VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF
ARCAGDX has had a brutal seven days. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF shed 13.8% on the week to close at $83.78 on Tuesday — a 16.5% retreat in a single month — even as short sellers showed no sign of rushing for the exit. Short interest is running at 13.2% of the float, a genuinely elevated level for a broad equity ETF. That reading is up 11.9% over the past month, driven by a sharp…
GDX short shares utilization hits 98.76%, near its 52-week peak of 100%, signaling extreme scarcity of available borrows for the gold miners ETF.
Snapshot as of 20 May 2026
GDX has had a brutal seven days. The VanEck Gold Miners ETF shed 13.8% on the week to close at $83.78 on Tuesday — a 16.5% retreat in a single month — even as short sellers showed no sign of rushing for the exit. Short…
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