iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Bitcoin Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, traders have sold 22,400,000 shares of IBIT short. Learn More on iShares Bitcoin Trust's current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of iShares Bitcoin Trust: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Ursa Fund Management LLC, Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., NWI Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, K2 Principal Fund L.P., CMT Capital Markets Trading GmbH, Capital Markets Trading UK LLP, HBK Investments L P, Paloma Partners Management Co, ParaFi Capital LP, DRW Securities LLC, OLD Mission Capital LLC, All Terrain Financial Advisors LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, PEAK6 LLC, Aristides Capital LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Cresset Asset Management LLC, Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, National Bank of Canada FI, Belvedere Trading LLC, Cetera Investment Advisers, Readystate Asset Management LP, Akuna Securities LLC, Astra Wealth Partners LLC, Garde Capital Inc., IMC Chicago LLC, and Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

iShares Bitcoin Trust saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,400,000 shares, an increase of 481.8% from the previous total of 3,850,000 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 iShares Bitcoin Trust: Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (2.98%), Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF (0.19%), Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF (1.64%), and Valkyrie Bitcoin Futures Leveraged Strategy ETF (0.89%).

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.

Short selling IBIT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Bitcoin Trust as its price is falling. IBIT shares are trading up $0.92 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 iShares Bitcoin Trust 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 IBIT, 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 IBIT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025.