QLDY Short Volume
Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF (QLDY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $48.7M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.72 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation. Led by Paul Kim, public since 2025-09-18.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 17.2K
- Total Volume
- 43.3K
- Short %
- 39.86%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.41%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF.
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Frequently asked QLDY short volume questions
- What is the daily QLDY short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF (QLDY) short volume is 17.2K shares against 43.3K total reported volume, or 39.86% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QLDY 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 QLDY 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.