MSTX Short Volume
Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF (MSTX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.14B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 4.50 to the broader market. The Defiance Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF (the “Fund”) seeks daily leveraged investment results of two times (200%) the daily percentage change in the share price of MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR). public since 2024-08-15.
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
- 488.7K
- Total Volume
- 1.1M
- Short %
- 46.51%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.90%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF.
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Frequently asked MSTX short volume questions
- What is the daily MSTX short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF (MSTX) short volume is 488.7K shares against 1.1M total reported volume, or 46.51% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MSTX 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 MSTX 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.