AINF Short Volume
Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF (AINF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.00 to the broader market. Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the BITA AI Inference Chip Select Index. public since 2026-08-18.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 138
- Total Volume
- 138
- Short %
- 100.00%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 91.08%
Showing 9 days of FINRA short volume data for Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF.
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Frequently asked AINF short volume questions
- What is the daily AINF short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF (AINF) short volume is 138 shares against 138 total reported volume, or 100.00% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AINF short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does AINF short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.