FTAG Short Volume

First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $6.3M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.55 to the broader market. The First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF operates as an exchange-traded fund with the main purpose of tracking the performance of a specific equity benchmark. public since 2010-03-11.

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
2026-10-15
Short Volume
6
Total Volume
124
Short %
4.84%
30-Day Avg Short %
17.64%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF.

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Frequently asked FTAG short volume questions

What is the daily FTAG short volume?
As of Oct 15, 2026, First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG) short volume is 6 shares against 124 total reported volume, or 4.84% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is FTAG 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 FTAG 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.