ProShares Short Financials (SEF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ProShares Short Financials shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, investors have sold 1,400 shares of SEF short. 0.58% of ProShares Short Financials' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on ProShares Short Financials' current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.58% of ProShares Short Financials' floating shares are currently sold short.

ProShares Short Financials saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,400 shares, a decrease of 56.3% from the previous total of 3,200 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.

0.58% of ProShares Short Financials' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to ProShares Short Financials: ETRACS Quarterly Pay 1.5x Leveraged MarketVector BDC Liquid Index ETN (0.02%), Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF (0.68%), ProShares UltraShort Financials (1.62%), Tuttle Capital Daily 2X Inverse Regional Banks ETF (0.60%), ETRACS MarketVector Business Development Companies Liquid Index ETN (0.01%), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (0.38%), Themes Global Systemically Important Banks ETF (4.36%), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (1.63%), Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (16.25%), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (0.65%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), Strategy Inc ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling SEF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ProShares Short Financials as its price is falling. SEF shares are trading down $0.03 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 ProShares Short Financials 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 SEF, 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 SEF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025.