DEFR Short Volume
ETF Series Solutions - Aptus Deferred Income ETF (DEFR) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $146.0M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.12 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its objective by attempting to provide a tax-efficient return stream through investments in options, total return swaps, Treasury Bills and/or box spreads as opposed to traditional bond investments. public since 2025-05-14.
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
- 6.9K
- Total Volume
- 15.4K
- Short %
- 44.65%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 74.01%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ETF Series Solutions - Aptus Deferred Income ETF.
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Frequently asked DEFR short volume questions
- What is the daily DEFR short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, ETF Series Solutions - Aptus Deferred Income ETF (DEFR) short volume is 6.9K shares against 15.4K total reported volume, or 44.65% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DEFR 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 DEFR 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.