iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF - IUSB Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, investors have sold 496,800 shares of IUSB short. Learn More on iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF's current short interest.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 496,800 shares, an increase of 14.5% from the previous total of 433,800 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 iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF: First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (0.64%), First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (0.94%), WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund (1.18%), First Trust Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (6.24%), Western Asset Total Return ETF (2.63%), First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (0.96%), Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF (2.32%), and Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (0.06%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.66 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.62 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.38 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.13 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($2.08 billion), Snowflake Inc. ($1.95 billion), Paramount Global ($1.78 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.60 billion), Teck Resources Limited ($1.51 billion), and Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.49 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling IUSB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF as its price is falling. IUSB shares are trading up $0.08 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 Core Total USD Bond Market 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 IUSB, 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 IUSB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2023.