iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF (LQDH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, investors have sold 1,600 shares of LQDH short. Learn More on iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF's current short interest.

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,600 shares, a decrease of 52.9% from the previous total of 3,400 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 Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF: Invesco BulletShares 2027 High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.73%), First Trust Intermediate Duration Investment Grade Corporate ETF (0.01%), NYLI MacKay Municipal Insured ETF (0.62%), FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (0.15%), Schwab 1-5 Year Corporate Bond ETF (0.95%), Dimensional California Municipal Bond ETF (0.27%), Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF (0.09%), Goldman Sachs Access U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (0.29%), Nuveen ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (0.11%), Invesco BulletShares 2033 Corporate Bond ETF (0.16%),

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 LQDH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF as its price is falling. LQDH shares are trading down $0.06 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 Interest Rate Hedged Corporate 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 LQDH, 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 LQDH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.