BALT Short Volume
Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF (BALT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.43B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.18 to the broader market. The Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF seeks to track the return of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), to a cap, and provide a measure of downside protection by seeking to buffer investors against losses. public since 2021-07-01.
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
- 53.8K
- Total Volume
- 175.5K
- Short %
- 30.67%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.49%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF.
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Frequently asked BALT short volume questions
- What is the daily BALT short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Innovator Defined Wealth Shield ETF (BALT) short volume is 53.8K shares against 175.5K total reported volume, or 30.67% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BALT 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 BALT 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.