BITU Short Volume
ProShares - Ultra Bitcoin ETF (BITU) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $223.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 3.35 to the broader market. This fund endeavors to provide investors with daily returns that are two times (2x) the performance of the Bloomberg Bitcoin Index on a given day. public since 2024-04-02.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 641.4K
- Total Volume
- 1.1M
- Short %
- 57.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.12%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Ultra Bitcoin ETF.
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Frequently asked BITU short volume questions
- What is the daily BITU short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - Ultra Bitcoin ETF (BITU) short volume is 641.4K shares against 1.1M total reported volume, or 57.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BITU 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 BITU 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.