MDST Short Volume
Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (MDST) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $255.7M, listed on NYSE, carrying a beta of 0.27 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of borrowings, if any, for investment purposes) in securities of Midstream North American corporations and Midstream U. public since 2024-04-09.
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
- 19.9K
- Total Volume
- 32.9K
- Short %
- 60.55%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.72%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF.
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Frequently asked MDST short volume questions
- What is the daily MDST short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF (MDST) short volume is 19.9K shares against 32.9K total reported volume, or 60.55% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MDST 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 MDST 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.