QID Short Volume
ProShares - UltraShort QQQ (QID) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $278.4M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -2.13 to the broader market. ProShares UltraShort QQQ seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. public since 2006-07-13.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 2.3M
- Total Volume
- 8.0M
- Short %
- 28.09%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.12%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort QQQ.
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Frequently asked QID short volume questions
- What is the daily QID short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort QQQ (QID) short volume is 2.3M shares against 8.0M total reported volume, or 28.09% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QID 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 QID 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.