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 1.90 to the broader market. Under typical conditions, this fund allocates at least 80% of its capital—derived from its net assets and any borrowed funds used for investment—to stocks. 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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 45.9K
- Total Volume
- 72.0K
- Short %
- 63.84%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.32%
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 Jul 16, 2026, Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF (ALAI) short volume is 45.9K shares against 72.0K total reported volume, or 63.84% 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.