ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury (TBF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of August 15th, traders have sold 4,600 shares of TBF short. Learn More on ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury's current short interest.

ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,600 shares, a decline of 92.7% from the previous total of 63,100 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury: iShares iBonds Dec 2044 Term Treasury ETF (0.03%), BondBloxx Bloomberg Twenty Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF (0.11%), SPDR Portfolio Treasury ETF (0.01%), Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3x Shares (2.56%), SoFi Enhanced Yield ETF (0.89%), US Treasury 5 Year Note ETF (0.21%), ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury (3.39%), ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (1.83%), US Treasury 30 Year Bond ETF (0.29%), ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (3.63%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling TBF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury as its price is falling. TBF shares are trading down $0.33 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of TBF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including TBF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.