Bancroft Fund (BCV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Bancroft Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 7,200 shares of BCV short. Learn More on Bancroft Fund's current short interest.

Bancroft Fund saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,200 shares, a drop of 19.1% from the previous total of 8,900 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "asset management" compare to Bancroft Fund: Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. (0.15%), Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. (0.12%), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (0.09%), Bexil Investment Trust (0.04%), Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (0.11%), Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. (0.08%), Ashford Inc. (1.53%), Bitcoin Group SE (0.01%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.81 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.10 billion), General Motors ($2.84 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.77 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.22 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.12 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($2.12 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BCV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Bancroft Fund as its price is falling. BCV shares are trading up $0.14 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.

A short squeeze for Bancroft Fund 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 BCV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BCV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2024.