MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN (OILU) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 64,600 shares of OILU short. Learn More on MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN's current short interest.

MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 64,600 shares, a decline of 47.5% from the previous total of 123,000 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 MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN: Global X Hydrogen ETF (0.07%), Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bear 2x Shares (5.66%), VanEck Oil Refiners ETF (3.77%), Westwood Salient Enhanced Energy Income ETF (0.43%), Direxion Daily Energy Bear 2X Shares (5.04%), MicroSectors Energy 3X Leveraged ETN (1.24%), Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF (1.30%), ProShares UltraShort Energy (18.75%), Defiance Next Gen H2 ETF (3.26%), Amplify Natural Resources Dividend Income ETF (0.09%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling OILU is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN as its price is falling. OILU shares are trading down $0.20 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 MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. 3x Leveraged ETN 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 OILU, 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 OILU, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.