Here is a list of Australia's most shorted stocks
MEGAPORT LIMITED ORDINARY | MP1 | 15710939 | 160450680 | 9.7918% |
LIFESTYLE COMMUNIT. ORDINARY | LIC | 11836204 | 121740054 | 9.7225% |
CETTIRE ORDINARY | CTT | 36457799 | 381238220 | 9.5630% |
LYNAS RARE EARTHS ORDINARY | LYC | 85382136 | 934718185 | 9.1345% |
ADRIATIC METALS CDI 1:1 | ADT | 25497179 | 283067631 | 9.0075% |
JOHNS LYNG GROUP ORDINARY | JLG | 24619361 | 281403433 | 8.7488% |
AUDINATEGROUPLTD ORDINARY | AD8 | 6977386 | 83342014 | 8.3720% |
RIO TINTO LIMITED ORDINARY | RIO | 28965590 | 371216214 | 7.8029% |
SEEK LIMITED ORDINARY | SEK | 27252874 | 356820190 | 7.6377% |
CORP TRAVEL LIMITED ORDINARY | CTD | 10960137 | 146325746 | 7.4902% |
ENDEAVOUR ORDINARY | EDV | 132641327 | 1790980017 | 7.4061% |
GENESIS MINERALS ORDINARY | GMD | 83092691 | 1128684396 | 7.3619% |
CLINUVEL PHARMACEUT. ORDINARY | CUV | 3633654 | 50060680 | 7.2585% |
CHAMPION IRON LTD ORDINARY | CIA | 37200805 | 518251001 | 7.1781% |
CHALICE MINING LTD ORDINARY | CHN | 26601414 | 389026788 | 6.8379% |
BELLEVUE GOLD LTD ORDINARY | BGL | 87334855 | 1283761841 | 6.8030% |
SILEX SYSTEMS ORDINARY | SLX | 15706996 | 237482774 | 6.6140% |
STRIKE ENERGY LTD ORDINARY | STX | 187157133 | 2866897890 | 6.5282% |
IMUGENE LIMITED ORDINARY | IMU | 474447470 | 7457433979 | 6.3621% |
EAGERS AUTOMOTIVE ORDINARY | APE | 15491378 | 258074137 | 6.0027% |
NEW HOPE CORPORATION ORDINARY | NHC | 47111081 | 845335464 | 5.5731% |
SANDFIRE RESOURCES ORDINARY | SFR | 24989420 | 458705193 | 5.4478% |
IONEER LTD ORDINARY | INR | 124716115 | 2355672516 | 5.2943% |
RURAL FUNDS GROUP UNITS STAPLED | RFF | 20621327 | 389722999 | 5.2913% |
LOTUS RESOURCES LTD ORDINARY | LOT | 124090454 | 2362651943 | 5.2522% |
What is short selling?
Short selling, or "shorting", is an investment tool used by traders to cash in on a falling share price.
The goal of a short-seller is to "borrow" shares in a company, buy them (although they never actually own the shares) and sell them back later on.
The short-seller profits if the price of the shares fall.
However, if the price rises, then the short-seller will need to increase their position.
As we saw during the Gamestop Saga earlier this year, short-sellers are susceptible to a short-squeeze, where the share price rapidly increases primarily due to the excess of short-sellers in the market.
Long (Buy)
This is the more traditional way of investing in the stock market.
Investors who go "long" are buying shares in the hope that over time the share price will grow or improve.
They will make money if the share price increases and lose money should the share price fall.
How can I find out if a company I own is being shorted?
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) releases data on the short positions held against stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). To save you having to download and sort through the numbers each week, we've created the table below which will automatically update as the new reports are made available.
Wait... betting against companies isn't illegal?
Short-selling is not illegal in Australia. However, because it can be very risky, it should only be practised by experienced traders.
The most common method of shorting a stock in Australia is through the derivatives market in options or CFD trading. You can read more about derivatives trading in our comprehensive guides or if you want to get trading, you can also compare CFD brokers and options trading brokers.
For more information on how it all works, check out our guide to short selling in Australia.
To find out how to short a stock, click here.
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