KBAB Short Volume
KraneShares 2X Long BABA Daily ETF (KBAB) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $1.3M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 3.37 to the broader market. The KraneShares 2x Long BABA Daily ETF (KBAB) is an exchange-traded fund designed to deliver daily investment performance that mirrors two hundred percent (200%) of the daily price movement of Alibaba Group Holding Limited's (NYSE: BABA) American Depositary Receipt (ADR), prior to the deduction of fees and expenses. public since 2025-03-12.
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
- 1.3K
- Total Volume
- 5.2K
- Short %
- 25.59%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.91%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for KraneShares 2X Long BABA Daily ETF.
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Frequently asked KBAB short volume questions
- What is the daily KBAB short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, KraneShares 2X Long BABA Daily ETF (KBAB) short volume is 1.3K shares against 5.2K total reported volume, or 25.59% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KBAB 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 KBAB 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.