FV Short Volume
First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (FV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.55B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.28 to the broader market. This exchange-traded fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index. public since 2014-03-06.
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
- 10.0K
- Total Volume
- 49.9K
- Short %
- 20.08%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 21.67%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF.
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Frequently asked FV short volume questions
- What is the daily FV short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus 5 ETF (FV) short volume is 10.0K shares against 49.9K total reported volume, or 20.08% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is FV 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 FV 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.