John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 7,400 shares of BTO short. Learn More on John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund: The India Fund, Inc. (6.44%), Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (1.49%), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (0.25%), BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund, Inc. (0.06%), BlackRock MuniYield Fund, Inc. (0.29%), Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. (0.06%), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (0.07%), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (0.07%), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.10%), VanEck Biotech ETF (0.08%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.35 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.06 billion), General Motors ($2.88 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.32 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.27 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.22 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.95 billion), and Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BTO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund as its price is falling. BTO shares are trading up $0.09 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 John Hancock Financial Opportunities 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 BTO, 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 BTO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2024.