Short Interest Falls 67%-76% Across Five ETFs
60 sourcesUpdated Nov 1, 20261 min read
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Short interest across five ETFs fell between 67.1% and 75.8% in October. The Simplify Aggregate Bond ETF declined 67.1%. The Aztlan North America Nearshoring Stock Selection ETF declined 75.8%. The Invesco Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF fell 72.9%. The SmartETFs Dividend Builder ETF and Global X Defense Tech ETF fell 73.8% and 74.4%. By Oct. 15, short positions were about 0% to 0.2% of shares across those funds. Days-to-cover ratios ranged from 0.1 to 0.5 days. Related tallies show Global X Emerging Markets ETF short interest down 52.2%, from 4,251 shares on Sept. 30 to 2,031 on Oct. 15, about 0.2% of shares, with a 0.1-day cover ratio on average volume of 20,908. iShares MSCI Italy ETF short interest fell 68.1%, from 1,125,116 shares to 358,695, or 1.7% of shares, with a 0.5-day cover ratio. EMM traded down $1.39 to $39.82 Friday, within a one-year range of $31.63 to $47.54 and a market cap of $52.96 million. No contested claims appear in the coverage.
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Nearshoring ETF shorts dropping that far suggests investors are gaining in US Mexico supply chain plays.
The defense and dividend funds seeing shorts cut by over two thirds could point to less worry about sector volatility right now.
That's a sharp pullback in shorts for those bond and equal weight ETFs, probably means fewer bets against steady performance.
