How shorted is VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS right now?

0.08% of VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 29 Apr 2026, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 482 units reported short of 580,205 on issue.

Is VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS one of the most shorted ASX stocks?

It is not in the ranked table at the moment: ASIC's latest report carries no ranked position for it. The most shorted ASX stocks table is updated every trading day.

What does this number include?

ASIC aggregates the short positions that all short sellers report to it daily (reporting starts at A$100,000 or 0.01% of capital), expressed as a percentage of total product in issue. It is close to a complete picture of open short positions in the product.

Why is the latest figure four days old?

ASIC publishes each trade date's aggregate on the fourth business day afterwards (T+4). We ingest each file the day it appears.

Which funds are short?

Australia's public data is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named in ASIC's daily report.

How shorted is VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS? ASX:CETF

0.08%

of units on issue reported short · trade date 29 Apr 2026

5-day change: −5.92
20-day change: −5.97
Reported short: 482
Units on issue: 580,205

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Short position data for VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 29 Apr 2026. https://howshorted.com/au/company/cetf/

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@misc{howshorted-vaneck-china-a50-etf-units-2026-04-29,
  title        = {VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/company/cetf/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 29 Apr 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

History

Full reported short position history
Trade date	Short %	Change
29 Apr 2026	0.08%	+0.07
22 Apr 2026	0.01%	−0.25
12 Jan 2026	0.26%	+0.10
8 Oct 2025	0.16%	+0.14
3 Oct 2025	0.02%	−5.98
7 Oct 2024	6.00%	+5.87
30 Jan 2024	0.13%	−4.59
22 Jun 2023	4.72%	+3.56
1 Jul 2022	1.16%	+1.14
21 Oct 2019	0.02%	0.00
18 Oct 2019	0.02%	−0.42
1 Mar 2019	0.44%	+0.40
18 Feb 2019	0.04%	−0.18
26 Jul 2018	0.22%	−0.28
4 Jul 2018	0.50%	−0.32
20 Dec 2017	0.82%	−1.03
9 Oct 2017	1.85%	−5.31
5 Oct 2015	7.16%	0.00
2 Oct 2015	7.16%	−1.92
1 Oct 2015	9.08%	+3.03
30 Sep 2015	6.05%	–

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About this data

ASX code: CETF
First seen in dataset: 30 Sep 2015
Listing: VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS on the ASX ↗

Short position data © Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Reproduced with permission (CC BY 4.0). We show regulatory short-position data only: no prices, no valuations, no recommendations.

Frequently asked questions

How shorted is VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS right now?: 0.08% of VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 29 Apr 2026, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 482 units reported short of 580,205 on issue.
Is VANECK CHINA A50 ETF UNITS one of the most shorted ASX stocks?: It is not in the ranked table at the moment: ASIC's latest report carries no ranked position for it. The most shorted ASX stocks table is updated every trading day.
What does this number include?: ASIC aggregates the short positions that all short sellers report to it daily (reporting starts at A$100,000 or 0.01% of capital), expressed as a percentage of total product in issue. It is close to a complete picture of open short positions in the product.
Why is the latest figure four days old?: ASIC publishes each trade date's aggregate on the fourth business day afterwards (T+4). We ingest each file the day it appears.
Which funds are short?: Australia's public data is aggregate-only: individual short sellers are not named in ASIC's daily report.