ALAI Short Volume
Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF (ALAI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $136.9M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.85 to the broader market. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of companies of any market capitalization focusing on the development, adoption, and utilization of artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies that the manager believes demonstrate promising growth potential. public since 2024-04-08.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 40.7K
- Total Volume
- 52.3K
- Short %
- 77.78%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.59%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF.
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Frequently asked ALAI short volume questions
- What is the daily ALAI short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF (ALAI) short volume is 40.7K shares against 52.3K total reported volume, or 77.78% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ALAI 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 ALAI 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.