VanEck Natural Resources ETF (HAP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of VanEck Natural Resources ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 1,700 shares of HAP short. Learn More on VanEck Natural Resources ETF's current short interest.

VanEck Natural Resources ETF saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,700 shares, a decrease of 66.7% from the previous total of 5,100 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 VanEck Natural Resources ETF: Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (1.41%), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (0.07%), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (0.43%), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (0.14%), Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2x Shares (7.26%), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (0.09%), iShares Global Materials ETF (0.18%), MicroSectors Gold Miners -3x Inverse Leveraged ETN (4.19%), VanEck Steel ETF (1.08%), Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (8.21%),

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 HAP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from VanEck Natural Resources ETF as its price is falling. HAP shares are trading down $0.11 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 VanEck Natural Resources ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HAP, 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 HAP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.