iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 183,300 shares of GSG short. Learn More on iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust's current short interest.

iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 183,300 shares, a drop of 88.8% from the previous total of 1,630,000 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 S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust: Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (1.64%), iPath Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return ETN (0.18%), abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF (0.28%), Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF (1.64%), abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF (0.86%), iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF (0.45%), United States Commodity Index Fund (1.15%), Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (0.04%), WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund (0.32%), USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund (0.58%),

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 GSG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust as its price is falling. GSG shares are trading up $0.22 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 S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed 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 GSG, 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 GSG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.