BNO Short Volume

United States Brent Oil Fund LP (BNO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $154.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 2.11 to the broader market. The fund's primary benchmark is a specific Brent crude oil futures contract traded on the Ice Futures Europe Exchange. public since 2010-06-02.

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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
76.9K
Total Volume
267.9K
Short %
28.71%
30-Day Avg Short %
35.34%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for United States Brent Oil Fund LP.

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Frequently asked BNO short volume questions

What is the daily BNO short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, United States Brent Oil Fund LP (BNO) short volume is 76.9K shares against 267.9K total reported volume, or 28.71% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is BNO 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 BNO 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.