MOAT Short Volume

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $11.71B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.95 to the broader market. VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (MWMFTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of attractively priced companies with sustainable competitive advantages according to Morningstar's equity research team. public since 2012-04-25.

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
41.2K
Total Volume
406.2K
Short %
10.14%
30-Day Avg Short %
23.20%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF.

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Frequently asked MOAT short volume questions

What is the daily MOAT short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) short volume is 41.2K shares against 406.2K total reported volume, or 10.14% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is MOAT 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 MOAT 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.