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GOVT short interest Cboe BZX

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond 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
50,315,284
vs previous settlement
+476,287 (+1.0%)
days to cover
4.67
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for GOVT 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 GOVT days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for GOVT: 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
55
9 Sep 2026
Highest in window
2,690,800
13 Mar 2026
Days with a balance
104
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond 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 2.7M shares.

History

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

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 202650,315,284+476,2874.67
31 Aug 202649,838,997โˆ’1,432,3352.35
14 Aug 202651,271,332+1,135,2187.64
31 Jul 202650,136,114โˆ’3,396,6026.91
15 Jul 202653,532,716+848,9497.04
30 Jun 202652,683,767+149,0196.46
15 Jun 202652,534,748โˆ’3,195,9725.23
29 May 202655,730,720+3,906,6945.02
15 May 202651,824,026โˆ’605,8337.36
30 Apr 202652,429,859+909,3618.60
15 Apr 202651,520,498+831,7625.45
31 Mar 202650,688,736+1,535,4503.58
13 Mar 202649,153,286+3,254,7721.86
27 Feb 202645,898,514โˆ’2,061,9377.08
13 Feb 202647,960,451+223,4338.29
30 Jan 202647,737,018+70,1957.72
15 Jan 202647,666,823+336,0933.68
31 Dec 202547,330,730+6,270,4607.96
15 Dec 202541,060,270+9,827,5136.14
28 Nov 202531,232,757โˆ’434,6066.19
14 Nov 202531,667,363+5,872,7305.07
31 Oct 202525,794,633โˆ’13,366,3352.09
15 Oct 202539,160,968+16,593,3873.26
30 Sep 202522,567,581โˆ’326,2303.20
15 Sep 202522,893,811+588,3464.63
29 Aug 202522,305,465+8,998,6163.77
15 Aug 202513,306,849โˆ’217,4832.69
31 Jul 202513,524,332โˆ’589,9441.76
15 Jul 202514,114,276+4,552,2911.79
30 Jun 20259,561,985+5,095,5611.09
13 Jun 20254,466,424โˆ’1,976,7671.00
30 May 20256,443,191+4,977,2681.00
15 May 20251,465,923โˆ’510,5931.00
30 Apr 20251,976,516+774,4851.00
15 Apr 20251,202,031+494,5171.00
31 Mar 2025707,514โˆ’57,351,5271.00
14 Mar 202558,059,041+56,664,1512.18
28 Feb 20251,394,890โˆ’863,8631.00
14 Feb 20252,258,753+453,8841.00
31 Jan 20251,804,869โˆ’1,036,3551.00
15 Jan 20252,841,224+585,1381.00
31 Dec 20242,256,086+436,7651.00
13 Dec 20241,819,321โˆ’313,7191.00
29 Nov 20242,133,040โˆ’475,3831.00
15 Nov 20242,608,423โˆ’701,5341.00
31 Oct 20243,309,957+1,353,6161.00
15 Oct 20241,956,341+991,1961.00
30 Sep 2024965,145โˆ’517,4301.00
13 Sep 20241,482,575โˆ’1,299,6181.00
30 Aug 20242,782,193+116,4101.00
15 Aug 20242,665,783+497,4721.00
31 Jul 20242,168,311โˆ’8,683,9931.00
15 Jul 202410,852,304+9,668,4722.65
28 Jun 20241,183,832+367,2851.00
14 Jun 2024816,547โˆ’612,9391.00
31 May 20241,429,486+348,5461.00
15 May 20241,080,940โˆ’16,9861.00
30 Apr 20241,097,926โˆ’287,5031.00
15 Apr 20241,385,429โˆ’2,824,3941.00
28 Mar 20244,209,823+1,917,9671.00
15 Mar 20242,291,856โˆ’654,0391.00
29 Feb 20242,945,895+514,0291.00
15 Feb 20242,431,866+1,453,7461.00
31 Jan 2024978,120โˆ’511,7891.00
12 Jan 20241,489,909โˆ’357,4451.00
29 Dec 20231,847,354+28,6971.00
15 Dec 20231,818,657โˆ’1,054,0371.00
30 Nov 20232,872,694โˆ’57,0601.00
15 Nov 20232,929,754สณ+1,213,0401.00
31 Oct 20231,716,714+39,6171.00
13 Oct 20231,677,097โˆ’1,096,2491.00
29 Sep 20232,773,346+60,1941.00
15 Sep 20232,713,152โˆ’735,2571.00
31 Aug 20233,448,409+2,601,7161.00
15 Aug 2023846,693โˆ’1,188,0631.00
31 Jul 20232,034,756โˆ’1,107,6321.00
14 Jul 20233,142,388โˆ’978,4361.00
30 Jun 20234,120,824+2,014,4761.00
15 Jun 20232,106,348โˆ’742,5801.00
31 May 20232,848,928+1,022,0181.00
15 May 20231,826,910+174,8911.00
28 Apr 20231,652,019+260,9051.00
14 Apr 20231,391,114+95,2851.00
31 Mar 20231,295,829โˆ’2,379,6281.00
15 Mar 20233,675,457+2,209,7851.00
28 Feb 20231,465,672โˆ’345,7611.00
15 Feb 20231,811,433+524,7511.00
31 Jan 20231,286,682โˆ’4,759,8071.00
13 Jan 20236,046,489+4,508,8471.00
30 Dec 20221,537,642โˆ’460,2631.00
15 Dec 20221,997,905โˆ’1,795,4771.00
30 Nov 20223,793,382โˆ’377,8631.00
15 Nov 20224,171,245โˆ’3,480,0991.00
31 Oct 20227,651,344+6,011,3821.00
14 Oct 20221,639,962โˆ’2,473,1611.00
30 Sep 20224,113,123+1,996,6051.00
15 Sep 20222,116,518+289,3091.00
31 Aug 20221,827,209โˆ’1,084,7951.00
15 Aug 20222,912,004โˆ’624,7221.00
29 Jul 20223,536,726โˆ’2,972,2071.00
15 Jul 20226,508,933โˆ’3,009,9421.00
30 Jun 20229,518,875+6,928,6371.00
15 Jun 20222,590,238+825,6551.00
31 May 20221,764,583+656,2241.00
13 May 20221,108,359โˆ’2,668,9151.00
29 Apr 20223,777,274โˆ’788,4091.00
14 Apr 20224,565,683+2,436,0751.00
31 Mar 20222,129,608โˆ’1,769,0701.00
15 Mar 20223,898,678โˆ’79,2521.00
28 Feb 20223,977,930โˆ’107,5991.00
15 Feb 20224,085,529โˆ’4,543,9221.00
31 Jan 20228,629,451+7,447,5591.00
14 Jan 20221,181,892โˆ’508,3151.00
31 Dec 20211,690,207+903,0411.00
15 Dec 2021787,166โˆ’630,1041.00
30 Nov 20211,417,270+688,6251.00
15 Nov 2021728,645โˆ’1,742,9361.00
29 Oct 20212,471,581โˆ’1,628,9681.00
15 Oct 20214,100,549+1,560,0541.00
30 Sep 20212,540,495+1,581,3521.00
15 Sep 2021959,143+505,8191.00
31 Aug 2021453,324โˆ’345,8621.00
13 Aug 2021799,186+135,6951.00
30 Jul 2021663,491โˆ’1,311,7981.00
15 Jul 20211,975,289+436,7791.00
30 Jun 20211,538,510+1,012,0711.00
15 Jun 2021526,439สณโˆ’553,8931.00
28 May 20211,080,332+872,3781.00
14 May 2021207,954โˆ’648,2041.00
30 Apr 2021856,158+79,2821.00
15 Apr 2021776,876+657,2031.00
31 Mar 2021119,673โˆ’798,6371.00
15 Mar 2021918,310+722,2031.00
26 Feb 2021196,107โˆ’154,6811.00
12 Feb 2021350,788โˆ’993,9181.00
29 Jan 20211,344,706โˆ’4,579,1811.00
15 Jan 20215,923,887+5,152,6561.00
31 Dec 2020771,231+393,2141.00
15 Dec 2020378,017โˆ’593,4671.00
30 Nov 2020971,484โˆ’859,5291.00
13 Nov 20201,831,013โˆ’995,3571.00
30 Oct 20202,826,370+1,754,0891.00
15 Oct 20201,072,281โˆ’1,675,1831.00
30 Sep 20202,747,464+826,7421.00
15 Sep 20201,920,722+1,659,2461.00
31 Aug 2020261,476โˆ’35,2911.00
14 Aug 2020296,767โˆ’175,9711.00
31 Jul 2020472,738โˆ’315,3241.00
15 Jul 2020788,062โˆ’626,6651.00
30 Jun 20201,414,727+415,4431.00
15 Jun 2020999,284+538,8651.00
29 May 2020460,419+104,4611.00
15 May 2020355,958+108,3021.00
30 Apr 2020247,656+106,5971.00
15 Apr 2020141,059โˆ’366,6681.00
31 Mar 2020507,727โˆ’1,594,8691.00
13 Mar 20202,102,596+1,872,2811.00
28 Feb 2020230,315โˆ’323,8231.00
14 Feb 2020554,138+101,7781.00
31 Jan 2020452,360+11,6501.00
15 Jan 2020440,710โˆ’65,5041.00
31 Dec 2019506,214โˆ’284,4531.00
13 Dec 2019790,667+223,1901.00
29 Nov 2019567,477+195,6511.00
15 Nov 2019371,826โˆ’22,6971.00
31 Oct 2019394,523โˆ’363,1061.00
15 Oct 2019757,629+387,8411.00
30 Sep 2019369,788โˆ’147,8371.00
13 Sep 2019517,625+20,1951.00
30 Aug 2019497,430+208,7311.00
15 Aug 2019288,699โˆ’258,4141.00
31 Jul 2019547,113โˆ’437,3041.00
15 Jul 2019984,417+562,9921.00
28 Jun 2019421,425+83,2671.00
14 Jun 2019338,158โˆ’36,9761.00
31 May 2019375,134โˆ’96,4721.00
15 May 2019471,606โˆ’137,4471.00
30 Apr 2019609,053+25,9581.00
15 Apr 2019583,095+314,5881.00
29 Mar 2019268,507โˆ’191,1891.00
15 Mar 2019459,696โˆ’65,0641.00
28 Feb 2019524,760+234,3041.00
15 Feb 2019290,456โˆ’648,9361.00
31 Jan 2019939,392+856,8031.00
15 Jan 201982,589โˆ’213,1771.00
31 Dec 2018295,766+43,4311.00
14 Dec 2018252,335โˆ’92,5181.00
30 Nov 2018344,853+200,7961.00
15 Nov 2018144,057โˆ’10,1671.00
31 Oct 2018154,224โˆ’13,2101.00
15 Oct 2018167,434โˆ’97,4701.00
28 Sep 2018264,904+47,0741.00
14 Sep 2018217,830โˆ’170,2571.00
31 Aug 2018388,087+136,2011.00
15 Aug 2018251,886โˆ’409,0181.00
31 Jul 2018660,904+297,0541.00
13 Jul 2018363,850+107,9661.00
29 Jun 2018255,884+86,1391.00
15 Jun 2018169,745โˆ’295,8961.00
31 May 2018465,641+204,1651.00
15 May 2018261,476โˆ’259,3741.00
30 Apr 2018520,850+382,3511.00
13 Apr 2018138,499โˆ’10,0901.00
29 Mar 2018148,589โˆ’102,7951.00
15 Mar 2018251,384โˆ’723,8151.00
28 Feb 2018975,199โˆ’605,9961.00
15 Feb 20181,581,195+657,2431.00
31 Jan 2018923,952+609,0851.00
12 Jan 2018314,867สณโˆ’9,9221.00
29 Dec 2017324,789โ€“1.00

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is GOVT's short interest?
50,315,284 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, up 476,287 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for GOVT?
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 GOVT's days to cover?
4.67 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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