IETH Short Interest
Bitwise Funds Trust (IETH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Cryptocurrency industry, with a market capitalization near $212,339, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.67 to the broader market. The fund seeks to provide current income (option premium return) plus exposure to the price return of ether-based exchange traded products (or futures) by employing option income strategies. public since 2025-10-03.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Interest
- 3.0K
- Previous Short Interest
- 3.1K
- Change
- -1.53%
- Days to Cover
- 11.23
- Avg Daily Volume
- 270
- Avg Days to Cover (15 reports)
- 3.11
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Frequently asked IETH short interest questions
- What is the current IETH short interest?
- As of the May 15, 2026 settlement, Bitwise Funds Trust (IETH) short interest is 3.0K shares, a -1.53% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the IETH days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 11.23, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does IETH short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.