iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (AAXJ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $78.78 +0.17 (+0.22%) As of 02:31 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendHoldingsOptions ChainOwnershipRatingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Short Interest DataiShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (AAXJ) has a short interest of 309,400 shares. This marks a -9.13% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.6, indicating that it would take 0.6 days of the average trading volume of 514,982 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest309,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest340,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-9.13%Dollar Volume Sold Short$22.84 millionShort Interest Ratio0.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares33,000,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.94%Today's Trading Volume203,118 sharesAverage Trading Volume514,982 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average39% Short Selling iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartAAXJ Short Interest Over TimeAAXJ Days to Cover Over TimeAAXJ Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2025309,400 shares $22.84 million -9.1%N/A0.6 $73.81 4/15/2025340,500 shares $24.19 million -0.7%1.0%0.6 $71.05 3/31/2025343,000 shares $25.38 million -6.3%1.0%0.5 $74.00 3/15/2025366,200 shares $27.78 million +15.3%1.1%0.6 $75.86 2/28/2025317,700 shares $23.40 million -0.9%0.9%0.5 $73.67 2/15/2025320,700 shares $24.15 million +2.9%0.9%0.6 $75.30 1/31/2025311,600 shares $22.64 million -14.9%N/A0.5 $72.66 1/15/2025366,200 shares $26.07 million -74.4%N/A0.7 $71.18 12/31/20241,430,000 shares $103.22 million -12.8%N/A2.7 $72.18 12/15/20241,640,000 shares $123.61 million +2.5%N/A2.8 $75.37The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 11/30/20241,600,000 shares $118.72 million +24.0%N/A2.8 $74.20 11/15/20241,290,000 shares $94.74 million -12.8%N/A2.3 $73.44 10/31/20241,480,000 shares $112.39 million -29.9%N/A2.9 $75.94 10/15/20242,110,000 shares $162.81 million +1.4%N/A4.8 $77.16 9/30/20242,080,000 shares $163.18 million +632.1%N/A4.2 $78.45 9/15/2024284,100 shares $20.51 million -35.6%N/A0.8 $72.18 8/31/2024441,000 shares $32.20 million -26.6%N/A1.2 $73.01 8/15/2024601,000 shares $43.24 million +233.2%N/A1.4 $71.95 7/31/2024180,400 shares $13.04 million -80.2%N/A0.4 $72.27 7/15/2024909,600 shares $67.62 million +97.8%N/A1.9 $74.34 6/30/2024459,900 shares $33.10 million -10.8%N/A1.1 $71.98 6/15/2024515,600 shares $36.97 million +29.8%N/A1.1 $71.70 5/31/2024397,100 shares $27.86 million -73.2%N/A0.8 $70.15 5/15/20241,480,000 shares $107.80 million +203.3%N/A2.7 $72.84 4/30/2024487,900 shares $33.25 million +8.8%N/A0.8 $68.14 4/15/2024448,400 shares $29.76 million -3.3%N/A0.6 $66.37 3/31/2024463,600 shares $31.41 million -10.5%N/A0.6 $67.75 3/15/2024517,700 shares $34.94 million +0.6%N/A0.7 $67.49 2/29/2024514,500 shares $33.88 million +4.1%N/A0.6 $65.86 2/15/2024494,400 shares $32.44 million -77.8%N/A0.6 $65.61 1/31/20242,230,000 shares $140.60 million No ChangeN/A3 $63.05 11/30/2023904,900 shares $59.19 million +13.6%N/A1.6 $65.41 11/15/2023796,700 shares $52.69 million +6.5%N/A1.5 $66.13 10/31/2023748,200 shares $45.95 million -28.1%N/A1.3 $61.41 10/15/20231,040,000 shares $66.33 million +56.6%N/A1.8 $63.78 9/30/2023664,200 shares $42.18 million -6.9%N/A1.1 $63.50 9/15/2023713,100 shares $46.70 million -11.7%N/A1.2 $65.49 8/31/2023807,700 shares $52.97 million -37.9%N/A1.3 $65.58 8/15/20231,300,000 shares $84.68 million -31.9%N/A2 $65.14 7/31/20231,910,000 shares $134.71 million +133.2%N/A3.1 $70.53The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 7/15/2023819,100 shares $56.42 million -57.3%N/A1.3 $68.88 6/30/20231,920,000 shares $127.56 million +4.9%N/A3 $66.44 6/15/20231,830,000 shares $126.51 million -43.3%N/A3.1 $69.13 5/31/20233,230,000 shares $209.34 million +40.4%N/A5.1 $64.81 5/15/20232,300,000 shares $153.46 million +33.0%N/A3.8 $66.72 4/30/20231,730,000 shares $115.41 million +90.4%N/A2.7 $66.71 4/15/2023908,500 shares $61.64 million +47.2%N/A1.3 $67.85 3/31/2023617,000 shares $41.88 million -37.8%N/A0.8 $67.87 3/15/2023992,000 shares $63.54 million +30.3%N/A1.2 $64.05 2/28/2023761,200 shares $49.84 million +77.3%N/A0.9 $65.47 2/15/2023429,400 shares $29.47 million -64.2%N/A0.5 $68.62 1/31/20231,200,000 shares $85.08 million -33.3%N/A1.2 $70.90 1/15/20231,800,000 shares $127.35 million +11.1%N/A1.8 $70.75 12/30/20221,620,000 shares $104.96 million +142.0%N/A1.6 $64.79 12/15/2022669,300 shares $43.42 million -85.4%N/A0.7 $64.88 11/30/20224,580,000 shares $305.49 million -27.5%N/A4.7 $66.70 11/15/20226,320,000 shares $411.62 million +274.0%N/A6.5 $65.13 10/31/20221,690,000 shares $93.81 million +67.3%N/A2 $55.51 10/15/20221,010,000 shares $57.47 million No ChangeN/A1.2 $56.90 9/30/2022768,300 shares $44.97 million -38.0%N/A0.9 $58.53 9/15/20221,240,000 shares $79.99 million +31.3%N/A1.4 $64.51 8/31/2022944,300 shares $63.23 million -19.3%N/A0.9 $66.96 8/15/20221,170,000 shares $80.58 million -34.6%N/A1 $68.87 7/31/20221,790,000 shares $121.72 million -4.8%N/A1.3 $68.00 7/15/20221,880,000 shares $125.47 million +9.9%N/A1.1 $66.74 6/30/20221,710,000 shares $118.33 million +8.2%N/A1 $69.20 6/15/20221,580,000 shares $110.00 million +10.5%N/A0.9 $69.62 5/31/20221,430,000 shares $102.52 million +77.7%N/A0.8 $71.69 5/15/2022804,700 shares $54.80 million -12.3%N/A0.4 $68.10 4/30/2022917,800 shares $65.09 million -61.1%N/A0.5 $70.92 4/15/20222,360,000 shares $172.96 million +6.3%N/A1.4 $73.29 3/31/20222,220,000 shares $166.57 million +28.3%N/A1.4 $75.03 3/15/20221,730,000 shares $120.32 million -13.5%N/A1.1 $69.55 2/28/20222,000,000 shares $157.24 million +88.7%N/A1.5 $78.62 2/15/20221,060,000 shares $87.29 million +152.2%N/A0.8 $82.35 1/31/2022420,300 shares $34.32 million -56.5%N/A0.3 $81.65 1/15/2022967,100 shares $81.58 million -8.8%N/A0.8 $84.36 12/31/20211,060,000 shares $87.66 million -54.1%N/A1 $82.70 12/15/20212,310,000 shares $189.30 million +219.6%N/A2.1 $81.95 11/30/2021722,800 shares $60.20 million -47.6%N/A0.7 $83.29 11/15/20211,380,000 shares $121.01 million -4.2%N/A1.4 $87.69 10/29/20211,440,000 shares $124.29 million -2.0%N/A1.5 $86.31 10/15/20211,470,000 shares $128.40 million +4.3%N/A1.4 $87.35 9/30/20211,410,000 shares $119.75 million +197.5%N/A1.3 $84.93 9/15/2021474,000 shares $41.72 million -14.8%N/A0.4 $88.01 8/31/2021556,600 shares $49.40 million -52.0%N/A0.5 $88.76 8/13/20211,160,000 shares $101.57 million -48.2%N/A1 $87.56 7/30/20212,240,000 shares $196.67 million +12.6%N/A1.9 $87.80 7/15/20211,990,000 shares $183.96 million -37.8%N/A1.8 $92.44 6/30/20213,200,000 shares $302.40 million +275.6%N/A3 $94.50The Trump Dump is starting; Get out of stocks now? (Ad)The first 365 days of the Trump presidency… Will be the best time to get rich in American history.If I’m right about this (like I was before) a modest $900 investment could grow to a life-changing a 6/15/2021852,000 shares $80.08 million -44.0%N/A0.8 $93.99 5/28/20211,520,000 shares $143.38 million +14.3%N/A1.6 $94.33 5/14/20211,330,000 shares $118.76 million -2.2%N/A1.2 $89.29 4/30/20211,360,000 shares $129.49 million -41.6%N/A1.3 $95.21 4/15/20212,330,000 shares $217.44 million +54.3%N/A2.3 $93.32 3/31/20211,510,000 shares $139.52 million +31.3%N/A1.4 $92.40 3/15/20211,150,000 shares $108.18 million -0.9%N/A1 $94.07 2/26/20211,160,000 shares $111.34 million -39.6%N/A1 $95.98 2/12/20211,920,000 shares $195.24 million -23.5%N/A1.6 $101.69 1/29/20212,510,000 shares $240.68 million +80.6%N/A2 $95.89 1/15/20211,390,000 shares $133.20 million -33.8%N/A1.1 $95.83 12/31/20202,100,000 shares $188.37 million +133.8%N/A1.6 $89.70 12/15/2020898,300 shares $77.68 million -74.8%N/A0.7 $86.47 11/30/20203,560,000 shares $310.72 million +44.1%N/A3.1 $87.28 11/15/20202,470,000 shares $208.30 million +112.9%N/A2 $84.33 10/30/20201,160,000 shares $92.39 million +25.2%N/A1 $79.65 10/15/2020926,900 shares $74.23 million -28.2%N/A0 $80.08 9/30/20201,290,000 shares $99.55 million -30.7%N/A1.1 $77.17 9/15/20202,050,000 shares $161.05 million +10.2%N/A1.7 $78.56 8/31/20201,860,000 shares $144.63 million +64.6%N/A1.5 $77.76 8/14/20201,130,000 shares $86.66 million -35.8%N/A0.9 $76.69 7/31/20201,760,000 shares $131.72 million -31.5%N/A1.4 $74.84 7/15/20202,570,000 shares $192.03 million +36.7%N/A2 $74.72 6/30/20201,880,000 shares $130.43 million +16.1%N/A1.5 $69.38 6/15/20201,620,000 shares $110.58 million +28.6%N/A1.2 $68.26 5/29/20201,260,000 shares $79.95 million -40.3%N/A0.8 $63.45 AAXJ Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 309,400 shares of AAXJ short. Learn More on iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. AAXJ shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's short interest ratio. Is iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's short interest increasing or decreasing? iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF saw a drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 309,400 shares, a drop of 9.1% from the previous total of 340,500 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF: First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (1.40%), First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (0.45%), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (0.27%), iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (0.93%), Principal Value ETF (0.22%), First Trust MultiCap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (0.66%), VictoryShares International Value Momentum ETF (0.59%), First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund (0.07%), VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF (0.04%), First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF stock? Short selling AAXJ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF as its price is falling. AAXJ shares are trading down $0.20 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF? A short squeeze for iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of AAXJ, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including AAXJ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Short Interest Data iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Short Interest Data Principal Value ETF Short Interest Data First Trust MultiCap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data VictoryShares International Value Momentum ETF Short Interest Data First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF Short Interest Data First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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