BTCW Short Volume
WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $164.0M, listed on CBOE, employing roughly 16 people, carrying a beta of 2.04 to the broader market. BTCW passively tracks Bitcoins market price using the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate New York Variant, which aggregates data from a selection of Bitcoin exchanges that meet their constituent exchange criteria. Led by Tsz Wai Leung, public since 2024-01-11.
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
- 204
- Total Volume
- 3.5K
- Short %
- 5.87%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 36.12%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund.
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Frequently asked BTCW short volume questions
- What is the daily BTCW short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW) short volume is 204 shares against 3.5K total reported volume, or 5.87% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BTCW 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 BTCW 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.