KNG Short Volume
FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (KNG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.36B, listed on CBOE, employing roughly 29 people, carrying a beta of 0.54 to the broader market. First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund IV - FT Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors LP. Led by Jamie Gibson, public since 2018-03-27.
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
- 42.1K
- Total Volume
- 135.4K
- Short %
- 31.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 29.67%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF.
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Frequently asked KNG short volume questions
- What is the daily KNG short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, FT Cboe Vest S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income ETF (KNG) short volume is 42.1K shares against 135.4K total reported volume, or 31.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KNG 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 KNG 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.