iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF (ILTB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 6,700 shares of ILTB short. Learn More on iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF's current short interest.

iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,700 shares, a decline of 92.2% from the previous total of 85,400 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 10+ Year USD Bond ETF: Franklin Investment Grade Corporate ETF (0.30%), Invesco BulletShares 2033 Corporate Bond ETF (0.16%), Avantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETF (0.27%), Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (0.29%), Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF (0.95%), FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (0.15%), SPDR SSgA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (0.04%), Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (0.04%), NYLI MacKay Municipal Insured ETF (0.62%), Invesco BulletShares 2027 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.73%),

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 ILTB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF as its price is falling. ILTB 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 iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond 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 ILTB, 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 ILTB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.