IQQ Short Volume
iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF (IQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.00 to the broader market. The iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF seeks to track an index of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq based on market capitalization, offering a way to invest in innovative companies in the U. public since 2026-07-08.
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
- 436.3K
- Total Volume
- 699.1K
- Short %
- 62.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 82.12%
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Frequently asked IQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily IQQ short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF (IQQ) short volume is 436.3K shares against 699.1K total reported volume, or 62.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IQQ 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 IQQ 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.