IFV Short Volume
First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (IFV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $266.7M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.94 to the broader market. This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to mirror the overall investment performance – encompassing both capital appreciation and income generation – of a specific benchmark, the Dorsey Wright International Focus Five Index. public since 2014-07-23.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 14.2K
- Total Volume
- 17.0K
- Short %
- 83.36%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 42.56%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF.
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Frequently asked IFV short volume questions
- What is the daily IFV short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (IFV) short volume is 14.2K shares against 17.0K total reported volume, or 83.36% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IFV 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 IFV 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.