CEFD Short Volume

ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Closed-End Fund Index ETN (CEFD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $7.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.13 to the broader market. The index is a mutual fund index designed to serve as a benchmark for closed-end funds listed in the U. public since 2020-06-03.

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
2026-06-01
Short Volume
457
Total Volume
578
Short %
79.07%
30-Day Avg Short %
54.51%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Closed-End Fund Index ETN.

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Frequently asked CEFD short volume questions

What is the daily CEFD short volume?
As of Jun 1, 2026, ETRACS Monthly Pay 1.5X Leveraged Closed-End Fund Index ETN (CEFD) short volume is 457 shares against 578 total reported volume, or 79.07% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is CEFD 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 CEFD 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.