LOUP Short Volume
Innovator Deepwater Frontier Tech ETF (LOUP) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $123.6M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.84 to the broader market. The Innovator Deepwater Frontier Tech ETF seeks to provide exposure to the investment results of the Deepwater Frontier Tech Index, which tracks the performance of companies that influence the future of technology including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence, fintech, robotics, autonomous and electric vehicles, and virtual/augmented reality. public since 2018-08-02.
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
- 1.6K
- Total Volume
- 4.4K
- Short %
- 36.39%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 33.79%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Innovator Deepwater Frontier Tech ETF.
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Frequently asked LOUP short volume questions
- What is the daily LOUP short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Innovator Deepwater Frontier Tech ETF (LOUP) short volume is 1.6K shares against 4.4K total reported volume, or 36.39% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LOUP 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 LOUP 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.