HIPS Short Volume

GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $102.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.61 to the broader market. HIPS offers a twist on the popular multi-asset income space: a focus on pass-through securities (those that pass on most of their income to their owners). public since 2015-01-09.

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

23.8K

Total Volume

39.5K

Short %

60.16%

30-Day Avg Short %

54.41%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF.

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Frequently asked HIPS short volume questions

What is the daily HIPS short volume?

As of Jun 30, 2026, GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS) short volume is 23.8K shares against 39.5K total reported volume, or 60.16% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is HIPS 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 HIPS 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.