AQEC Short Volume

ETF Opportunities Trust - AQE Core ETF (AQEC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $613.1M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.54 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in high-quality equity securities that the advisor believes have the potential for long-term growth. public since 2025-11-18.

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
2026-10-15
Short Volume
640
Total Volume
16.1K
Short %
3.98%
30-Day Avg Short %
17.92%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ETF Opportunities Trust - AQE Core ETF.

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Frequently asked AQEC short volume questions

What is the daily AQEC short volume?
As of Oct 15, 2026, ETF Opportunities Trust - AQE Core ETF (AQEC) short volume is 640 shares against 16.1K total reported volume, or 3.98% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is AQEC 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 AQEC 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.