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To understand it we have to look at what “short selling” means. When a trader is expecting the stock prices to fall, he may sell the stock without owning that and buy at a lower price, for example, stock XYZ is trading at 100, a trader sells the stocks at Rs 100 and buys it back at Rs 90. He made a profit of Rs 10. Selling the stocks without owing the underlying stock is called short selling.
A significant uptick in futures open interest signifies a substantial growth in the number of active, unexpired futures contracts in a specific security.
In Monday's trading session, the following five stocks witnessed a build of fresh short positions. Let us first understand how this conclusion is reached whether the stock has seen a buildup of fresh short position or not.
When the stock prices move up and open interest on the counter also moves upward, it is taken as a sign of a long buildup. The signal is considered more reliable if the volume on the counter has also seen an increase.
