LBO Short Volume

WHITEWOLF Publicly Listed Private Equity ETF (LBO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $8.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.87 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of U. public since 2023-11-30.

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
2026-06-01
Short Volume
9
Total Volume
42
Short %
21.43%
30-Day Avg Short %
35.02%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for WHITEWOLF Publicly Listed Private Equity ETF.

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Frequently asked LBO short volume questions

What is the daily LBO short volume?
As of Jun 1, 2026, WHITEWOLF Publicly Listed Private Equity ETF (LBO) short volume is 9 shares against 42 total reported volume, or 21.43% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is LBO 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 LBO 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.