High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of High Income Securities Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 15th, investors have sold 20,800 shares of PCF short. Learn More on High Income Securities Fund's current short interest.

High Income Securities Fund saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,800 shares, a drop of 76.3% from the previous total of 87,600 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 "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" compare to High Income Securities Fund: MFS High Income Municipal Trust (0.06%), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (0.06%), PCM Fund Inc. (0.56%), John Hancock Investors Trust (0.05%), The Korea Fund, Inc. (0.18%), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (0.04%), DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (0.89%), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (0.66%), Nuveen Arizona Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.02%), The Swiss Helvetia Fund Inc. (0.06%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: T-Mobile US, Inc. ($3.70 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.52 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.14 billion), General Motors ($2.68 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.57 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.18 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.10 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.91 billion), TC Energy Co. ($1.90 billion), and Williams-Sonoma, Inc. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling PCF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from High Income Securities Fund as its price is falling. PCF shares are trading up $0.04 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 High Income Securities 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 PCF, 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 PCF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 15 2024.