Western Asset High Income Fund II (HIX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $4.23 0.00 (0.00%) As of 03:57 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Western Asset High Income Fund II Short Interest DataWestern Asset High Income Fund II (HIX) has a short interest of 228,600 shares. This marks a 23.77% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 433,137 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest228,600 sharesPrevious Short Interest184,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+23.77%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.00 millionShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Today's Trading Volume405,814 sharesAverage Trading Volume433,137 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHIX Short Interest Over TimeHIX Days to Cover Over TimeHIX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Western Asset High Income Fund II Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/2025228,600 shares $1.00 million +23.8%N/A0.5 $4.40 2/15/2025184,700 shares $813,603.50 +213.1%N/A0.4 $4.41 1/31/202559,000 shares $252,520.00 -60.8%N/A0.1 $4.28 1/15/2025150,300 shares $637,272.00 -12.4%N/A0.3 $4.24 12/31/2024171,600 shares $722,436.00 +32.6%N/A0.4 $4.21 12/15/2024129,400 shares $574,536.00 +1.1%N/A0.3 $4.44 11/30/2024128,000 shares $569,600.00 +12.6%N/A0.3 $4.45 11/15/2024113,700 shares $498,006.00 -61.7%N/A0.3 $4.38 10/31/2024297,100 shares $1.31 million +154.4%N/A0.7 $4.41 10/15/2024116,800 shares $520,928.00 -43.8%N/A0.2 $4.46 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HIX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Asset High Income Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/2024207,800 shares $937,178.00 -28.0%N/A0.4 $4.51 9/15/2024288,700 shares $1.28 million +2.8%N/A0.6 $4.45 8/31/2024280,900 shares $1.24 million -13.9%N/A0.6 $4.40 8/15/2024326,200 shares $1.43 million -20.6%N/A0.7 $4.37 7/31/2024410,900 shares $1.79 million +1,283.5%N/A0.9 $4.37 7/15/202429,700 shares $133,590.60 +21.7%N/A0.1 $4.50 6/30/202424,400 shares $106,140.00 -44.7%N/A0.1 $4.35 6/15/202444,100 shares $198,891.00 +0.7%N/A0.1 $4.51 5/31/202443,800 shares $192,282.00 -24.4%N/A0.1 $4.39 5/15/202457,900 shares $255,918.00 +72.8%N/A0.1 $4.42 4/30/202433,500 shares $145,725.00 -63.8%N/A0.1 $4.35 4/15/202492,500 shares $392,200.00 -52.8%N/A0.2 $4.24 3/31/2024196,100 shares $876,567.00 -62.8%N/A0.4 $4.47 3/15/2024527,700 shares $2.36 million -81.3%N/A1.2 $4.48 2/29/20242,820,000 shares $12.59 million +13.3%N/A7.7 $4.47 2/15/20242,490,000 shares $11.03 million +0.8%N/A8 $4.43 1/31/20242,470,000 shares $11.31 million +1,764.2%N/A9.3 $4.58 1/15/2024132,500 shares $649,250.00 +174.3%N/A0.6 $4.90 12/31/202348,300 shares $239,568.00 -80.6%N/A0.3 $4.96 12/15/2023249,000 shares $1.24 million +75.6%N/A1.3 $4.98 11/30/2023141,800 shares $654,407.00 -28.9%N/A0.8 $4.62 11/15/2023199,500 shares $896,752.50 -25.2%N/A1.2 $4.50 10/31/2023266,700 shares $1.11 million -18.6%N/A1.7 $4.18 10/15/2023327,600 shares $1.45 million -17.2%N/A2 $4.44 9/30/2023395,500 shares $1.76 million +13.9%N/A2.5 $4.46 9/15/2023347,400 shares $1.63 million +0.0%N/A2.4 $4.70 8/31/2023347,300 shares $1.68 million -17.5%N/A2.5 $4.83 8/15/2023421,100 shares $2.13 million +71.6%N/A3 $5.05 7/31/2023245,400 shares $1.21 million +17.0%N/A1.8 $4.93 7/15/2023209,700 shares $1.04 million -6.4%N/A1.6 $4.94A brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof) (Ad)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked side-by-side with figures like Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ron Paul, Jim Rickards, and Steve Forbes, to name but a few) says....Full details here. 6/30/2023224,000 shares $1.09 million -22.7%N/A1.7 $4.88 6/15/2023289,700 shares $1.42 million +129.4%N/A2.1 $4.90 5/31/2023126,300 shares $568,350.00 +109.5%N/A0.8 $4.50 5/15/202360,300 shares $278,586.00 -43.4%N/A0.4 $4.62 4/30/2023106,500 shares $510,135.00 +9.5%N/A0.7 $4.79 4/15/202397,300 shares $481,635.00 -45.1%N/A0.6 $4.95 3/31/2023177,300 shares $861,678.00 -38.1%N/A1 $4.86 3/15/2023286,400 shares $1.45 million -0.9%N/A1.4 $5.05 2/28/2023289,000 shares $1.55 million -12.3%N/A1.4 $5.36 2/15/2023329,400 shares $1.82 million -9.6%N/A1.6 $5.54 1/31/2023364,500 shares $2.01 million -38.1%N/A1.6 $5.51 1/15/2023588,400 shares $3.24 million -16.2%N/A2.4 $5.51 12/30/2022702,200 shares $3.40 million +28.8%N/A2.9 $4.84 12/15/2022545,400 shares $2.85 million +44.6%N/A2.3 $5.23 11/30/2022377,100 shares $1.97 million +1,895.2%N/A1.7 $5.23 11/15/202218,900 shares $92,043.00 -51.3%N/A0.1 $4.87 10/31/202238,800 shares $176,928.00 -53.9%N/A0.2 $4.56 10/15/202284,100 shares $356,584.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $4.24 9/30/202268,400 shares $298,224.00 -73.8%N/A0.4 $4.36 9/15/2022261,200 shares $1.40 million +34.4%N/A1.5 $5.35 8/31/2022194,400 shares $1.06 million -0.9%N/A1 $5.43 8/15/2022196,100 shares $1.16 million +126.2%N/A0.9 $5.93 7/31/202286,700 shares $464,712.00 -17.2%N/A0.4 $5.36 7/15/2022104,700 shares $532,923.00 -67.8%N/A0.4 $5.09 6/30/2022324,700 shares $1.60 million +230.0%N/A1.1 $4.93 6/15/202298,400 shares $506,760.00 +238.1%N/A0.3 $5.15 5/31/202229,100 shares $155,103.00 -97.3%N/A0.1 $5.33 5/15/20221,070,000 shares $5.51 million -46.8%N/A3.6 $5.15 4/30/20222,010,000 shares $10.81 million -3.8%N/A7 $5.38 4/15/20222,090,000 shares $11.68 million +187.4%N/A7.6 $5.59 3/31/2022727,100 shares $4.38 million +74.8%N/A2.9 $6.02 3/15/2022415,900 shares $2.47 million +73.0%N/A1.8 $5.94 2/28/2022240,400 shares $1.53 million +60.4%N/A1.1 $6.37 2/15/2022149,900 shares $957,861.00 +2.5%N/A0.7 $6.39 1/31/2022146,200 shares $979,540.00 +153.8%N/A0.7 $6.70 1/15/202257,600 shares $387,648.00 +294.5%N/A0.3 $6.73 12/31/202114,600 shares $104,536.00 -60.9%N/A0.1 $7.16 12/15/202137,300 shares $253,640.00 -65.5%N/A0.3 $6.80 11/30/2021108,100 shares $756,700.00 +25.4%N/A0.9 $7.00 11/15/202186,200 shares $624,950.00 -38.3%N/A0.7 $7.25 10/29/2021139,800 shares $1.02 million +26.0%N/A1.2 $7.27 10/15/2021111,000 shares $808,080.00 +23.8%N/A1 $7.28 9/30/202189,700 shares $642,252.00 -33.1%N/A0.8 $7.16 9/15/2021134,000 shares $996,960.00 -47.3%N/A1.2 $7.44 8/31/2021254,100 shares $1.91 million -2.9%N/A2.3 $7.52 8/13/2021261,700 shares $1.99 million +38.7%N/A2.3 $7.61 7/30/2021188,700 shares $1.39 million +2.5%N/A1.6 $7.38 7/15/2021184,100 shares $1.35 million +65.9%N/A1.5 $7.35 6/30/2021111,000 shares $796,980.00 -1.7%N/A0.9 $7.18 6/15/2021112,900 shares $812,880.00 -46.4%N/A0.9 $7.20A brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof) (Ad)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked side-by-side with figures like Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ron Paul, Jim Rickards, and Steve Forbes, to name but a few) says....Full details here. 5/28/2021210,500 shares $1.53 million +47.5%N/A1.6 $7.28 5/14/2021142,700 shares $1.01 million +214.3%N/A1.1 $7.11 4/30/202145,400 shares $320,978.00 -46.4%N/A0.3 $7.07 4/15/202184,700 shares $594,594.00 -13.6%N/A0.6 $7.02 3/31/202198,000 shares $680,120.00 +14.1%N/A0.7 $6.94 3/15/202185,900 shares $590,133.00 -46.4%N/A0.4 $6.87 2/26/2021160,100 shares $1.09 million -31.8%N/A0.7 $6.78 2/12/2021234,700 shares $1.63 million -3.6%N/A1 $6.96 1/29/2021243,500 shares $1.67 million -44.1%N/A0.8 $6.84 1/15/2021435,200 shares $2.96 million -63.4%N/A1.4 $6.81 12/31/20201,190,000 shares $8.22 million +38.8%N/A3.7 $6.91 12/15/2020857,100 shares $5.97 million -15.1%N/A2.9 $6.96 11/30/20201,010,000 shares $6.93 million -24.6%N/A3.3 $6.86 11/15/20201,340,000 shares $9.02 million +41.3%N/A4.2 $6.73 10/30/2020948,100 shares $6.13 million +378.6%N/A3.8 $6.47 10/15/2020198,100 shares $1.30 million +8.4%N/A0 $6.56 9/30/2020182,800 shares $1.17 million +23.3%N/A0.7 $6.40 9/15/2020177,600 shares $1.19 million +19.8%N/A0.8 $6.70 8/31/2020148,300 shares $981,746.00 -33.8%N/A0.6 $6.62 8/14/2020223,900 shares $1.49 million -21.7%N/A0.9 $6.67 7/31/2020286,100 shares $1.87 million -23.6%N/A1.2 $6.54 7/15/2020374,600 shares $2.37 million -5.4%N/A1.4 $6.34 6/30/2020395,800 shares $2.44 million +981.4%N/A1.3 $6.17 6/15/202036,600 shares $214,842.00 -79.1%N/A0.1 $5.87 5/29/2020175,200 shares $1.02 million +48.0%N/A0.3 $5.83 5/15/2020118,400 shares $640,544.00 +8.3%N/A0.2 $5.41 4/30/2020109,300 shares $602,243.00 -33.0%N/A0.2 $5.51 4/15/2020163,200 shares $895,968.00 +397.6%N/A0.2 $5.49 3/31/202032,800 shares $176,464.00 -66.1%N/A0 $5.38 HIX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Asset High Income Fund II's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Asset High Income Fund II shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, investors have sold 228,600 shares of HIX short. Learn More on Western Asset High Income Fund II's current short interest. Is Western Asset High Income Fund II's short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Asset High Income Fund II saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 228,600 shares, an increase of 23.8% from the previous total of 184,700 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 ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Asset High Income Fund II stock? Short selling HIX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Asset High Income Fund II as its price is falling. 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 Fund II? A short squeeze for Western Asset High Income Fund II 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 HIX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Asset High Income Fund II'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 HIX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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