.00 million +115.7%N/A2.8 $4.06 2/28/2025686,000 shares $2.77 million +44.2%N/A1.3 $4.04 2/15/2025475,800 shares $1.90 million -6.1%N/A1 $3.99 1/31/2025506,500 shares $2.02 million -29.7%N/A1.1 $3.98 1/15/2025720,300 shares $2.85 million -16.0%N/A1.5 $3.96 12/31/2024857,500 shares $3.37 million +724.5%N/A1.9 $3.93 12/15/2024104,000 shares $411,840.00 -14.4%N/A0.2 $3.96 11/30/2024121,500 shares $483,570.00 -13.6%N/A0.3 $3.98 11/15/2024140,600 shares $542,716.00 -36.0%N/A0.4 $3.86 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HIO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/2024219,800 shares $870,408.00 +163.9%N/A0.6 $3.96 10/15/202483,300 shares $334,033.00 -64.1%N/A0.2 $4.01 9/30/2024232,300 shares $940,815.00 -0.9%N/A0.6 $4.05 9/15/2024234,300 shares $941,886.00 +9.0%N/A0.6 $4.02 8/31/2024214,900 shares $855,302.00 +89.3%N/A0.6 $3.98 8/15/2024113,500 shares $443,217.50 -63.2%N/A0.3 $3.91 7/31/2024308,600 shares $1.21 million +347.3%N/A0.7 $3.93 7/15/202469,000 shares $269,100.00 -18.4%N/A0.2 $3.90 6/30/202484,600 shares $322,326.00 -37.3%N/A0.2 $3.81 6/15/2024134,900 shares $516,667.00 +135.0%N/A0.3 $3.83 5/31/202457,400 shares $215,824.00 -8.6%N/A0.1 $3.76 5/15/202462,800 shares $236,756.00 +54.3%N/A0.2 $3.77 4/30/202440,700 shares $151,404.00 -15.0%N/A0.1 $3.72 4/15/202447,900 shares $179,625.00 -78.0%N/A0.2 $3.75 3/31/2024218,000 shares $850,200.00 +108.8%N/A0.7 $3.90 3/15/2024104,400 shares $417,078.00 -45.0%N/A0.3 $4.00 2/29/2024189,700 shares $739,830.00 -4.4%N/A0.6 $3.90 2/15/2024198,400 shares $786,656.00 +11.8%N/A0.7 $3.97 1/31/2024177,500 shares $697,575.00 +71.8%N/A0.6 $3.93 1/15/2024103,300 shares $407,002.00 +760.8%N/A0.3 $3.94 12/31/202312,000 shares $46,320.00 -20.5%N/A0 $3.86 12/15/202315,100 shares $58,286.00 -84.8%N/A0 $3.86 11/30/202399,500 shares $381,085.00 -72.5%N/A0.3 $3.83 11/15/2023361,600 shares $1.36 million +33.8%N/A1.1 $3.76 10/31/2023270,200 shares $990,283.00 +129.8%N/A0.8 $3.67 10/15/2023117,600 shares $430,416.00 +46.5%N/A0.4 $3.66 9/30/202380,300 shares $292,292.00 +150.2%N/A0.3 $3.64 9/15/202332,100 shares $121,980.00 -62.5%N/A0.1 $3.80 8/31/202385,500 shares $328,320.00 +247.6%N/A0.4 $3.84 8/15/202324,600 shares $94,710.00 -39.3%N/A0.1 $3.85FBI Warns: Wave Of Retiree Cyber Hacks Coming In 2025 (Ad)Try to think back to the fall of 2008… The pandemic accelerated America's descent into a “no-cash society” by several years…That's why you must claim your FREE copy of this 2025 Wealth Protection Guide… 7/31/202340,500 shares $155,925.00 +32.4%N/A0.2 $3.85 7/15/202330,600 shares $117,504.00 +18.2%N/A0.1 $3.84 6/30/202325,900 shares $97,902.00 -9.8%N/A0.1 $3.78 6/15/202328,700 shares $110,782.00 -27.9%N/A0.1 $3.86 5/31/202339,800 shares $148,852.00 +139.8%N/A0.2 $3.74 5/15/202316,600 shares $62,416.00 -3.5%N/A0.1 $3.76 4/30/202317,200 shares $65,360.00 -83.3%N/A0.1 $3.80 4/15/2023103,000 shares $398,610.00 -15.6%N/A0.4 $3.87 3/31/2023122,100 shares $465,201.00 -51.6%N/A0.4 $3.81 3/15/2023252,500 shares $979,700.00 +39.7%N/A0.8 $3.88 2/28/2023180,800 shares $730,432.00 +1,210.1%N/A0.5 $4.04 2/15/202313,800 shares $55,476.00 -76.2%N/A0 $4.02 1/31/202357,900 shares $235,653.00 -54.1%N/A0.2 $4.07 1/15/2023126,100 shares $514,488.00 +445.9%N/A0.4 $4.08 12/30/202223,100 shares $91,245.00 -66.8%N/A0.1 $3.95 12/15/202269,600 shares $272,832.00 +319.3%N/A0.2 $3.92 11/30/202216,600 shares $67,396.00 -19.8%N/A0.1 $4.06 11/15/202220,700 shares $80,316.00 -75.0%N/A0.1 $3.88 10/31/202282,800 shares $313,812.00 +23.8%N/A0.4 $3.79 10/15/202266,900 shares $242,178.00 No ChangeN/A0.3 $3.62 9/30/202251,700 shares $190,256.00 +163.8%N/A0.3 $3.68 9/15/202219,600 shares $77,224.00 -12.1%N/A0.1 $3.94 8/31/202222,300 shares $88,977.00 -53.3%N/A0.1 $3.99 8/15/202247,700 shares $203,679.00 -70.1%N/A0.2 $4.27 7/31/2022159,300 shares $675,432.00 +181.5%N/A0.8 $4.24 7/15/202256,600 shares $222,438.00 +17.9%N/A0.3 $3.93 6/30/202248,000 shares $190,080.00 +136.5%N/A0.2 $3.96 6/15/202220,300 shares $79,170.00 -76.2%N/A0.1 $3.90 5/31/202285,400 shares $363,804.00 +382.5%N/A0.4 $4.26 5/15/202217,700 shares $71,508.00 -2.2%N/A0.1 $4.04 4/30/202218,100 shares $76,382.00 -45.3%N/A0.1 $4.22 4/15/202233,100 shares $143,654.00 -47.5%N/A0.1 $4.34 3/31/202263,000 shares $281,610.00 -39.3%N/A0.2 $4.47 3/15/2022103,700 shares $454,206.00 -39.7%N/A0.3 $4.38 2/28/2022171,900 shares $797,616.00 +763.8%N/A0.5 $4.64 2/15/202219,900 shares $91,938.00 -42.5%N/A0.1 $4.62 1/31/202234,600 shares $165,042.00 -84.4%N/A0.1 $4.77 1/15/2022221,500 shares $1.10 million +154.0%N/A0.8 $4.96 12/31/202187,200 shares $453,440.00 +253.0%N/A0.5 $5.20 12/15/202124,700 shares $124,982.00 -68.2%N/A0.2 $5.06 11/30/202177,600 shares $394,208.00 -48.0%N/A0 $5.08 11/15/2021149,300 shares $783,825.00 +332.8%N/A1 $5.25 10/29/202134,500 shares $180,090.00 +17.0%N/A0.2 $5.22 10/15/202129,500 shares $153,695.00 -16.2%N/A0.2 $5.21 9/30/202135,200 shares $182,688.00 -14.8%N/A0.2 $5.19 9/15/202141,300 shares $220,542.00 +225.2%N/A0.2 $5.34 8/31/202112,700 shares $66,675.00 -27.4%N/A0.1 $5.25 8/13/202117,500 shares $92,925.00 -62.8%N/A0.1 $5.31 7/30/202147,000 shares $246,280.00 -76.1%N/A0.2 $5.24 7/15/2021196,600 shares $1.02 million +261.4%N/A1 $5.19FBI Warns: Wave Of Retiree Cyber Hacks Coming In 2025 (Ad)Try to think back to the fall of 2008… The pandemic accelerated America's descent into a “no-cash society” by several years…That's why you must claim your FREE copy of this 2025 Wealth Protection Guide… 6/30/202154,400 shares $287,232.00 -40.8%N/A0.3 $5.28 6/15/202191,900 shares $485,232.00 +100.2%N/A0.5 $5.28 5/28/202145,900 shares $237,303.00 +1.6%N/A0.2 $5.17 5/14/202145,200 shares $230,972.00 -21.1%N/A0.2 $5.11 4/30/202157,300 shares $292,803.00 -47.0%N/A0.2 $5.11 4/15/2021108,200 shares $557,230.00 +60.8%N/A0.4 $5.15 3/31/202167,300 shares $339,192.00 -3.0%N/A0.2 $5.04 3/15/202169,400 shares $347,694.00 +56.3%N/A0.2 $5.01 2/26/202144,400 shares $218,448.00 -28.7%N/A0.1 $4.92 2/12/202162,300 shares $315,238.00 -28.4%N/A0.1 $5.06 1/29/202187,000 shares $427,170.00 +69.9%N/A0.1 $4.91 1/15/202151,200 shares $253,440.00 -84.8%N/A0.1 $4.95 12/31/2020337,300 shares $1.68 million +1,212.5%N/A0.6 $4.98 12/15/202025,700 shares $129,014.00 -90.9%N/A0.1 $5.02 11/30/2020283,500 shares $1.43 million -76.2%N/A0.6 $5.04 11/15/20201,190,000 shares $5.89 million +115.2%N/A3.1 $4.95 10/30/2020552,900 shares $2.71 million +717.9%N/A1.6 $4.90 10/15/202067,600 shares $335,972.00 -56.2%N/A0 $4.97 9/30/2020154,400 shares $756,560.00 -46.4%N/A0.4 $4.90 9/15/2020197,400 shares $994,896.00 -31.5%N/A0.5 $5.04 8/31/2020288,300 shares $1.45 million +134.4%N/A0.7 $5.04 8/14/2020123,000 shares $608,850.00 -21.8%N/A0.3 $4.95 7/31/2020157,300 shares $767,624.00 +69.0%N/A0.4 $4.88 7/15/202093,100 shares $439,432.00 -29.1%N/A0.2 $4.72 6/30/2020131,300 shares $606,606.00 -45.8%N/A0.3 $4.62 6/15/2020242,100 shares $1.13 million -48.3%N/A0.4 $4.67 5/29/2020468,400 shares $2.20 million +92.5%N/A0.6 $4.70 5/15/2020243,300 shares $1.06 million +0.4%N/A0.3 $4.35 4/30/2020242,400 shares $1.07 million +1.6%N/A0.3 $4.41 HIO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 31st, traders have sold 1,270,000 shares of HIO short. Learn More on Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund? 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. HIO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's short interest ratio. Is Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,270,000 shares, a drop of 14.2% from the previous total of 1,480,000 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: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund stock? Short selling HIO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund as its price is falling. HIO shares are trading down $0.01 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 Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund? A short squeeze for Western Asset High Income Opportunity 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 HIO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Asset High Income Opportunity 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 HIO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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