QMFE Short Volume
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - February (QMFE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $47.7M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.59 to the broader market. QMFE uses FLEX options in an effort to moderate losses on the Invesco QQQ Trust over a one-year period, starting each February. public since 2025-02-24.
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
- 2026-10-13
- Short Volume
- 1
- Total Volume
- 940
- Short %
- 0.11%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 28.41%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - February.
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Frequently asked QMFE short volume questions
- What is the daily QMFE short volume?
- As of Oct 13, 2026, First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Moderate Buffer ETF - February (QMFE) short volume is 1 shares against 940 total reported volume, or 0.11% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QMFE 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 QMFE 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.