Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, investors have sold 1,080,000 shares of FAZ short. Learn More on Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares' current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares: Jane Street Group LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,080,000 shares, a drop of 56.6% from the previous total of 2,490,000 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 Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares: First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (1.45%), Calvert Ultra-Short Investment Grade ETF (0.53%), PIMCO Preferred and Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund (0.06%), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (1.10%), Putnam BDC Income ETF (1.15%), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (0.40%), ETRACS MarketVector Business Development Companies Liquid Index ETN (0.04%), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (1.05%), ProShares UltraShort Financials (2.66%), ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged MarketVector BDC Liquid Index ETN (0.13%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FAZ is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares as its price is falling. FAZ shares are trading down $0.19 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 Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares 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 FAZ, 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 FAZ, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.