BITY Short Volume

Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF (BITY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $13.5M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.45 to the broader market. BITY does not directly invest in Bitcoin but employs a covered call strategy on the price return of Bitcoin. public since 2025-05-01.

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
2026-09-30
Short Volume
5.4K
Total Volume
7.5K
Short %
72.90%
30-Day Avg Short %
54.62%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF.

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Frequently asked BITY short volume questions

What is the daily BITY short volume?
As of Sep 30, 2026, Amplify Bitcoin 2% Monthly Option Income ETF (BITY) short volume is 5.4K shares against 7.5K total reported volume, or 72.90% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is BITY 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 BITY 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.