Zacks Investment ResearchT3·23d ago
SMHX VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF
ETF 52.75 DelayedETF quote, holdings, sector allocation, technicals, and options analytics. Expected move IV rank history Fibonacci levels
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SMHX
$52.75
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Key stats
$52.75
- 52-Week Range
- $34.53 – $68.36
- YTD
- +34.98%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 46.44
- Straddle Price
- $5.30
- P/C Vol Ratio
- 0.35
- Open
- $53.98
- Day Range
- $52.49 – $54.06
- Volume
- 70,474
- Prev Close
- $55.94
About
VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (SMHX) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Inception
- 2024-08-27
- Has Options
- Yes
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 16, 2026third-party datathrough Jun 2026flows, SEC filings
- Expense ratio
- 0.35% prospectus, filed Jan 27, 2026
- Assets
- $297M SEC filing, Jun 30, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 0.02% paid annual
- Average daily volume
- $3.8M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 23 top 10 are 74.4%
- Listed
- Aug 27, 2024 Nasdaq
- Tracking difference
- -0.38 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Cost86
Liquidity52
Scale49
Diversification29
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (33% of its variance, beta 1.41); Value over growth (27% of its variance, beta -0.95); Emerging markets over US (19% of its variance, beta 0.76); Small caps over large (4% of its variance, beta 0.64). These factors explain 79% of its daily moves over the last year.
Stated objective. VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MarketVector US Listed Fabless Semiconductor Index (the Fabless Index or the Index). (from the fund's prospectus)
All 23 holdingsFlow historySimilar fundsOverlap toolAll Semiconductors ETFs
Fund flows
through Jun 2026SEC filings- Jun 2026
- +$16M latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- +$33M +11.1% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- +$118M +39.7% of assets
View as a table
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | +$16M |
| May 2026 | +$21M |
| Apr 2026 | −$4.3M |
| Mar 2026 | +$2.0M |
| Feb 2026 | −$5.7M |
| Jan 2026 | −$11M |
| Dec 2025 | −$2.2M |
| Nov 2025 | +$14M |
| Oct 2025 | −$6.3M |
| Sep 2025 | +$33M |
| Aug 2025 | +$56M |
| Jul 2025 | +$5.0M |
Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 23 months ago
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| SHOCStrive U.S. Semiconductor ETF | 45% | 0.40% | $278M | +53.6% | compare |
| CHPXGlobal X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF | 43% | 0.50% | $258M | +65.6% | compare |
| SOXQInvesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF | 43% | 0.19% | $2.4B | +67.1% | compare |
| SOXYYieldMax Target 12 Semiconductor Option Income ETF | 41% | 1.06% | $64M | +44.1% | compare |
Ranked by how much of the two portfolios is the same securities.
Look-through: what the holdings say
weights as of Oct 16, 2026third-party data- Holdings vs fair value
- −5.0% 16% under, 43% over · 100% covered
- Price / earnings
- 51.7 5% loss-making · 94% covered
- Price / book · sales
- 10.4 · 13.1 revenue growth +22.0%
- Above 200-day average
- 66% 32% above 50-day · by weight
- Short interest
- 3.5% of float, weighted · 2.6 days to cover
- Insider buying
- 0% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 85% net selling
- 13F holders
- +1.2% change in shares held by institutions, latest quarter
- Reporting earnings
- 16.5% of weight in 7 days; 48.7% in 14
Holdings reporting in the next 14 days · weighted implied move this week 2.37%
Each figure is the fund's holdings weighted by position size, using our data on those stocks, and covers only the share of the stock holdings stated. Positive fair value means the holdings trade below our estimate.
What changed in the portfolio
Mar 31, 2026 → Jun 30, 2026| Action | Holding | Weight before | Weight after | Shares vs flows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decrease | SIMOSilicon Motion Technology Corp | 2.20% | 3.81% | −10.9% |
| Decrease | CRUSCirrus Logic Inc | 3.63% | 2.20% | −10.3% |
| Decrease | AMDAdvanced Micro Devices Inc | 5.11% | 5.97% | −37.8% |
| Increase | NVDANVIDIA Corp | 19.31% | 18.56% | +27.6% |
| Decrease | SITMSiTime Corp | 3.02% | 3.76% | −12.1% |
| Increase | SNPSSynopsys Inc | 4.72% | 4.05% | +16.3% |
| Decrease | SMTCSemtech Corp | 2.78% | 3.33% | −13.1% |
| Decrease | PIImpinj Inc | 1.05% | 0.85% | −11.7% |
| Increase | AVGOBroadcom Inc | 14.00% | 14.16% | +26.2% |
| Decrease | POWIPower Integrations Inc | 1.13% | 1.01% | −16.1% |
Under the hood
fiscal year to Sep 30, 2025SEC census- Authorized participants
- 9 active of 38 with agreements; top 3 did 80%
- Created · redeemed
- $188M · $54M over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 99% creations 100% in kind
- Creation unit
- 25,000 shares
- Securities lending
- 1.67% of assets on loan on average; earned 0.4 bp
- Return vs index
- -0.38 pts after fees; +0.14 before; daily s.d. 0.01
- Diversification status
- Non-diversified may concentrate in fewer issuers
From the fund's annual census filing with the SEC. In-kind redemptions are what let an ETF shed appreciated securities without realising gains.
ETF Profile
holdings as of 2026-06-30
Holdings
22
AUM
$297.3M
Provider
Nport
Inception
2024-08-27
Exchange
XNAS
Data As Of
2026-06-30
Expense Ratio
0.35%
Dividend Yield
0.02%
Distribution
Annual
Recent distributions
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-26 | $0.0090 | CD |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-12-24 | $0.0111 | CD |
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 22 of 22 holdings
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 18.56% | Equity (common) | US |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 14.16% | Equity (common) | US |
| ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | 6.11% | Equity (common) | US |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 5.97% | Equity (common) | US |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | 5.48% | Equity (common) | US |
| ARM | ARM Holdings PLC | 4.82% | Equity (common) | GB |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Inc | 4.49% | Equity (common) | US |
| LSCC | Lattice Semiconductor Corp | 4.09% | Equity (common) | US |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc | 4.08% | Equity (common) | US |
| SNPS | Synopsys Inc | 4.05% | Equity (common) | US |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems Inc | 3.93% | Equity (common) | US |
| SIMO | Silicon Motion Technology Corp | 3.81% | Equity (common) | KY |
| SITM | SiTime Corp | 3.76% | Equity (common) | US |
| RMBS | Rambus Inc | 3.71% | Equity (common) | US |
| SMTC | Semtech Corp | 3.33% | Equity (common) | US |
| CRUS | Cirrus Logic Inc | 2.20% | Equity (common) | US |
| SLAB | Silicon Laboratories Inc | 1.97% | Equity (common) | US |
| ALGM | Allegro MicroSystems Inc | 1.65% | Equity (common) | US |
| — | Ambarella Inc | 1.11% | Equity (common) | KY |
| POWI | Power Integrations Inc | 1.01% | Equity (common) | US |
| SYNA | Synaptics Inc | 0.92% | Equity (common) | US |
| PI | Impinj Inc | 0.85% | Equity (common) | US |
Geographic Breakdown
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -- | -1.99% | 0.03% | -0.98% |
| Feb | -- | -7.35% | -2.21% | -4.78% |
| Mar | -- | -6.38% | -4.47% | -5.42% |
| Apr | -- | 0.59% | 34.35% | 17.47% |
| May | -- | 13.34% | 21.69% | 17.52% |
| Jun | -- | 13.23% | 0.68% | 6.96% |
| Jul | -- | 10.33% | -11.60% | -0.63% |
| Aug | 1.50% | 5.18% | 0.36% | 2.35% |
| Sep | 10.27% | 10.60% | 11.50% | 10.79% |
| Oct | 4.13% | 7.52% | -14.66%* | -1.00% |
| Nov | 5.10% | -7.18% | -- | -1.04% |
| Dec | 4.57% | -0.45% | -- | 2.06% |
| Total | 28.09% | 39.94% | 29.85% | 32.63% |
* Only 3 year(s) of data available.
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $59.36
SMA 50: $57.61
SMA 200: $51.29
Current: $52.86
EMA 12: $56.73
EMA 26: $57.85
MACD: -1.1214 | Signal: -0.9583
BEARISH
ADX (14): 23.37
WEAK TREND
+DI: 18.77
−DI: 42.76
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 34.69
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 11.16
Stoch %D: 10.52
Williams %R: -97.11
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $66.38
BB Lower: $52.34
NEUTRAL
OBV: 3,768,650
Vol SMA 20: 73,236
Vol ROC: -20.49%
ATR: $1.95
True Range: $3.45
HV 20: 39.9%
HV 30: 43.3%
HV 60: 41.0%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis
LLM Stock Analysis Report
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: BULLISH (Confidence Level: 8/10)
Key Drivers:
- Strong technical momentum, with MACD and RSI indicators in bullish zones
- Recent news headlines highlighting neutral sentiment, aligning with short-term market fluctuations
Primary Risks:
- High volatility, with beta indicating more than twice the market's sensitivity to changes
- Unusual options activity, suggesting a high level of uncertainty surrounding future price movements
Investment Thesis: SMHX is expected to continue its upward trend due to strong technical momentum and neutral news sentiment. However, the high volatility and unusual options activity pose significant risks that must be carefully managed.
Recent News Sentiment Impact: The recent headlines are largely neutral, which aligns with the current market's short-term fluctuations. This lack of directional bias in the news reduces the impact on SMHX's price action.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term (1-4 weeks): Uptrend Medium-term (1-3 months): Bullish momentum Long-term (3-12 months): Bullish trend
Support/Resistance Levels:
- Upper Bollinger Band: $68.35
- Middle Line (SMA 50): $57.73
- Lower Bollinger Band: $57.66
Momentum Signals: RSI: 51.66 (neutral) MACD: Bullish, with a strong buy signal Bollinger Bands: Neutral, as the price remains within the bands' range
Volume Analysis:
- Volume SMA 20: 201000.15
- On-Balance Volume (OBV): 3672480.03
- Volume Rate of Change: -56.55% (indicating a decline in volume)
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: The recent headlines highlight neutral sentiment, with no clear direction or bias.
Sentiment Assessment: NEUTRAL
Catalyst Identification: Earnings announcements and product launches are upcoming catalysts that could impact SMHX's price action.
Market Narrative: The market is currently in a range-bound phase, with no clear direction. This aligns with the neutral news sentiment, which does not provide any significant directional bias.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: High risk relative to the market (beta >1.5)
Volatility Regime: High volatility, with an IV rank of 96.1%
Options Market Signals: IV Rank: 96.1% (High) Put/Call Volume Ratio: 0.92 (Neutral sentiment) Open Interest: 71 calls vs 171 puts
Downside Protection: Support levels to monitor include the middle line (SMA 50) and the lower Bollinger Band.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: Strong performance within the semiconductor sector
Institutional Activity: Moderate institutional interest, with a volume rate of change indicating a decline in trading activity
Correlation Analysis: High correlation with the market (R-squared interpretation)
Relative Valuation: Position is within the upper end of its historical range
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels: Upper Bollinger Band: $68.35 Middle Line (SMA 50): $57.73 Lower Bollinger Band: $57.66
Breakout/Breakdown Levels: Not identified at this time, as the price remains within the upper end of its range.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: Earnings announcements and product launches are upcoming catalysts that could impact SMHX's price action.
Risk Management: Stop-loss levels should be set around $57.73 (middle line) to protect against potential losses, with position sizing considerations based on the high volatility and unusual options activity.
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SMHX Options Activity & IV Rank
SMHX IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Current IV: 44.3%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $5.30
7-DTE Move: $5.30
Days to Exp: 29 (2026-11-20)
Options Flow
Call Volume: 23
Put Volume: 8
P/C Volume: 0.348
BULLISH
Call OI: 27
Put OI: 11
P/C OI: 0.407
Total OI: 38
ATM Options Pricing
ATM Call: $2.88
ATM Put: $2.42
Call %: 5.5%
Put %: 4.6%
Chain Summary
Chain Volume: 103
Chain OI: 199
Last Updated: 10/22/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.
Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.
Dealer Positioning
HIGH γ vs HISTORY
Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 98th percentile of this name's own daily history, near the high end of its range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.
Gamma percentile
98%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+1.00
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
+1.00
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
-1.00
δ-decay vs time
Vanna tilt +1.00: the estimated dealer exposure leans positive, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably if implied volatility changed.
Charm tilt -1.00: the estimated dealer exposure leans negative, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably as time passes and options approach expiry.
? What is this?
· 3 ATM contracts, 0k total OI
Net dealer gamma is an estimate of the aggregate gamma held by options market makers across this name's option chain, weighted by open interest. Dealer positions aren't public, so it uses a standard simplifying assumption: dealers are treated as long the calls and short the puts that are open. Actual dealer books can differ.
Gamma percentile ranks today's estimate against this name's own daily history, from 0% (the lowest reading on record) to 100% (the highest). Raw gamma scales with how much open interest a chain carries, so it isn't comparable across names; the percentile is. The badge marks the bottom 20% as low and the top 20% as high.
Tilts run from −1 to +1 and show how lopsided the estimated dealer exposure is. GEX tilt compares call gamma with put gamma. Vanna tilt describes how the hedge would shift if implied volatility changed, and charm tilt how it would shift with the passage of time.
This card describes estimated positioning and where it sits historically. It is not a forecast of price direction or volatility and not a trading signal. Market-wide view: Dealer positioning screener.
Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d
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pts
EXTREME
No data
30 DTE / 10d
—
—
pts
EXTREME
ATM 44.4% / Wing —
Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)46.4MediumOct 22
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$5.30Oct 22
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 2.4877
Alpha: 4.92%
Correlation: 0.7636
R-Squared: 58.3%
Stock Volatility: 41.5%
Market Volatility: 12.7%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
High volatility - stock moves more than market
High volatility - stock moves more than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
SMHX Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-09-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
2 filers$396.12K notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $370.56K | 93.55% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | Advisory Services Network, LLC Custodian | $25.56K | 6.45% | 2026-06-30 |
2 filers$1.88M notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $1.23M | 65.08% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian | $658.07K | 34.92% | 2026-06-30 |
Short Interest & Float
Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.
Metric definitions
- Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
- SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
- Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
- Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
- Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
- Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
- SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
- 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
- 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
- >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
- Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
- Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
- A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.
Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.
Short Interest
37.73K
SI % of Float
—
Days to Cover
1.00
Short Vol Ratio
75.6%
Free Float
—
Float %
—
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
SMHX Constituent Performance
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SMHX Constituents (21 of 21)
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Price | 1 Day | 1 Week | 1 Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corp | 18.56% | $213.12 | -3.98% | -1.89% | -5.10% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 14.16% | $324.69 | -3.88% | -5.70% | -7.33% |
| ALAB | Astera Labs Inc | 6.11% | $261.81 | -9.74% | -13.30% | -27.38% |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 5.97% | $512.5 | -7.28% | -8.84% | -18.55% |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Inc | 5.48% | $225.38 | -7.92% | -6.58% | -12.97% |
| ARM | ARM Holdings PLC | 4.82% | $211.9 | -6.49% | -13.44% | -30.83% |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM Inc | 4.49% | $174.51 | -1.94% | -2.18% | -10.17% |
| LSCC | Lattice Semiconductor Corp | 4.09% | $96.83 | -10.17% | -9.58% | -20.77% |
| CDNS | Cadence Design Systems Inc | 4.08% | $313.02 | -4.00% | -3.50% | -2.79% |
| SNPS | Synopsys Inc | 4.05% | $435.38 | -3.50% | -6.99% | +2.46% |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems Inc | 3.93% | $1184.25 | -7.72% | -5.20% | -11.33% |
| SIMO | Silicon Motion Technology Corp | 3.81% | $192.67 | -13.33% | -11.78% | -29.96% |
| SITM | SiTime Corp | 3.76% | $468.3 | -8.03% | -6.64% | -27.20% |
| RMBS | Rambus Inc | 3.71% | $86.73 | -6.54% | -6.61% | -17.04% |
| SMTC | Semtech Corp | 3.33% | $124.52 | -12.08% | -13.65% | -28.64% |
| CRUS | Cirrus Logic Inc | 2.20% | $110.58 | -0.06% | +2.01% | -6.92% |
| SLAB | Silicon Laboratories Inc | 1.97% | $221.32 | -0.18% | +0.12% | -0.03% |
| ALGM | Allegro MicroSystems Inc | 1.65% | $32.06 | -7.08% | -0.91% | -8.72% |
| POWI | Power Integrations Inc | 1.01% | $47.44 | -1.68% | +5.49% | -6.58% |
| SYNA | Synaptics Inc | 0.92% | $117.2 | -0.26% | -0.30% | +21.05% |
| PI | Impinj Inc | 0.85% | $172.95 | -3.28% | -9.39% | -2.05% |