NAUG Short Volume
Innovator Growth-100 Power Buffer ETF - August (NAUG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $69.3M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.58 to the broader market. NAUG uses FLEX options in an effort to participate in the price performance of the Invesco QQQ Trust, up to a predetermined cap, while buffering some downside loss over a one-year period starting each August. public since 2024-08-01.
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
- 474
- Total Volume
- 1.2K
- Short %
- 38.10%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.68%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Innovator Growth-100 Power Buffer ETF - August.
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Frequently asked NAUG short volume questions
- What is the daily NAUG short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Innovator Growth-100 Power Buffer ETF - August (NAUG) short volume is 474 shares against 1.2K total reported volume, or 38.10% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is NAUG 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 NAUG 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.