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How shorted is BETASHARES GOLD ETF ETF UNITS? ASX:QAU

0.05%
of units on issue reported short ยท trade date 6 Oct 2026
5-day change
โˆ’0.15
20-day change
โˆ’0.42
Reported short
17,396
Units on issue
37,430,709
Aggregate net short position time series for BETASHARES GOLD ETF ETF UNITS
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History

Full reported short position history
Trade dateShort %Change
6 Oct 20260.05%+0.03
1 Oct 20260.02%โˆ’0.02
29 Sep 20260.04%+0.04
23 Sep 20260.00%0.00
22 Sep 20260.00%โˆ’0.20
21 Sep 20260.20%+0.12
18 Sep 20260.08%โˆ’0.04
17 Sep 20260.12%+0.08
16 Sep 20260.04%+0.02
8 Sep 20260.02%โˆ’0.06
7 Sep 20260.08%+0.07
4 Sep 20260.01%โˆ’0.01
18 Aug 20260.02%+0.02
26 Jun 20260.00%0.00
5 Jun 20260.00%0.00
4 Jun 20260.00%0.00
31 Mar 20260.00%โˆ’0.15
25 Mar 20260.15%+0.15
13 Feb 20260.00%โˆ’0.01
2 Feb 20260.01%โˆ’0.46
30 Jan 20260.47%+0.26
28 Jan 20260.21%+0.15
2 Jan 20260.06%0.00
31 Dec 20250.06%+0.05
24 Dec 20250.01%+0.01
12 Sep 20250.00%โˆ’0.03
26 Aug 20250.03%+0.03
1 Aug 20250.00%โˆ’0.18
23 Apr 20250.18%โˆ’0.09
22 Apr 20250.27%+0.23
10 Jan 20250.04%0.00
9 Jan 20250.04%โˆ’0.05
3 Dec 20240.09%โˆ’0.06
28 Nov 20240.15%+0.14
19 Apr 20240.01%โˆ’0.06
23 Nov 20230.07%+0.07
12 Oct 20230.00%โˆ’0.08
2 Oct 20230.08%โˆ’0.59
4 Sep 20230.67%+0.58
28 Aug 20230.09%0.00
29 May 20230.09%โˆ’0.13
24 Nov 20220.22%+0.16
11 Nov 20220.06%โˆ’2.24
26 Oct 20222.30%+2.25
10 Jun 20220.05%โˆ’2.02
3 Jun 20222.07%+0.48
27 Apr 20221.59%โˆ’0.31
9 Aug 20211.90%+0.55
4 Aug 20211.35%โˆ’0.10
31 Aug 20201.45%+1.07
1 Nov 20190.38%โˆ’0.33
19 Feb 20190.71%โˆ’3.26
10 Oct 20173.97%+1.25
16 Mar 20172.72%+2.19
14 Jan 20140.53%+0.48
20 Nov 20130.05%+0.04
24 Oct 20130.01%โˆ’1.54
25 Oct 20121.55%+0.19
22 Oct 20121.36%+0.96
23 Aug 20120.40%+0.10
22 Aug 20120.30%+0.26
30 Jul 20120.04%โˆ’0.49
26 Oct 20110.53%+0.49
14 Oct 20110.04%โˆ’2.28
12 Oct 20112.32%+1.86
7 Oct 20110.46%โˆ’0.98
4 Oct 20111.44%+0.66
28 Sep 20110.78%+0.09
27 Sep 20110.69%โˆ’3.40
22 Sep 20114.09%+2.27
16 Sep 20111.82%+1.31
12 Sep 20110.51%โ€“

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About this data

ASX code
QAU
First seen in dataset
12 Sep 2011
Listing
BETASHARES GOLD ETF ETF UNITS on the ASX โ†—

Short position data ยฉ 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 BETASHARES GOLD ETF ETF UNITS right now?
0.05% of BETASHARES GOLD ETF ETF UNITS's units on issue were reported as short positions for trade date 6 Oct 2026, per ASIC's daily aggregated short position report. That is 17,396 units reported short of 37,430,709 on issue.
Is BETASHARES GOLD ETF 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.