DUG Short Volume
ProShares - UltraShort Energy (DUG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $9.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.24 to the broader market. ProShares UltraShort Energy seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the S&P Energy Select SectorSM Index. public since 2007-02-01.
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
- 5.2K
- Total Volume
- 72.6K
- Short %
- 7.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.08%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort Energy.
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Frequently asked DUG short volume questions
- What is the daily DUG short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Energy (DUG) short volume is 5.2K shares against 72.6K total reported volume, or 7.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DUG 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 DUG 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.