How shorted is VANECK GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS right now?

2.03% of VANECK GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 7 Oct 2026, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 84,905 units reported short of 4,179,787 on issue.

Is VANECK GOLD BULLION 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 GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS? ASX:NUGG

2.03%

of units on issue reported short · trade date 7 Oct 2026

5-day change: +1.98
20-day change: –
Reported short: 84,905
Units on issue: 4,179,787

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Short position data for VANECK GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS: ASIC, compiled by howshorted.com, trade date 7 Oct 2026. https://howshorted.com/au/company/nugg/

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{howshorted-vaneck-gold-bullion-etf-units-2026-10-07,
  title        = {VANECK GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/au/company/nugg/}},
  note         = {Data: ASIC, trade date 7 Oct 2026; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2026}
}

History

Full reported short position history
Trade date	Short %	Change
7 Oct 2026	2.03%	−0.38
6 Oct 2026	2.41%	+0.23
5 Oct 2026	2.18%	0.00
2 Oct 2026	2.18%	+2.14
23 Sep 2026	0.04%	−0.01
22 Sep 2026	0.05%	−0.63
16 Sep 2026	0.68%	+0.49
9 Sep 2026	0.19%	+0.07
4 Sep 2026	0.12%	−0.44
3 Sep 2026	0.56%	+0.10
2 Sep 2026	0.46%	+0.42
31 Aug 2026	0.04%	+0.04
13 Aug 2026	0.00%	0.00
12 Aug 2026	0.00%	0.00
5 Aug 2026	0.00%	0.00
30 Jul 2026	0.00%	0.00
11 May 2026	0.00%	−0.05
6 May 2024	0.05%	–

Newest first. Scroll inside the table for earlier dates, back to 6 May 2024.

About this data

ASX code: NUGG
First seen in dataset: 6 May 2024
Listing: VANECK GOLD BULLION 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 GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS right now?: 2.03% of VANECK GOLD BULLION ETF UNITS's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 7 Oct 2026, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 84,905 units reported short of 4,179,787 on issue.
Is VANECK GOLD BULLION 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.