OVT Short Volume
Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF (OVT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $58.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.70 to the broader market. The fund is an actively-managed 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 short-term, investment grade, U. public since 2021-01-15.
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
- 339
- Total Volume
- 3.6K
- Short %
- 9.54%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.39%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF.
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Frequently asked OVT short volume questions
- What is the daily OVT short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF (OVT) short volume is 339 shares against 3.6K total reported volume, or 9.54% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is OVT 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 OVT 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.