HYD Short Volume
VanEck High Yield Muni ETF (HYD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $4.30B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.02 to the broader market. The VanEck High Yield Muni ETF, traded under the symbol HYD, endeavors to closely mirror the price performance and yield generation of the ICE Broad High Yield Crossover Municipal Index (MHYX), before factoring in its fees and expenses. public since 2009-02-05.
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
- 75.1K
- Total Volume
- 243.8K
- Short %
- 30.80%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.35%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for VanEck High Yield Muni ETF.
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Frequently asked HYD short volume questions
- What is the daily HYD short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, VanEck High Yield Muni ETF (HYD) short volume is 75.1K shares against 243.8K total reported volume, or 30.80% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HYD 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 HYD 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.