FTGC Short Volume
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.64B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.95 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to achieve attractive risk adjusted returns by investing in commodity futures contracts, exchange-traded commodity linked instruments, and commodity linked total return swaps (collectively, "Commodities Instruments") through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Subsidiary"). public since 2013-10-24.
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
- 229.6K
- Total Volume
- 390.9K
- Short %
- 58.75%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 42.19%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.
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Frequently asked FTGC short volume questions
- What is the daily FTGC short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC) short volume is 229.6K shares against 390.9K total reported volume, or 58.75% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is FTGC 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 FTGC 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.