PSQ Short Volume

ProShares - Short QQQ (PSQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $638.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -1.14 to the broader market. The ProShares Short QQQ fund is designed to produce daily investment returns that are the opposite of the Nasdaq-100 Index's performance for that day, prior to the deduction of any fees or expenses. public since 2006-06-21.

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

2026-06-30

Short Volume

843.5K

Total Volume

2.0M

Short %

41.83%

30-Day Avg Short %

55.69%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Short QQQ.

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Frequently asked PSQ short volume questions

What is the daily PSQ short volume?

As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - Short QQQ (PSQ) short volume is 843.5K shares against 2.0M total reported volume, or 41.83% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is PSQ 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 PSQ 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.