BFOC Short Volume
FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - October (BFOC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $5.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.08 to the broader market. The investment objective of the FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - October (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees and expenses) that match the price return of a reference asset which seeks to reflect generally (before fees and expenses) the performance of the price of bitcoin (the "Bitcoin Reference Instrument"), up to a predetermined upside cap of 28. public since 2025-10-01.
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
- 2026-05-29
- Short Volume
- 253
- Total Volume
- 253
- Short %
- 100.00%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 67.82%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - October.
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Frequently asked BFOC short volume questions
- What is the daily BFOC short volume?
- As of May 29, 2026, FT Vest Bitcoin Strategy Floor15 ETF - October (BFOC) short volume is 253 shares against 253 total reported volume, or 100.00% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BFOC 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 BFOC 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.