IBHF Short Volume
iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF (IBHF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $859.8M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.31 to the broader market. The iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF (the "Fund") is designed to replicate the investment performance of a benchmark index. public since 2020-11-10.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 1.0K
- Total Volume
- 44.3K
- Short %
- 2.35%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 12.06%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF.
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Frequently asked IBHF short volume questions
- What is the daily IBHF short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, iShares iBonds 2026 Term High Yield and Income ETF (IBHF) short volume is 1.0K shares against 44.3K total reported volume, or 2.35% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IBHF short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does IBHF short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.