IGV Short Interest
iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $14.48B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of North American equities in the software industry and select North American equities from interactive home entertainment and interactive media and services industries. public since 2001-07-17.
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
- 41.7M
- Previous Short Interest
- 48.8M
- Change
- -14.51%
- Days to Cover
- 1.98
- Avg Daily Volume
- 21.1M
- Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
- 2.25
Showing 24 bi-monthly FINRA short interest reports for iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF.
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IGV most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $90.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 180.6K | 6.4K | 38.9% | $2.60 | $2.75 |
| PUT | $85.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 116.0K | 126.6K | 40.2% | $1.55 | $1.70 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 100.0K | 102.7K | 43.8% | $0.50 | $0.65 |
| CALL | $90.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 36.3K | 42.8K | 38.1% | $18.10 | $18.40 |
| CALL | $105.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 25.1K | 16.6K | 39.0% | $2.15 | $2.20 |
| CALL | $100.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 16.4K | 22.2K | 37.7% | $6.20 | $6.40 |
| CALL | $107.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 15.9K | 1.3K | 39.3% | $1.55 | $1.65 |
Top 7 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked IGV short interest questions
- What is the current IGV short interest?
- As of the May 15, 2026 settlement, iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) short interest is 41.7M shares, a -14.51% 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 IGV days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 1.98, 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 IGV 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.