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iShares Trust - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) short interest & options flow

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TLT has reversed course from last week's covering rally, with short interest ticking back up and the fund slipping 0.6% on the week to $81.11. The previous note documented bears retreating sharply, with short interest falling from a peak near 127 million shares to around 106 million. That decline has now partially unwound. Short interest climbed 1.1% over the past week to 108.6…

Latest pulse19 Oct 2026

TLT short interest surges 23% in one week to 22.9% of float, highest level in recent months as Treasury volatility persists.

$81.76+0.80% 1d+0.95% 1w+5.52% 1mClose: 4 Nov 2026
Short interest % of float
High
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Cost to borrow
Low
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Market cap
$47.49B
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Key data as of 5 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of iShares Trust - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 4, 2026

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    TLT short interest surges 23% in one week to 22.9% of float, highest level in recent months as Treasury volatility persists.

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TLT Bear Trade Reignites After Brief Retreat

The quiet retreat in TLT short positioning that marked mid-September has sharply reversed. Short interest has jumped back to 20.3% of free float — up 16% in a single week — erasing the unwind and then some. Nine days…

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