Tri-Continental (TY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

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As of 03/25/2025 03:57 PM Eastern

Tri-Continental Short Interest Data

Tri-Continental (TY) has a short interest of 805,600 shares, representing 1.64% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 0.91% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 15.1, indicating that it would take 15.1 days of the average trading volume of 40,950 shares to cover all short positions.

Current Short Interest: 805,600 shares
Previous Short Interest: 798,300 shares
Change Vs. Previous Month: +0.91%
Dollar Volume Sold Short: $25.88 million
Short Interest Ratio: 15.1 Days to Cover
Last Record Date: February 28, 2025

Outstanding Shares: 53,916,000 shares
Short Percent of Float: 1.64%
Today's Trading Volume: 60,010 shares
Average Trading Volume: 40,950 shares
Today's Volume Vs. Average: 147%

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Report Date	Total Shares Sold Short	Dollar Volume Sold Short	Change from Previous Report	Percentage of Float Shorted	Days to Cover	Price on Report Date
2/28/2025	805,600 shares	$25.88 million	+0.9%	1.6%	15.1	$32.13
2/15/2025	798,300 shares	$26.07 million	-2.6%	1.6%	15.7	$32.66
1/31/2025	819,900 shares	$26.86 million	+1.6%	N/A	16.3	$32.76
1/15/2025	806,800 shares	$25.74 million	-1.3%	N/A	17.3	$31.90
12/31/2024	817,000 shares	$25.89 million	+2.1%	N/A	18.7	$31.69
12/15/2024	800,100 shares	$25.63 million	0.0%	N/A	20.1	$32.03
11/30/2024	800,400 shares	$27.60 million	+0.6%	N/A	22.4	$34.48
11/15/2024	796,000 shares	$26.50 million	-0.6%	N/A	23.1	$33.29
10/31/2024	800,500 shares	$26.21 million	-0.8%	N/A	24.3	$32.74
10/15/2024	807,200 shares	$26.93 million	+0.6%	N/A	21	$33.36
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9/30/2024	802,400 shares	$26.51 million	+0.7%	N/A	19.4	$33.04
9/15/2024	797,100 shares	$25.63 million	+0.3%	N/A	18.6	$32.16
8/31/2024	795,100 shares	$25.63 million	+0.0%	N/A	18.5	$32.24
8/15/2024	794,900 shares	$25.03 million	-0.6%	N/A	19.3	$31.49
7/31/2024	799,300 shares	$25.53 million	-0.3%	N/A	20	$31.94
7/15/2024	801,400 shares	$25.44 million	+0.0%	N/A	23.4	$31.75
6/30/2024	801,100 shares	$24.81 million	+0.5%	N/A	24.1	$30.97
6/15/2024	797,200 shares	$24.30 million	-0.4%	N/A	24.4	$30.48
5/31/2024	800,400 shares	$24.64 million	+0.1%	N/A	24.3	$30.79
5/15/2024	799,700 shares	$24.58 million	-0.6%	N/A	22.4	$30.74
4/30/2024	804,200 shares	$23.80 million	-0.1%	N/A	22	$29.59
4/15/2024	804,700 shares	$23.74 million	-1.3%	N/A	20.5	$29.50
3/31/2024	100 shares	$3,080.00	-100.0%	N/A	0.1	$30.80
3/15/2024	795,500 shares	$23.64 million	-0.3%	N/A	18.2	$29.72
2/29/2024	798,200 shares	$23.67 million	-0.5%	N/A	17	$29.65
2/15/2024	802,100 shares	$23.69 million	-0.7%	N/A	17.1	$29.54
1/31/2024	807,700 shares	$23.38 million	+0.2%	N/A	16.7	$28.95
1/15/2024	805,800 shares	$23.24 million	-5.5%	N/A	17.1	$28.84
12/31/2023	852,300 shares	$24.57 million	+5.3%	N/A	18.7	$28.83
12/15/2023	809,700 shares	$23.04 million	-4.3%	N/A	18	$28.45
11/30/2023	845,800 shares	$23.54 million	+1.2%	N/A	19.8	$27.83
11/15/2023	835,900 shares	$22.76 million	-2.4%	N/A	20.1	$27.23
10/31/2023	856,700 shares	$21.97 million	+3.6%	N/A	20.3	$25.65
10/15/2023	826,700 shares	$21.99 million	+1.6%	N/A	19.5	$26.60
9/30/2023	813,500 shares	$21.63 million	+1.2%	N/A	18.7	$26.59
9/15/2023	803,900 shares	$21.87 million	+0.7%	N/A	19	$27.20
8/31/2023	798,200 shares	$22.10 million	-1.1%	N/A	18.2	$27.69
8/15/2023	806,800 shares	$22.40 million	+0.6%	N/A	17.2	$27.77
7/31/2023	802,100 shares	$22.73 million	-0.8%	N/A	16.2	$28.34
7/15/2023	808,500 shares	$22.58 million	+0.8%	N/A	15.9	$27.93
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6/30/2023	802,100 shares	$21.99 million	+0.4%	N/A	15.8	$27.42
6/15/2023	799,200 shares	$21.55 million	-0.2%	N/A	14.7	$26.96
5/31/2023	800,400 shares	$20.81 million	+0.4%	N/A	14.6	$26.00
5/15/2023	796,900 shares	$20.85 million	-3.0%	N/A	14.9	$26.17
4/30/2023	821,200 shares	$22.05 million	+2.3%	N/A	15.3	$26.85
4/15/2023	802,900 shares	$21.47 million	-0.6%	N/A	14.3	$26.74
3/31/2023	807,700 shares	$21.44 million	-0.4%	N/A	13.8	$26.55
3/15/2023	811,200 shares	$20.80 million	+1.7%	N/A	13	$25.64
2/28/2023	797,400 shares	$21.48 million	+0.1%	N/A	12.9	$26.94
2/15/2023	796,500 shares	$22.16 million	-0.3%	N/A	13.1	$27.82
1/31/2023	798,700 shares	$21.91 million	+0.3%	N/A	13.9	$27.43
1/15/2023	796,000 shares	$21.43 million	-2.1%	N/A	15.1	$26.92
12/30/2022	813,400 shares	$20.85 million	+1.2%	N/A	15.6	$25.63
12/15/2022	804,000 shares	$21.19 million	+1.0%	N/A	15.5	$26.35
11/30/2022	796,000 shares	$22.34 million	+0.0%	N/A	15.6	$28.07
11/15/2022	795,800 shares	$21.87 million	-1.8%	N/A	15.8	$27.48
10/31/2022	810,700 shares	$22.15 million	-3.0%	N/A	15.2	$27.32
10/15/2022	835,300 shares	$21.46 million	No Change	N/A	14.7	$25.69
9/30/2022	860,400 shares	$21.99 million	+7.0%	N/A	15.4	$25.56
9/15/2022	804,000 shares	$21.74 million	+0.1%	N/A	14.4	$27.04
8/31/2022	802,900 shares	$22.20 million	-3.1%	N/A	14.3	$27.65
8/15/2022	828,500 shares	$24.63 million	+0.9%	N/A	14.5	$29.73
7/31/2022	820,800 shares	$23.29 million	+0.1%	N/A	14.4	$28.38
7/15/2022	820,000 shares	$21.98 million	+2.3%	N/A	14.4	$26.80
6/30/2022	801,700 shares	$20.98 million	-0.4%	N/A	14.2	$26.17
6/15/2022	805,000 shares	$21.21 million	+0.4%	N/A	14.5	$26.35
5/31/2022	801,800 shares	$23.45 million	-2.1%	N/A	16.1	$29.25
5/15/2022	819,000 shares	$23.15 million	+1.0%	N/A	16.1	$28.27
4/30/2022	810,900 shares	$23.60 million	+0.6%	N/A	15.7	$29.10
4/15/2022	806,400 shares	$24.43 million	+1.0%	N/A	14.7	$30.29
3/31/2022	798,600 shares	$24.63 million	+0.1%	N/A	12.2	$30.84
3/15/2022	797,500 shares	$23.41 million	-1.4%	N/A	11.4	$29.35
2/28/2022	809,100 shares	$24.81 million	+0.2%	N/A	11.5	$30.66
2/15/2022	807,400 shares	$25.00 million	+1.5%	N/A	11.5	$30.96
1/31/2022	795,700 shares	$24.84 million	-0.1%	N/A	11.6	$31.22
1/15/2022	796,600 shares	$25.83 million	+0.1%	N/A	12	$32.43
12/31/2021	795,700 shares	$26.41 million	-1.3%	N/A	14.5	$33.19
12/15/2021	806,200 shares	$26.12 million	-1.2%	N/A	16.2	$32.40
11/30/2021	816,200 shares	$28.39 million	+2.3%	N/A	19	$34.78
11/15/2021	797,500 shares	$28.44 million	+0.5%	N/A	19.2	$35.66
10/29/2021	793,400 shares	$27.53 million	-0.8%	N/A	19.3	$34.70
10/15/2021	799,400 shares	$27.59 million	-0.9%	N/A	20.8	$34.51
9/30/2021	806,600 shares	$26.92 million	+1.1%	N/A	23.2	$33.38
9/15/2021	797,800 shares	$27.42 million	+0.7%	N/A	23.9	$34.37
8/31/2021	792,500 shares	$27.68 million	-0.4%	N/A	24.6	$34.93
8/13/2021	796,000 shares	$27.40 million	+0.4%	N/A	27.4	$34.42
7/30/2021	792,900 shares	$27.04 million	-0.1%	N/A	28.5	$34.10
7/15/2021	793,600 shares	$27.14 million	-0.5%	N/A	27.8	$34.20
6/30/2021	797,500 shares	$27.19 million	+0.7%	N/A	27.1	$34.09
6/15/2021	791,800 shares	$27.06 million	+0.4%	N/A	25.4	$34.18
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5/28/2021	788,600 shares	$26.99 million	-0.8%	N/A	25.9	$34.22
5/14/2021	795,100 shares	$26.48 million	+0.6%	N/A	21.1	$33.30
4/30/2021	790,600 shares	$26.78 million	-2.7%	N/A	17.8	$33.87
4/15/2021	812,800 shares	$27.19 million	-3.0%	N/A	17.4	$33.45
3/31/2021	837,700 shares	$27.04 million	+3.5%	N/A	16.4	$32.28
3/15/2021	809,800 shares	$25.93 million	+1.2%	N/A	15.6	$32.02
2/26/2021	800,600 shares	$24.72 million	+0.5%	N/A	15.2	$30.88
2/12/2021	796,300 shares	$24.63 million	+0.0%	N/A	16.1	$30.93
1/29/2021	796,200 shares	$23.85 million	-0.7%	N/A	15.3	$29.96
1/15/2021	801,900 shares	$24.11 million	-1.7%	N/A	15.2	$30.07
12/31/2020	816,100 shares	$24.01 million	-1.5%	N/A	14.9	$29.42
12/15/2020	828,600 shares	$24.55 million	-0.4%	N/A	14	$29.63
11/30/2020	832,000 shares	$24.26 million	+1.0%	N/A	13.3	$29.16
11/15/2020	823,400 shares	$22.82 million	-0.1%	N/A	13	$27.71
10/30/2020	824,100 shares	$21.09 million	-5.0%	N/A	13.1	$25.59
10/15/2020	867,000 shares	$23.54 million	+4.8%	N/A	0	$27.15
9/30/2020	827,700 shares	$21.46 million	+4.4%	N/A	14.8	$25.93
9/15/2020	790,300 shares	$20.60 million	-0.4%	N/A	15	$26.06
8/31/2020	793,100 shares	$21.50 million	0.0%	N/A	15	$27.11
8/14/2020	793,400 shares	$21.29 million	-0.5%	N/A	14.3	$26.83
7/31/2020	797,600 shares	$20.68 million	-3.2%	N/A	12.8	$25.93
7/15/2020	823,700 shares	$20.83 million	+0.8%	N/A	12.6	$25.29
6/30/2020	817,300 shares	$19.97 million	+2.5%	N/A	11.5	$24.44
6/15/2020	797,400 shares	$19.88 million	+0.1%	N/A	9.2	$24.93
5/29/2020	796,400 shares	$19.66 million	+0.3%	N/A	6.7	$24.68
5/15/2020	794,200 shares	$18.03 million	-1.0%	N/A	6.4	$22.70
4/30/2020	802,200 shares	$18.91 million	+1.0%	N/A	6.6	$23.57
4/15/2020	794,200 shares	$17.85 million	-1.4%	N/A	6.7	$22.48
3/31/2020	805,800 shares	$18.21 million	+1.5%	N/A	7	$22.60

TY Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tri-Continental's current short interest?: Short interest is the volume of Tri-Continental shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 28th, traders have sold 805,600 shares of TY short. 1.64% of Tri-Continental's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Tri-Continental's current short interest.
What is a good short interest ratio for Tri-Continental?: 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. TY shares currently have a short interest ratio of 15.0. Learn More on Tri-Continental's short interest ratio.
Which institutional investors are shorting Tri-Continental?: As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Tri-Continental: Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
What is a good short interest percentage for Tri-Continental?: Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 1.64% of Tri-Continental's floating shares are currently sold short.
Is Tri-Continental's short interest increasing or decreasing?: Tri-Continental saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 805,600 shares, an increase of 0.9% from the previous total of 798,300 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 Tri-Continental's short interest compare to its competitors?: 1.64% of Tri-Continental's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Tri-Continental: BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (0.08%), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc. (0.06%), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (0.05%), BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (0.05%), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.07%), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund, Inc. (0.04%), Dogness (International) Co. (17.20%), Putnam Premier Income Trust (0.03%), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (0.41%), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.25%),
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 Tri-Continental stock?: Short selling TY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Tri-Continental as its price is falling. TY shares are trading up $0.31 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 Tri-Continental?: A short squeeze for Tri-Continental occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of TY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.
How often is Tri-Continental'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 TY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025.

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Tri-Continental (TY) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume