short interest

American  

noun

Finance.

1. the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole.

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Etymology

Origin of short interest

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

First is a daily publication of short interest.

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Another proposal would make the margin required on short selling to increase as the short interest rises.

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Peterffy wants that additional maintenance margin requirement to rise as the short interest increases above 50%

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Another rule proposed by Interactive Brokers would limit the ability to open new positions when the short interest hits 100%.

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As it stands, short interest could theoretically rise to multiples of the shares available for trading, as the same borrowed stock goes from one short seller to the next.

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