QLD Short Volume
ProShares - Ultra QQQ (QLD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $11.18B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 2.56 to the broader market. The ProShares Ultra QQQ (QLD) is designed to deliver investment returns each day that are double the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index, prior to accounting for any fees and 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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 622.4K
- Total Volume
- 1.4M
- Short %
- 44.31%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.71%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Ultra QQQ.
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Frequently asked QLD short volume questions
- What is the daily QLD short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, ProShares - Ultra QQQ (QLD) short volume is 622.4K shares against 1.4M total reported volume, or 44.31% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QLD 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 QLD 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.