DAMD Short Volume
Tidal Trust II - Defiance Daily Target 2X Short AMD ETF (DAMD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $11.0M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -4.88 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund that attempts to achieve 2 times the inverse (-200%) of the daily percentage change in the price of the Underlying Security by employing derivatives, namely swap agreements and/or listed options contracts. public since 2025-11-14.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 724.9K
- Total Volume
- 1.5M
- Short %
- 48.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.34%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Tidal Trust II - Defiance Daily Target 2X Short AMD ETF.
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Frequently asked DAMD short volume questions
- What is the daily DAMD short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Tidal Trust II - Defiance Daily Target 2X Short AMD ETF (DAMD) short volume is 724.9K shares against 1.5M total reported volume, or 48.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DAMD 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 DAMD 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.