LGH Short Volume
HCM Defender 500 Index ETF (LGH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $560.6M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.17 to the broader market. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, including borrowings for investment purposes but exclusive of collateral held from securities lending, in securities included in the HCM 500 Index. public since 2019-10-10.
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
- 5.8K
- Total Volume
- 12.1K
- Short %
- 48.09%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 34.92%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for HCM Defender 500 Index ETF.
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Frequently asked LGH short volume questions
- What is the daily LGH short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, HCM Defender 500 Index ETF (LGH) short volume is 5.8K shares against 12.1K total reported volume, or 48.09% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LGH 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 LGH 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.