DUST Short Volume
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X ETF (DUST) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $85.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.67 to the broader market. The Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull and Bear 2X ETFs seek daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of either 200%, or 200% of the inverse (or opposite), of the performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index. public since 2010-12-08.
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
- 104.9K
- Total Volume
- 390.3K
- Short %
- 26.87%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 30.83%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X ETF.
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Frequently asked DUST short volume questions
- What is the daily DUST short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X ETF (DUST) short volume is 104.9K shares against 390.3K total reported volume, or 26.87% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DUST 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 DUST 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.