GBUG Short Volume
Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF (GBUG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $70.6M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of -0.06 to the broader market. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing 80% of its net assets in shares of gold and silver, focused companies that are engaged in exploring, developing and mining; or royalty and streaming companies engaged in the financing of gold and silver assets. public since 2025-02-20.
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
- 17.2K
- Total Volume
- 40.0K
- Short %
- 42.91%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 35.93%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF.
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Frequently asked GBUG short volume questions
- What is the daily GBUG short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF (GBUG) short volume is 17.2K shares against 40.0K total reported volume, or 42.91% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is GBUG 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 GBUG 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.