IAU short interest
iShares Gold Trust · Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) · settlement date 2026-09-30
| Shares short | 6,441,491 |
|---|---|
| Change vs prior report | 210,844 (+3.4%) |
| Change over six months | -39.3% |
| Days to cover | 1.37 (sector: 0.98) |
| Average daily volume | 4,706,113 |
| Rank in Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) | not ranked (OTC, fund or thinly traded) |
IAU short interest, last 12 months
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover | Avg daily volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 6,441,491 | +3.4% | 1.37 | 4,706,113 |
| 2026-09-15 | 6,230,647 | +14.1% | 1.07 | 5,797,256 |
| 2026-08-31 | 5,458,733 | +2.9% | 1.00 | 6,070,565 |
| 2026-08-14 | 5,302,590 | -2.5% | 1.00 | 5,979,573 |
| 2026-07-31 | 5,437,155 | -0.5% | 1.13 | 4,803,545 |
| 2026-07-15 | 5,462,905 | +3.8% | 1.12 | 4,878,791 |
| 2026-06-30 | 5,264,601 | -6.0% | 1.00 | 7,228,766 |
| 2026-06-15 | 5,597,934 | +15.9% | 1.00 | 7,842,223 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4,829,486 | +8.9% | 1.00 | 6,177,402 |
| 2026-05-15 | 4,433,109 | -50.0% | 1.00 | 4,924,683 |
| 2026-04-30 | 8,867,127 | +49.4% | 1.90 | 4,658,306 |
| 2026-04-15 | 5,935,167 | -44.0% | 1.00 | 6,542,562 |
| 2026-03-31 | 10,607,280 | +92.7% | 1.00 | 17,157,245 |
| 2026-03-13 | 5,504,027 | -8.9% | 1.00 | 15,880,384 |
| 2026-02-27 | 6,041,336 | +1.2% | 1.00 | 8,179,090 |
| 2026-02-13 | 5,969,734 | -11.9% | 1.00 | 18,792,994 |
| 2026-01-30 | 6,780,157 | +10.4% | 1.00 | 32,851,120 |
| 2026-01-15 | 6,139,358 | -8.3% | 1.00 | 9,764,016 |
| 2025-12-31 | 6,698,809 | -1.3% | 1.00 | 8,498,743 |
| 2025-12-15 | 6,787,369 | +10.3% | 1.00 | 8,082,365 |
| 2025-11-28 | 6,152,163 | -7.2% | 1.00 | 9,351,115 |
| 2025-11-14 | 6,627,684 | +12.7% | 1.00 | 9,083,834 |
| 2025-10-31 | 5,880,572 | -5.1% | 1.00 | 18,913,901 |
| 2025-10-15 | 6,195,822 | -6.1% | 1.00 | 11,739,027 |
| 2025-09-30 | 6,598,926 | +1.2% | 1.00 | 10,607,479 |
import finzdata as yf
yf.Ticker("IAU").short_interest # every report since 2017
yf.Client().short_interest(["IAU"], start="2018-01-01")Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) short interest · IAU price history · Who owns IAU · All short interest