iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF (IBTQ) short interest & short volume · 65K shares short
iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IBTQ short interest fell 8.4% to 65K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 61.7% the 20 sessions before, the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 65K
- prior 71K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 150K
- Change vs prior report
- -8.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 65K | $1.5M | -8.4% | — | 1.0 | $23.91 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 71K | $1.7M | -9.4% | — | 1.0 | $23.63 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 78K | $1.9M | +200.2% | — | 1.0 | $24.07 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 26K | $639K | -32.1% | — | 1.0 | $24.57 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 38K | $944K | -19.4% | — | 1.0 | $24.64 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 47K | $1.2M | -41.9% | — | 1.0 | $24.63 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 11)
- 52.5%
- 31K of 60K
- 20-day average
- 53.3%
- prior 61.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 28th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.1%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · IBTQ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 31,262 | 59,520 | 52.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 24,874 | 37,333 | 66.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 15,168 | 34,110 | 44.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 23,936 | 39,213 | 61.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 26,769 | 58,543 | 45.7% |
| 2026-11-04 | 9,992 | 97,175 | 10.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 22,225 | 31,865 | 69.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 65,595 | 74,780 | 87.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 8,753 | 19,473 | 45.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 5,974 | 52,254 | 11.4% |
IBTQ short interest FAQ
What is IBTQ's short interest?
iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF (IBTQ) had 65K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does IBTQ have?
1.0 days: 65K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 150K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IBTQ short interest rising or falling?
IBTQ short interest fell (-8.4%) from 71K to 65K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IBTQ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IBTQ 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of IBTQ daily volume is sold short?
53.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IBTQ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF (IBTQ) was 31,262 shares, 52.5% of 59,520 total volume.
How many IBTQ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF (IBTQ), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IBTQ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Treasury ETF (IBTQ) moved from 66.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 52.5% on Nov 11, 2026, down 14.1 percentage points.
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