ITA Short Volume
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $14.30B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.01 to the broader market. This Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) aims to replicate the investment performance of a specific market index. public since 2006-05-05.
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
- 116.0K
- Total Volume
- 271.4K
- Short %
- 42.73%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.43%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF.
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Frequently asked ITA short volume questions
- What is the daily ITA short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) short volume is 116.0K shares against 271.4K total reported volume, or 42.73% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ITA 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 ITA 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.