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AFK short interest NYSE Arca

VanEck Africa Index ETF. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: exchange-traded product: its share count floats with creation and redemption.

Shares short
126,252
vs previous settlement
+82,183 (+186.5%)
days to cover
1.73
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for AFK shares short

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the security's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement.

Aggregate net short position time series for AFK days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for AFK: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Last balance on file
178
8 Sep 2026
Highest in window
152,615
17 Dec 2025
Days with a balance
62
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for VanEck Africa Index ETF fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 153K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for AFK, newest first. สณ marks a figure FINRA itself flagged as revised.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 2026126,252+82,1831.73
31 Aug 202644,069+8,7441.18
14 Aug 202635,325+4,5911.00
31 Jul 202630,734โˆ’12,6321.00
15 Jul 202643,366โˆ’26,4581.63
30 Jun 202669,824โˆ’23,3301.54
15 Jun 202693,154+38,0211.42
29 May 202655,133+28,4251.00
15 May 202626,708โˆ’10,1791.00
30 Apr 202636,887โˆ’119,1651.00
15 Apr 2026156,052+134,2704.44
31 Mar 202621,782+10,2721.00
13 Mar 202611,510โˆ’75,2051.00
27 Feb 202686,715+76,2521.14
13 Feb 202610,463โˆ’207,9791.00
30 Jan 2026218,442+140,8821.49
15 Jan 202677,560+22,3971.00
31 Dec 202555,163+37,6421.00
15 Dec 202517,521+14,5231.00
28 Nov 20252,998+1,1581.00
14 Nov 20251,840โˆ’4,3901.00
31 Oct 20256,230โˆ’19,4751.00
15 Oct 202525,705โˆ’22,0491.00
30 Sep 202547,754+18,5291.00
15 Sep 202529,225โˆ’110,6401.00
29 Aug 2025139,865+22,9754.21
15 Aug 2025116,890+65,1073.97
31 Jul 202551,783โˆ’24,7692.01
15 Jul 202576,552+31,8893.37
30 Jun 202544,663+6,7492.79
13 Jun 202537,914+9,9751.59
30 May 202527,939+21,0531.00
15 May 20256,886โˆ’1,7821.00
30 Apr 20258,668+2,7341.00
15 Apr 20255,934โˆ’5,0361.00
31 Mar 202510,970+4,1941.00
14 Mar 20256,776โˆ’8511.00
28 Feb 20257,627โˆ’1,5071.00
14 Feb 20259,134+4,7781.00
31 Jan 20254,356+2,0411.00
15 Jan 20252,315โˆ’3561.00
31 Dec 20242,671โˆ’6081.00
13 Dec 20243,279โˆ’5,5181.00
29 Nov 20248,797+6,9641.00
15 Nov 20241,833โˆ’2601.00
31 Oct 20242,093โˆ’1,2611.00
15 Oct 20243,354+1,5561.00
30 Sep 20241,798โˆ’3,0761.00
13 Sep 20244,874โˆ’951.00
30 Aug 20244,969+6331.00
15 Aug 20244,336โˆ’155,8251.00
31 Jul 2024160,161+96,0863.59
15 Jul 202464,075+41,4781.32
28 Jun 202422,597โˆ’31,4501.55
14 Jun 202454,047โˆ’3,7022.91
31 May 202457,749+33,7302.80
15 May 202424,019+20,8472.55
30 Apr 20243,172+2291.00
15 Apr 20242,943โˆ’3,1321.00
28 Mar 20246,075โˆ’1,2621.00
15 Mar 20247,337+3,6411.00
29 Feb 20243,696+2,0321.00
15 Feb 20241,664+9241.00
31 Jan 2024740โˆ’901.00
12 Jan 2024830+4251.00
29 Dec 2023405โˆ’6391.00
15 Dec 20231,044โˆ’531.00
30 Nov 20231,097โˆ’3,7061.00
15 Nov 20234,803สณโˆ’32,3811.00
31 Oct 202337,184+1,8485.53
13 Oct 202335,336โˆ’1,2286.07
29 Sep 202336,564โˆ’14,9012.38
15 Sep 202351,465โˆ’54,8749.07
31 Aug 2023106,339โˆ’27,83511.63
15 Aug 2023134,174+22,98818.65
31 Jul 2023111,186โˆ’52,36612.39
14 Jul 2023163,552+162,13524.90
30 Jun 20231,417โˆ’24,8861.00
15 Jun 202326,303+20,5532.89
31 May 20235,750โˆ’181,0971.00
15 May 2023186,847+17,62529.73
28 Apr 2023169,222+11,2617.23
14 Apr 2023157,961+1,2898.77
31 Mar 2023156,672+5,3785.65
15 Mar 2023151,294+141,2828.17
28 Feb 202310,012+4,2971.65
15 Feb 20235,715โˆ’2,7601.00
31 Jan 20238,475โˆ’31,9171.00
13 Jan 202340,392+6,9893.63
30 Dec 202233,403+5,4272.35
15 Dec 202227,976+1,1784.16
30 Nov 202226,798+3674.26
15 Nov 202226,431+5772.32
31 Oct 202225,854+2,9212.40
14 Oct 202222,933+9755.06
30 Sep 202221,958โˆ’8173.00
15 Sep 202222,775โˆ’6,9462.91
31 Aug 202229,721+1294.74
15 Aug 202229,592โˆ’6,7884.35
29 Jul 202236,380โˆ’1,9785.14
15 Jul 202238,358โˆ’1,6814.59
30 Jun 202240,039+9035.03
15 Jun 202239,136+9,2504.02
31 May 202229,886+2,7443.20
13 May 202227,142+6,4743.37
29 Apr 202220,668+1,2851.67
14 Apr 202219,383โˆ’7,6771.30
31 Mar 202227,060โˆ’3,2062.78
15 Mar 202230,266+4,5452.47
28 Feb 202225,721+2,9992.36
15 Feb 202222,722+6,4112.54
31 Jan 202216,311+5,9921.68
14 Jan 202210,319โˆ’2,0031.18
31 Dec 202112,322+9,1231.00
15 Dec 20213,199โˆ’55,8151.00
30 Nov 202159,014+2,8015.77
15 Nov 202156,213+5,2108.52
29 Oct 202151,003โˆ’1,1818.99
15 Oct 202152,184โˆ’6,5706.76
30 Sep 202158,754โˆ’19,2585.13
15 Sep 202178,012+78010.20
31 Aug 202177,232+1,03913.43
13 Aug 202176,193โˆ’4,24615.88
30 Jul 202180,439โˆ’11,75010.42
15 Jul 202192,189+8,6037.54
30 Jun 202183,586+31,2493.71
15 Jun 202152,337+42,2551.87
28 May 202110,082โˆ’12,6371.00
14 May 202122,719โˆ’35,1521.28
30 Apr 202157,871+4,4016.61
15 Apr 202153,470โˆ’8,3788.26
31 Mar 202161,848+10,0335.74
15 Mar 202151,815+43,3652.06
26 Feb 20218,450+2,4021.00
12 Feb 20216,048โˆ’14,4151.00
29 Jan 202120,463โˆ’38,2281.35
15 Jan 202158,691+18,9645.21
31 Dec 202039,727โˆ’9,3171.48
15 Dec 202049,044+26,9721.92
30 Nov 202022,072+7,0901.00
13 Nov 202014,982โˆ’1,4792.15
30 Oct 202016,461โˆ’2783.40
15 Oct 202016,739+3623.38
30 Sep 202016,377โˆ’7713.43
15 Sep 202017,148+4231.98
31 Aug 202016,725โˆ’3,0852.87
14 Aug 202019,810+3,1713.28
31 Jul 202016,639โˆ’4,2502.59
15 Jul 202020,889+4,1523.31
30 Jun 202016,737+1,6792.17
15 Jun 202015,058โˆ’2,6881.68
29 May 202017,746โˆ’5,5872.62
15 May 202023,333โˆ’54,8041.05
30 Apr 202078,137โˆ’41,3365.65
15 Apr 2020119,473+89,6624.77
31 Mar 202029,811โˆ’9,3161.00
13 Mar 202039,127+20,6492.49
28 Feb 202018,478โˆ’6,1181.19
14 Feb 202024,596โˆ’2,7963.62
31 Jan 202027,392+27,1643.06
15 Jan 2020228โˆ’1021.00
31 Dec 2019330โˆ’2191.00
13 Dec 2019549โˆ’5791.00
29 Nov 20191,128+3111.00
15 Nov 2019817โˆ’1701.00
31 Oct 2019987โˆ’4401.00
15 Oct 20191,427โˆ’1,3021.00
30 Sep 20192,729+1,3821.00
13 Sep 20191,347โˆ’7,0661.00
30 Aug 20198,413โˆ’1,6591.26
15 Aug 201910,072+2,2632.19
31 Jul 20197,809โˆ’1,6791.39
15 Jul 20199,488โˆ’3,4381.99
28 Jun 201912,926โˆ’1,5412.12
14 Jun 201914,467+7,7991.59
31 May 20196,668+5,8981.00
15 May 2019770โˆ’1,0161.00
30 Apr 20191,786+1,0991.00
15 Apr 2019687โˆ’8101.00
29 Mar 20191,497+1,0321.00
15 Mar 2019465โˆ’6931.00
28 Feb 20191,158โˆ’1401.00
15 Feb 20191,298+2211.00
31 Jan 20191,077โˆ’1,0941.00
15 Jan 20192,171+1,0451.00
31 Dec 20181,126+2341.00
14 Dec 2018892โˆ’6971.00
30 Nov 20181,589+4551.00
15 Nov 20181,134+1001.00
31 Oct 20181,034โˆ’5831.00
15 Oct 20181,617โˆ’2,2451.00
28 Sep 20183,862โˆ’4,4741.00
14 Sep 20188,336+8261.00
31 Aug 20187,510+9471.26
15 Aug 20186,563+8651.19
31 Jul 20185,698+3821.00
13 Jul 20185,316+2811.19
29 Jun 20185,035+191.00
15 Jun 20185,016โˆ’3,0371.00
31 May 20188,053+7,5461.23
15 May 2018507+131.00
30 Apr 2018494+4831.00
13 Apr 201811โˆ’3071.00
29 Mar 2018318โˆ’12,0871.00
15 Mar 201812,405โˆ’60,1111.04
28 Feb 201872,516+64,6921.95
15 Feb 20187,824โˆ’1,9121.00
31 Jan 20189,736+7,0271.00
12 Jan 20182,709+1,0071.00
29 Dec 20171,702โ€“1.00

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is AFK's short interest?
126,252 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, up 82,183 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for AFK?
Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: exchange-traded product: its share count floats with creation and redemption. An exchange-traded product's share count changes every day as units are created and redeemed, so no filing gives a stable count to divide by. FINRA's shares-short figure is exact; a percentage of it would not be.
What is AFK's days to cover?
1.73 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.
Is this the short float?
No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.
How often does this update?
FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

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