DFNL Short Volume
Davis Select Financial ETF (DFNL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $463.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.93 to the broader market. The fund's investment adviser, uses the Davis Investment Discipline to invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in securities issued by companies principally engaged in the financial services sector. public since 2017-01-12.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 1.7K
- Total Volume
- 9.8K
- Short %
- 17.22%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 32.70%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Davis Select Financial ETF.
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Frequently asked DFNL short volume questions
- What is the daily DFNL short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Davis Select Financial ETF (DFNL) short volume is 1.7K shares against 9.8K total reported volume, or 17.22% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DFNL 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 DFNL 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.