MZZ Short Volume

ProShares - UltraShort MidCap400 (MZZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $704,670, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -2.03 to the broader market. This ProShares fund aims to generate daily investment returns, before accounting for fees and expenses, that mirror two times the opposite (-2x) of the S&P MidCap 400's daily performance. public since 2006-07-13.

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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
2
Total Volume
84
Short %
2.38%
30-Day Avg Short %
46.55%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort MidCap400.

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Frequently asked MZZ short volume questions

What is the daily MZZ short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort MidCap400 (MZZ) short volume is 2 shares against 84 total reported volume, or 2.38% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is MZZ 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 MZZ 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.