GLL Short Volume

ProShares - UltraShort Gold (GLL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $104.0M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.63 to the broader market. The ProShares UltraShort Gold fund is engineered to provide daily returns that are precisely two times the opposite (-2x) of the Bloomberg Gold Subindex's daily movement. public since 2008-12-03.

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
2026-08-14
Short Volume
140.9K
Total Volume
339.3K
Short %
41.52%
30-Day Avg Short %
48.74%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort Gold.

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Frequently asked GLL short volume questions

What is the daily GLL short volume?
As of Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Gold (GLL) short volume is 140.9K shares against 339.3K total reported volume, or 41.52% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is GLL 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 GLL 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.