AVES Short Volume
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $963.5M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.96 to the broader market. Invests in a broad set of companies of all market capitalizations across emerging markets countries and is designed to increase expected returns* by focusing on firms trading at what we believe are lower valuations with higher profitability ratios. public since 2021-09-30.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 21.5K
- Total Volume
- 36.5K
- Short %
- 58.86%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.50%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF.
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Frequently asked AVES short volume questions
- What is the daily AVES short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) short volume is 21.5K shares against 36.5K total reported volume, or 58.86% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AVES 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 AVES 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.