BLV Short Volume
Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $8.55B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 2.08 to the broader market. This ETF is designed to mirror the performance of the Bloomberg U. public since 2007-04-10.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 98.0K
- Total Volume
- 186.1K
- Short %
- 52.67%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.86%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF.
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Frequently asked BLV short volume questions
- What is the daily BLV short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV) short volume is 98.0K shares against 186.1K total reported volume, or 52.67% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BLV 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 BLV 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.