ALIL Short Volume

Argent Focused Small Cap ETF (ALIL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $26.8M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 18,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.52 to the broader market. ALIL is constructed by narrowing down a pool of US small-cap stocks using a bottom-up, fundamental approach that combines qualitative and quantitative criteria. Led by Stephan D. Scholl, public since 2025-04-09.

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
1
Total Volume
2.4K
Short %
0.04%
30-Day Avg Short %
23.80%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Argent Focused Small Cap ETF.

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Frequently asked ALIL short volume questions

What is the daily ALIL short volume?
As of Jul 16, 2026, Argent Focused Small Cap ETF (ALIL) short volume is 1 shares against 2.4K total reported volume, or 0.04% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is ALIL 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 ALIL 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.