LGOV Short Volume
First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF (LGOV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $670.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.76 to the broader market. The First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF's (the "Fund") primary investment objective is to generate current income with a focus on preservation of capital. public since 2019-01-23.
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
- 20.9K
- Total Volume
- 94.8K
- Short %
- 21.99%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 42.51%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
Frequently asked LGOV short volume questions
- What is the daily LGOV short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF (LGOV) short volume is 20.9K shares against 94.8K total reported volume, or 21.99% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LGOV 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 LGOV 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.