BPI Short Volume
Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BPI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.5M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 415 people, carrying a beta of 1.46 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks indirect exposure to the returns of bitcoin by investing in bitcoin ETPs, including, but not limited to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (Ticker: GBTC) and the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (Ticker: BTC). Led by Neil Kumar, public since 2025-04-02.
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
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 5
- Total Volume
- 14
- Short %
- 35.71%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 34.21%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.
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Frequently asked BPI short volume questions
- What is the daily BPI short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, Grayscale Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BPI) short volume is 5 shares against 14 total reported volume, or 35.71% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BPI 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 BPI 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.