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 0.58 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 2010-03-31.

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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
114
Total Volume
2.8K
Short %
4.01%
30-Day Avg Short %
36.18%

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 Jun 30, 2026, First Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF (FTAG) short volume is 114 shares against 2.8K total reported volume, or 4.01% 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.