PBQQ Short Volume
PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF (PBQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $12.4M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.66 to the broader market. PBQQ is a basket of defined outcome buffer ETFs. public since 2025-01-02.
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
- 10.2K
- Total Volume
- 19.6K
- Short %
- 51.83%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.01%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF.
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Frequently asked PBQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily PBQQ short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF (PBQQ) short volume is 10.2K shares against 19.6K total reported volume, or 51.83% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PBQQ 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 PBQQ 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.