PRFD Short Volume

PIMCO Preferred And Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund (PRFD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $223.0M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 148 people, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Preferred and Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund is an exchange traded fund launched and managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC. Led by Joel T. Murphy, public since 2023-01-19.

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
2026-07-16
Short Volume
2.6K
Total Volume
4.3K
Short %
60.52%
30-Day Avg Short %
51.76%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for PIMCO Preferred And Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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Frequently asked PRFD short volume questions

What is the daily PRFD short volume?
As of Jul 16, 2026, PIMCO Preferred And Capital Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund (PRFD) short volume is 2.6K shares against 4.3K total reported volume, or 60.52% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is PRFD 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 PRFD 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.