ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ProShares Short High Yield shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, investors have sold 117,500 shares of SJB short. Learn More on ProShares Short High Yield's current short interest.

ProShares Short High Yield saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 117,500 shares, a decrease of 9.0% from the previous total of 129,100 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 ProShares Short High Yield: Goldman Sachs Access High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.35%), Invesco High Yield Bond Factor ETF (0.25%), Nuveen ESG High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (0.89%), PGIM Floating Rate Income ETF (0.28%), BondBloxx USD High Yield Bond Telecom, Media & Technology Sector ETF (0.07%), iShares High Yield Active ETF (0.83%), NYLI MacKay High Income ETF (0.01%), Angel Oak High Yield Opportunities ETF (0.21%), Fidelity Sustainable High Yield ETF (0.31%), Xtrackers Risk Managed USD High Yield Strategy ETF (0.11%),

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 SJB is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ProShares Short High Yield as its price is falling. SJB shares are trading up $0.02 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 High Yield 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 SJB, 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 SJB, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025.