John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (JHMB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 6,500 shares of JHMB short. Learn More on John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF's current short interest.

John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,500 shares, a decrease of 13.3% from the previous total of 7,500 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 John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF: First Trust TCW Securitized Plus ETF (0.31%), First Trust Commercial Mortgage Opportunities ETF (3.02%), First Trust Structured Credit Income Opportunities ETF (2.94%), DoubleLine Commercial Real Estate ETF (0.53%), DoubleLine Mortgage ETF (0.18%), iShares CMBS ETF (0.81%), Angel Oak Income ETF (0.15%), and Janus Henderson Securitized Income ETF (1.00%).

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 JHMB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF as its price is falling. JHMB shares are trading down $0.15 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 John Hancock Mortgage-Backed Securities 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 JHMB, 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 JHMB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.