IMTB stock
iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF (IMTB) short interest & short volume · 78K shares short
iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IMTB short interest rose 21.6% to 78K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 29.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 37.7% the 20 sessions before, the 31st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 78K
- prior 64K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 175K
- Change vs prior report
- +21.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 78K | $3.2M | +21.6% | — | 1.0 | $41.80 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 64K | $2.6M | +1031.5% | — | 1.0 | $41.34 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6K | $237K | +157.7% | — | 1.0 | $42.09 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2K | $94K | +1081.6% | — | 1.0 | $42.90 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 185 | $8K | -94.4% | — | 1.0 | $42.99 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3K | $141K | -81.2% | — | 1.0 | $42.93 |
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)
- 4.5%
- 534 of 12K
- 20-day average
- 29.8%
- prior 37.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 31st
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · IMTB overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 534 | 11,810 | 4.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 25,423 | 47,437 | 53.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 623 | 21,475 | 2.9% |
| 2026-11-06 | 3,431 | 41,995 | 8.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,240 | 9,987 | 12.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 5,612 | 18,200 | 30.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 7,885 | 26,649 | 29.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 4,802 | 29,657 | 16.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 9,538 | 16,833 | 56.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 11,384 | 30,378 | 37.5% |
IMTB short interest FAQ
What is IMTB's short interest?
iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF (IMTB) had 78K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does IMTB have?
1.0 days: 78K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 175K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IMTB short interest rising or falling?
IMTB short interest rose (+21.6%) from 64K to 78K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IMTB a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IMTB 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 6.5/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of IMTB daily volume is sold short?
29.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 31st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IMTB's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF (IMTB) was 534 shares, 4.5% of 11,810 total volume.
How many IMTB short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF (IMTB), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IMTB short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares Core 5-10 Year USD Bond ETF (IMTB) moved from 53.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 4.5% on Nov 11, 2026, down 49.1 percentage points.
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