MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN (GDXU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 14th, investors have sold 317,100 shares of GDXU short. Learn More on MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN's current short interest.

MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totaling 317,100 shares, an increase of 445.8% from the previous total of 58,100 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN: Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (10.24%), Sprott Gold Miners ETF (0.13%), VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF (0.76%), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (0.08%), iShares Global Materials ETF (0.18%), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (0.14%), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (0.43%), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (0.07%), Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (1.41%), iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (10.95%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: The Campbell's Company ($659.67 million), Brookfield Infrastructure Co. ($292.60 million), Science Applications International Co. ($266.46 million), Renasant Co. ($191.93 million), Xerox Holdings Co. ($161.88 million), Dream Finders Homes, Inc. ($144.42 million), First Advantage Co. ($104.63 million), Zymeworks Inc. ($57.64 million), Prime Medicine, Inc. ($51.29 million), and Kforce Inc. ($47.83 million). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling GDXU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN as its price is falling. GDXU shares are trading down $6.71 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 MicroSectors Gold Miners 3x Leveraged ETN 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 GDXU, 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 GDXU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 14 2025.