ISMF Short Volume
Blackrock ETF Trust - Ishares Managed Futures Active ETF (ISMF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $64.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.23 to the broader market. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowing for investment purposes), based on notional value, in futures contracts and futures-related instruments, including, but not limited to, forward contracts. public since 2025-03-13.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 1.4K
- Total Volume
- 10.1K
- Short %
- 13.91%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.27%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Blackrock ETF Trust - Ishares Managed Futures Active ETF.
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Frequently asked ISMF short volume questions
- What is the daily ISMF short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Blackrock ETF Trust - Ishares Managed Futures Active ETF (ISMF) short volume is 1.4K shares against 10.1K total reported volume, or 13.91% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ISMF 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 ISMF 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.