short interest

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of short interest¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

The “short interest” in GameStop back then, the percentage of its stock held by people betting against it, was nearly all of the GameStop stock that anyone could buy.

From Slate

The total value of short interest in Fisker currently stands at $364 million, representing about 46% of its public float of shares, according to Ihor Dusaniwsky, a managing director at S3 Partners.

From Reuters

Short interest in the U.S. market totaled $927 billion as of Thursday, according to analytics firm S3 Partners.

From Reuters

"It lacks the market-related factors that lend well to becoming a meme stock like high short interest, a low free-float, or a major news event," said Tommy Tranfo, head of community at retail-investor-focused forum StockTwits.

From Reuters

"It lacks the market-related factors that lend well to becoming a meme stock like high short interest, a low free-float, or a major news event," said Tommy Tranfo, head of community at retail-investor-focused forum StockTwits.

From Reuters