EMTY Short Volume
ProShares - Decline of the Retail Store ETF (EMTY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.9M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -1.11 to the broader market. ProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF seeks capital appreciation from the decline of bricks-and-mortar retailers through short exposure (-1x) to the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. public since 2017-11-16.
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
- 629
- Total Volume
- 3.1K
- Short %
- 20.30%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.59%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Decline of the Retail Store ETF.
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Frequently asked EMTY short volume questions
- What is the daily EMTY short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - Decline of the Retail Store ETF (EMTY) short volume is 629 shares against 3.1K total reported volume, or 20.30% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is EMTY 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 EMTY 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.