Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (JDST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 472,000 shares of JDST short. Learn More on Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares' current short interest.

Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 472,000 shares, an increase of 24.9% from the previous total of 378,000 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 Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares: Global X Gold Explorers ETF (0.24%), Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF (0.08%), VanEck Steel ETF (1.08%), iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF (0.24%), Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF (0.18%), Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (0.09%), MicroSectors Gold Miners -3x Inverse Leveraged ETN (4.19%), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (0.09%), ProShares Ultra Materials (0.15%), Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2x Shares (7.26%),

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 JDST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares as its price is falling. JDST shares are trading down $0.39 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 Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X 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 JDST, 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 JDST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.