QQQ Short Volume
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $440.37B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.18 to the broader market. The Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched by Invesco on March 10, 1999, which is structured to track the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index. public since 1999-03-10.
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
- 2026-05-19
- Short Volume
- 10.0M
- Total Volume
- 15.9M
- Short %
- 62.59%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.96%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.
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QQQ most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $704.00 | May 19, 2026 | 72.4K | 199 | 22.5% | $3.75 | $3.78 |
| PUT | $700.00 | May 19, 2026 | 48.1K | 1.7K | 23.5% | $1.56 | $1.58 |
| CALL | $705.00 | May 19, 2026 | 46.4K | 964 | 22.2% | $3.20 | $3.23 |
| CALL | $710.00 | May 19, 2026 | 44.3K | 1.6K | 21.0% | $1.19 | $1.20 |
| CALL | $703.00 | May 19, 2026 | 27.6K | 248 | 22.8% | $4.34 | $4.38 |
| PUT | $695.00 | May 19, 2026 | 26.5K | 2.5K | 24.7% | $0.65 | $0.66 |
| PUT | $690.00 | May 22, 2026 | 24.9K | 11.8K | 28.4% | $2.77 | $2.81 |
| CALL | $712.00 | May 19, 2026 | 24.4K | 696 | 20.8% | $0.74 | $0.75 |
| PUT | $705.00 | May 19, 2026 | 24.3K | 4.3K | 22.2% | $3.34 | $3.39 |
| PUT | $702.00 | May 19, 2026 | 23.5K | 547 | 23.0% | $2.16 | $2.18 |
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Frequently asked QQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily QQQ short volume?
- As of May 19, 2026, Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) short volume is 10.0M shares against 15.9M total reported volume, or 62.59% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QQQ 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 QQQ 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.