QKL Stores (QKLS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of QKL Stores shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of October 15th, traders have sold 400 shares of QKLS short. Learn More on QKL Stores' current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "retail" compare to QKL Stores: Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (1.09%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.14 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.15 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.69 billion), Nu Holdings Ltd. ($2.48 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.24 billion), International Paper ($2.04 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.96 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($1.91 billion), and SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.84 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling QKLS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from QKL Stores 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.

A short squeeze for QKL Stores 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 QKLS, 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 QKLS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 15 2024.