MVAL Short Volume
VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Value ETF (MVAL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.9M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.62 to the broader market. MVAL is passively managed to hold a concentrated portfolio of US stocks deemed as wide moat (attractively priced stocks with sustainable competitive advantages). public since 2024-03-28.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 3
- Total Volume
- 45
- Short %
- 6.67%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 31.21%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Value ETF.
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Frequently asked MVAL short volume questions
- What is the daily MVAL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Value ETF (MVAL) short volume is 3 shares against 45 total reported volume, or 6.67% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MVAL 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 MVAL 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.