Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $12.00 -0.01 (-0.08%) (As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipShort InterestTrends Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Short Interest DataWestern Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund (HYI) has a short interest of 16,900 shares. This marks a -34.75% 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 58,150 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest16,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest25,900 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-34.75%Dollar Volume Sold Short$205,166.00Short Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateNovember 30, 2024Today's Trading Volume63,164 sharesAverage Trading Volume58,150 sharesToday's Volume Vs. 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Western Asset High Yield Defined 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 11/30/202416,900 shares $205,166.00 -34.8%N/A0.3 $12.14 11/15/202425,900 shares $310,800.00 -1.9%N/A0.5 $12.00 10/31/202426,400 shares $321,024.00 -27.1%N/A0.5 $12.16 10/15/202436,200 shares $445,984.00 +92.6%N/A0.6 $12.32 9/30/202418,800 shares $232,744.00 -54.6%N/A0.3 $12.38 9/15/202441,400 shares $502,596.00 +61.7%N/A0.6 $12.14 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HYI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/202425,600 shares $310,016.00 -53.5%N/A0.4 $12.11 8/15/202455,100 shares $663,404.00 +424.8%N/A0.8 $12.04 7/31/202410,500 shares $124,110.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $11.82 7/15/202410,500 shares $123,375.00 -59.0%N/A0.1 $11.75 6/30/202425,600 shares $296,960.00 +10.8%N/A0.4 $11.60 6/15/202423,100 shares $267,498.00 +56.1%N/A0.4 $11.58 5/31/202414,800 shares $169,460.00 +33.3%N/A0.3 $11.45 5/15/202411,100 shares $129,315.00 -40.0%N/A0.2 $11.65 4/30/202418,500 shares $212,195.00 -51.1%N/A0.4 $11.47 4/15/202437,800 shares $436,968.00 +50.0%N/A0.9 $11.56 3/31/202425,200 shares $301,392.00 +50.0%N/A0.5 $11.96 3/15/202416,800 shares $203,280.00 +34.4%N/A0.3 $12.10 2/29/202412,500 shares $150,875.00 -15.5%N/A0.2 $12.07 2/15/202414,800 shares $178,858.00 -8.1%N/A0.2 $12.09 1/31/202416,100 shares $192,958.50 +11.8%N/A0.3 $11.99 1/15/202414,400 shares $173,088.00 +152.6%N/A0.2 $12.02 12/31/20235,700 shares $68,913.00 -52.9%N/A0.1 $12.09 12/15/202312,100 shares $143,143.00 -37.0%N/A0.2 $11.83 11/30/202319,200 shares $223,680.00 -9.4%N/A0.4 $11.65 11/15/202321,200 shares $244,224.00 -35.2%N/A0.4 $11.52 10/31/202332,700 shares $360,354.00 +32.9%N/A0.5 $11.02 10/15/202324,600 shares $276,504.00 +80.9%N/A0.4 $11.24 9/30/202313,600 shares $156,264.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $11.49 9/15/202313,600 shares $158,440.00 +72.2%N/A0.2 $11.65 8/31/20237,900 shares $91,324.00 -10.2%N/A0.1 $11.56 8/15/20238,800 shares $103,664.00 -11.1%N/A0.2 $11.78 7/31/20239,900 shares $117,612.00 +241.4%N/A0.2 $11.88 7/15/20232,900 shares $34,075.00 -27.5%N/A0.1 $11.75 6/30/20234,000 shares $47,000.00 -36.5%N/A0.1 $11.75 6/15/20236,300 shares $74,151.00 +14.6%N/A0.1 $11.77 5/31/20235,500 shares $62,920.00 +243.8%N/A0.1 $11.44 5/15/20231,600 shares $18,400.00 -59.0%N/A0 $11.50 4/30/20233,900 shares $45,201.00 +178.6%N/A0.1 $11.59 4/15/20231,400 shares $16,296.00 -95.5%N/A0 $11.64Rare "crisis signal" triggers for third time in U.S. market (Ad)A rare pattern has just repeated for the third time in U.S. history. The last two times this happened, the market crashed 78% (the dot-com bust) and 89% (the Great Depression). Today, according to one of America's leading experts (who has predicted nearly every financial crisis of the last 25 years), what's coming next could soon crash the market by 50% or more, and keep it down for 10, 20, or even 30 years. Click here for all the details. 3/31/202330,900 shares $370,182.00 +91.9%N/A0.5 $11.98 3/15/202316,100 shares $185,955.00 -34.8%N/A0.3 $11.55 2/28/202324,700 shares $304,304.00 +157.3%N/A0.4 $12.32 2/15/20239,600 shares $118,944.00 +12.9%N/A0.2 $12.39 1/31/20238,500 shares $107,100.00 -85.3%N/A0.2 $12.60 1/15/202357,800 shares $731,170.00 +133.1%N/A1 $12.65 12/30/202224,800 shares $309,504.00 +127.5%N/A0.4 $12.48 12/15/202210,900 shares $135,269.00 +109.6%N/A0.2 $12.41 11/30/20225,200 shares $64,064.00 +550.0%N/A0.1 $12.32 11/15/2022800 shares $9,976.00 -94.9%N/A0 $12.47 10/31/202215,800 shares $190,232.00 -54.7%N/A0.3 $12.04 10/15/202234,900 shares $395,766.00 No ChangeN/A0.6 $11.34 9/30/202277,000 shares $863,170.00 +102.1%N/A1.3 $11.21 9/15/202238,100 shares $471,239.85 -8.4%N/A0.7 $12.37 8/31/202241,600 shares $518,336.00 +144.7%N/A0.8 $12.46 8/15/202217,000 shares $218,790.00 +60.4%N/A0.3 $12.87 7/31/202210,600 shares $132,500.00 -25.9%N/A0.2 $12.50 7/15/202214,300 shares $170,885.00 -65.5%N/A0.3 $11.95 6/30/202241,500 shares $505,470.00 -26.8%N/A0.7 $12.18 6/15/202256,700 shares $695,709.00 +153.1%N/A0.9 $12.27 5/31/202222,400 shares $288,064.00 -9.3%N/A0.4 $12.86 5/15/202224,700 shares $313,690.00 -14.8%N/A0.3 $12.70 4/30/202229,000 shares $385,120.00 -11.3%N/A0.4 $13.28 4/15/202232,700 shares $440,469.00 +186.8%N/A0.4 $13.47 3/31/202211,400 shares $158,232.00 -74.3%N/A0.1 $13.88 3/15/202244,300 shares $594,506.00 +260.2%N/A0.6 $13.42 2/28/202212,300 shares $174,414.00 -45.3%N/A0.2 $14.18 2/15/202222,500 shares $326,250.00 +24.3%N/A0.3 $14.50 1/31/202218,100 shares $260,278.00 +5.9%N/A0.3 $14.38 1/15/202217,100 shares $257,355.00 +103.6%N/A0.3 $15.05 12/31/20218,400 shares $132,468.00 +23.5%N/A0.1 $15.77 12/15/20216,800 shares $102,476.00 +54.6%N/A0.1 $15.07 11/30/20214,400 shares $67,364.00 -83.0%N/A0.1 $15.31 11/15/202125,800 shares $407,124.00 -40.1%N/A0.5 $15.78 10/29/202143,100 shares $690,462.00 +2.9%N/A0.7 $16.02 10/15/202141,900 shares $664,953.00 +30.9%N/A0.7 $15.87 9/30/202132,000 shares $509,760.00 +41.0%N/A0.5 $15.93 9/15/202122,700 shares $362,973.00 +740.7%N/A0.4 $15.99 8/31/20212,700 shares $42,417.00 -85.0%N/A0 $15.71 8/13/202118,000 shares $285,660.00 +69.8%N/A0.3 $15.87 7/30/202110,600 shares $166,526.00 -49.3%N/A0.2 $15.71 7/15/202120,900 shares $324,368.00 +770.8%N/A0.4 $15.52 6/30/20212,400 shares $37,656.00 -48.9%N/A0 $15.69 6/15/20214,700 shares $72,850.00 +11.9%N/A0.1 $15.50 5/28/20214,200 shares $65,016.00 +2.4%N/A0.1 $15.48 5/14/20214,100 shares $62,853.00 -12.8%N/A0.1 $15.33 4/30/20214,700 shares $72,192.00 +291.7%N/A0.1 $15.36 4/15/20211,200 shares $18,528.00 -83.6%N/A0 $15.44 3/31/20217,300 shares $111,544.00 -22.3%N/A0.2 $15.28 3/15/20219,400 shares $143,632.00 +100.0%N/A0.2 $15.28Rare "crisis signal" triggers for third time in U.S. market (Ad)A rare pattern has just repeated for the third time in U.S. history. The last two times this happened, the market crashed 78% (the dot-com bust) and 89% (the Great Depression). Today, according to one of America's leading experts (who has predicted nearly every financial crisis of the last 25 years), what's coming next could soon crash the market by 50% or more, and keep it down for 10, 20, or even 30 years. Click here for all the details. 2/26/20214,700 shares $70,782.00 +74.1%N/A0.1 $15.06 2/12/20212,700 shares $41,607.00 -54.2%N/A0 $15.41 1/29/20215,900 shares $88,736.00 -43.3%N/A0.1 $15.04 1/15/202110,400 shares $158,392.00 +28.4%N/A0.2 $15.23 12/31/20208,100 shares $123,444.00 +47.3%N/A0.1 $15.24 12/15/20205,500 shares $83,050.00 -74.1%N/A0.1 $15.10 11/30/202021,200 shares $323,300.00 +25.4%N/A0.3 $15.25 11/15/202016,900 shares $247,331.50 -47.0%N/A0.3 $14.64 10/30/202031,900 shares $455,532.00 +440.7%N/A0.5 $14.28 10/15/20205,900 shares $84,193.00 +20.4%N/A0 $14.27 9/30/20204,900 shares $68,747.00 -48.4%N/A0.1 $14.03 9/15/202014,800 shares $216,968.00 +55.8%N/A0.3 $14.66 8/31/20209,500 shares $140,125.00 +1.1%N/A0.2 $14.75 8/14/20209,400 shares $138,274.00 -40.5%N/A0.2 $14.71 7/31/202015,800 shares $227,046.00 +37.4%N/A0.2 $14.37 7/15/202011,500 shares $159,965.00 +11.7%N/A0.2 $13.91 6/30/202010,300 shares $143,891.00 +21.2%N/A0.1 $13.97 6/15/20208,500 shares $121,380.00 -65.2%N/A0.1 $14.28 5/29/202024,400 shares $339,892.00 +60.5%N/A0.2 $13.93 5/15/202015,200 shares $200,184.00 +153.3%N/A0.1 $13.17 4/30/20206,000 shares $77,520.00 -60.8%N/A0 $12.92 4/15/202015,300 shares $202,572.00 +427.6%N/A0.1 $13.24 3/31/20202,900 shares $37,236.00 -87.6%N/A0 $12.84 3/13/202023,400 shares $313,326.00 +500.0%0.1%0.2 $13.39 2/28/20203,900 shares $40,209.00 -68.6%N/A0 $10.31 2/14/202012,400 shares $173,848.00 +21.6%N/A0.1 $14.02 1/31/202010,200 shares $156,672.00 -15.0%N/A0.1 $15.36 1/15/202012,000 shares $193,320.00 -9.8%N/A0.1 $16.11 12/31/201913,300 shares $209,209.00 +34.3%N/A0.2 $15.73 HYI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of November 30th, traders have sold 16,900 shares of HYI short. Learn More on Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's current short interest. Is Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 16,900 shares, a decrease of 34.7% from the previous total of 25,900 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 Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund: AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (0.15%), 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. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund stock? Short selling HYI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund as its price is falling. HYI 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 Yield Defined Opportunity Fund? A short squeeze for Western Asset High Yield Defined 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 HYI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Asset High Yield Defined 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 HYI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024. 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