ARKK Short Volume
ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $6.40B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 2.36 to the broader market. ARKK is an actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks long-term growth of capital by investing under normal circumstances primarily (at least 65% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies that are relevant to the Fund’s investment theme of disruptive innovation. public since 2014-10-31.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 2.8M
- Total Volume
- 4.1M
- Short %
- 68.72%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.89%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ARK Innovation ETF.
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Frequently asked ARKK short volume questions
- What is the daily ARKK short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) short volume is 2.8M shares against 4.1M total reported volume, or 68.72% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ARKK 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 ARKK 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.