FLBL Short Volume

Franklin Senior Loan ETF (FLBL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $859.9M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.05 to the broader market. The fund seeks to provide a high level of current income with a secondary goal of preservation of capital. public since 2018-06-01.

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
19.7K
Total Volume
83.2K
Short %
23.66%
30-Day Avg Short %
45.57%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Franklin Senior Loan ETF.

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Frequently asked FLBL short volume questions

What is the daily FLBL short volume?
As of Jun 1, 2026, Franklin Senior Loan ETF (FLBL) short volume is 19.7K shares against 83.2K total reported volume, or 23.66% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is FLBL 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 FLBL 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.