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Short Interest The total number of shares of a security that have been sold short by customers and securities firms. Notes: Short interest is typically expressed as a percentage. For example, 3% short interest means that 3% of the outstanding shares are held short.Short interest Total number of shares of a security that investors have sold short and that have not been repurchased to close out the short position. Usually, investors sell short to profit from price declines. As a result, the short interest is often an indicator of the amount of pessimism in the market about a particular security, although there are other reasons to short that are not related to pessimism. For example, hedging strategies for mergers and acquisition as well as derivative positions may involve short sales.
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