This overview may be of interest to traders who map the activities of short sellers in their own trading strategies. Due to their product characteristics, contracts for difference can be suitable for hedging both individual securities and portfolios using hedging strategies. Hedging transactions primarily follow the concept of offsetting falling prices with corresponding opposite market positions. If, on the other hand, you want to follow the activities of short sellers directly - i.e. to make profits when prices fall - you can do this by using CFDs. In the list you will find a selection of companies that have been the target of short selling activities in the past, i.e. publicly triggered a reporting obligation. The companies listed in the overview can be traded long or short, with or without leverage.

Tip: First-time targets of short sellers can be found in our SSR-Short Selling Alert Dashboard. Further information on reportable short selling can be found here.

For those familiar with the Weighted Alpha Dashboards Basic and Advanced, here is a selection of companies that are currently on the Weighted Alpha Shortlist and can also be traded as contracts for difference.

If you are familiar with this area, you can see from this overview which of the companies identified by the AI algorithm can be traded as a contract for difference.