Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 3,800 shares of RSPM short. Learn More on Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF's current short interest.

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,800 shares, a decline of 5.0% from the previous total of 4,000 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 Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF: Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF (1.41%), VanEck Natural Resources ETF (0.06%), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (0.43%), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (0.14%), Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2x Shares (7.26%), iShares Global Materials ETF (0.18%), First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (0.09%), MicroSectors Gold Miners -3x Inverse Leveraged ETN (4.19%), VanEck Steel ETF (1.08%), Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (8.21%),

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 RSPM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF as its price is falling. RSPM 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 Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials 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 RSPM, 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 RSPM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.