iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (AAXJ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $83.46 +0.40 (+0.48%) As of 07/3/2025 01:06 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 2.21 million shares, representing 6.70% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 186.60% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.3, indicating that it would take 4.3 days of the average trading volume of 529,778 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,210,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest771,100 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+186.60%Dollar Volume Sold Short$178.44 millionShort Interest Ratio4.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares32,800,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.70%Today's Trading Volume199,123 sharesAverage Trading Volume529,778 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average38% 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 6/15/20252,210,000 shares $178.44 million +186.6%6.7%4.3 $80.74 5/31/2025771,100 shares $59.72 million +122.4%2.3%1.6 $77.45 5/15/2025346,800 shares $27.29 million +12.1%1.1%0.7 $78.70 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 Get the Latest News and Ratings for AAXJ and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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 $75.37 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 $65.49This Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just Triggered (Ad)This same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in crypto. 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Don’t Miss This One - PLUS Claim your $10 in Bitcoin 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 $70.53 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 $87.56This Signal Only Flashes Once Every 4 Years – And It Just Triggered (Ad)This same signal has appeared twice before in the past 8 years — both times, it kicked off major moves in crypto. 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Don’t Miss This One - PLUS Claim your $10 in Bitcoin 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 $94.50 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 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 closed out or covered. As of June 15th, investors have sold 2,210,000 shares of AAXJ short. 6.70% of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's shares are currently sold 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 4.0. Learn More on iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 6.70% of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's floating shares are currently sold short. 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 increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,210,000 shares, an increase of 186.6% from the previous total of 771,100 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? 6.70% of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF's shares are currently sold short. 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 (1.74%), First Trust Emerging Markets AlphaDEX Fund (0.24%), Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (0.67%), iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (0.99%), First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund (1.42%), First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (1.03%), VictoryShares International Value Momentum ETF (0.48%), VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF (0.10%), Principal Value ETF (0.42%), First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund (0.54%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 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 up $0.40 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 June, 15 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 First Trust Europe AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data First Trust Multi Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest Data VictoryShares International Value Momentum ETF Short Interest Data VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF Short Interest Data Principal Value 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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