ARKY Short Volume

ARK Active Autocallable Income ETF (ARKY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.1M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.00 to the broader market. ARKY is an actively managed ETF that seeks to generate income through a portfolio of derivatives designed to replicate the economics of autocallable equity-linked notes (ELNs) referencing equities within ARK's disruptive innovation universe. public since 2023-11-14.

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
16.6K
Total Volume
54.7K
Short %
30.42%
30-Day Avg Short %
77.41%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ARK Active Autocallable Income ETF.

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Frequently asked ARKY short volume questions

What is the daily ARKY short volume?
As of Oct 15, 2026, ARK Active Autocallable Income ETF (ARKY) short volume is 16.6K shares against 54.7K total reported volume, or 30.42% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is ARKY 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 ARKY 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.