BUFC Short Volume
AB Conservative Buffer ETF (BUFC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.05B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.26 to the broader market. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, substantially all of its assets in a combination of exchange-traded options contracts on an underlying ETF. Led by Anthony J. Danno, public since 2023-12-13.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 2.4K
- Total Volume
- 13.5K
- Short %
- 17.69%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.47%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for AB Conservative Buffer ETF.
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Frequently asked BUFC short volume questions
- What is the daily BUFC short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, AB Conservative Buffer ETF (BUFC) short volume is 2.4K shares against 13.5K total reported volume, or 17.69% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BUFC 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 BUFC 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.