KNGZ Short Volume
First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF (KNGZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $62.4M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.93 to the broader market. The First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF (the "Fund") seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of an equity index called the S&P 500 Sector-Neutral Dividend Aristocrats Index (the "Index"). public since 2017-06-26.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 2.2K
- Total Volume
- 2.6K
- Short %
- 84.92%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.20%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF.
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Frequently asked KNGZ short volume questions
- What is the daily KNGZ short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, First Trust S&P 500 Diversified Dividend Aristocrats ETF (KNGZ) short volume is 2.2K shares against 2.6K total reported volume, or 84.92% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KNGZ 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 KNGZ 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.