QQH Short Volume
HCM Defender 100 Index ETF (QQH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $699.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.28 to the broader market. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets, including borrowings for investment purposes but exclusive of collateral held from securities lending, in securities included in the index. public since 2019-10-10.
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
- 5.2K
- Total Volume
- 14.0K
- Short %
- 36.88%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.80%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for HCM Defender 100 Index ETF.
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Frequently asked QQH short volume questions
- What is the daily QQH short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, HCM Defender 100 Index ETF (QQH) short volume is 5.2K shares against 14.0K total reported volume, or 36.88% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QQH 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 QQH 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.