OVS Short Volume

Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF (OVS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $20.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.33 to the broader market. The fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that seeks to achieve its objective by (i) investing in one or more other ETFs that seek to obtain exposure to the performance of U. public since 2019-10-01.

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
2026-06-01
Short Volume
518
Total Volume
921
Short %
56.24%
30-Day Avg Short %
70.93%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF.

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Frequently asked OVS short volume questions

What is the daily OVS short volume?
As of Jun 1, 2026, Overlay Shares Small Cap Equity ETF (OVS) short volume is 518 shares against 921 total reported volume, or 56.24% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is OVS 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 OVS 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.