QDEC Short Volume
FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $696.6M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.59 to the broader market. The Fund seeks to provide returns that match those of the Invesco QQQ Trust while providing a buffer against the first 10% of Underlying ETF losses, from December 23, 2024 through December 19, 2025. public since 2020-12-21.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 3.6K
- Total Volume
- 11.1K
- Short %
- 32.76%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 25.71%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December.
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Frequently asked QDEC short volume questions
- What is the daily QDEC short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) short volume is 3.6K shares against 11.1K total reported volume, or 32.76% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QDEC 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 QDEC 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.