ISHG Short Volume

iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF (ISHG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $834.8M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.87 to the broader market. This Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) endeavors to mirror the financial performance of an underlying index, which consists of government-issued debt from developed nations outside the United States, with these bonds having a remaining duration of one to three years. public since 2009-01-28.

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
2026-07-16
Short Volume
14.2K
Total Volume
29.9K
Short %
47.50%
30-Day Avg Short %
41.94%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF.

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Frequently asked ISHG short volume questions

What is the daily ISHG short volume?
As of Jul 16, 2026, iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF (ISHG) short volume is 14.2K shares against 29.9K total reported volume, or 47.50% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is ISHG 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 ISHG 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.