DRSK Short Volume
Aptus Defined Risk ETF (DRSK) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.48B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.24 to the broader market. An actively-managed strategy that seeks income and growth through a hybrid fixed income and equity approach. public since 2018-08-09.
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
- 20.5K
- Total Volume
- 33.2K
- Short %
- 61.83%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.04%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Aptus Defined Risk ETF.
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Frequently asked DRSK short volume questions
- What is the daily DRSK short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Aptus Defined Risk ETF (DRSK) short volume is 20.5K shares against 33.2K total reported volume, or 61.83% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DRSK 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 DRSK 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.