Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF (GBUG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of September 15th, investors have sold 12,200 shares of GBUG short. Learn More on Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF's current short interest.

Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,200 shares, a decrease of 82.5% from the previous total of 69,800 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF: First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (0.34%), iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF (0.65%), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (0.21%), Sprott Copper Miners ETF (1.63%), Xtrackers RREEF Global Natural Resources ETF (0.04%), Themes Gold Miners ETF (6.39%), Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (0.06%), iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF (5.42%), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (0.10%), and iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (1.77%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GBUG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF as its price is falling. GBUG shares are trading up $0.24 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.

A short squeeze for Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of GBUG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including GBUG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.