GCOW Short Volume
Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF (GCOW) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $3.17B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.40 to the broader market. This exchange-traded fund employs a specific investment strategy to deliver both a steady income stream and long-term capital growth. public since 2016-02-23.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 52.2K
- Total Volume
- 143.5K
- Short %
- 36.42%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 47.04%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF.
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Frequently asked GCOW short volume questions
- What is the daily GCOW short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF (GCOW) short volume is 52.2K shares against 143.5K total reported volume, or 36.42% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is GCOW 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 GCOW 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.