ESPO Short Volume
VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $254.7M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.95 to the broader market. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Video Gaming and eSports Index (MVESPOTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in video game development, esports, and related hardware and software. public since 2018-10-17.
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
- 2.4K
- Total Volume
- 7.3K
- Short %
- 33.32%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 25.44%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF.
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Frequently asked ESPO short volume questions
- What is the daily ESPO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) short volume is 2.4K shares against 7.3K total reported volume, or 33.32% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ESPO 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 ESPO 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.