PAPI Short Volume
Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF (PAPI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $367.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.26 to the broader market. PAPI primarily invests in an equity portfolio of durable dividend payers selected from the Russell 3000 Index using a proprietary investment process that considers 12-month yield and risk level. public since 2023-10-19.
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
- 12.3K
- Total Volume
- 32.1K
- Short %
- 38.16%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 36.14%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF.
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Frequently asked PAPI short volume questions
- What is the daily PAPI short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Parametric Equity Premium Income ETF (PAPI) short volume is 12.3K shares against 32.1K total reported volume, or 38.16% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PAPI 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 PAPI 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.