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 $541.28B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.23 to the broader market. Managed by Invesco, the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 functions as an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that commenced operations on March 10, 1999. 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
- 2026-10-06
- Short Volume
- 7.0M
- Total Volume
- 9.9M
- Short %
- 70.21%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 60.10%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
QQQ most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $760.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 69.3K | 182 | 14.3% | $2.07 | $2.08 |
| PUT | $685.00 | Oct 30, 2026 | 62.2K | 56.6K | 25.8% | $1.20 | $1.22 |
| PUT | $700.00 | Oct 30, 2026 | 56.4K | 38.6K | 24.1% | $1.85 | $1.87 |
| CALL | $761.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 51.3K | 690 | 14.0% | $1.95 | $1.96 |
| CALL | $762.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 50.3K | 13.0K | 13.7% | $1.48 | $1.49 |
| CALL | $760.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 36.2K | 5.6K | 14.3% | $2.50 | $2.51 |
| CALL | $775.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 31.9K | 46.5K | 15.3% | $2.74 | $2.75 |
| CALL | $763.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 30.5K | 3.0K | 13.4% | $1.10 | $1.11 |
| CALL | $765.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 30.1K | 2.8K | 13.0% | $0.55 | $0.56 |
| PUT | $755.00 | Oct 8, 2026 | 28.2K | 963 | 15.7% | $1.45 | $1.46 |
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Frequently asked QQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily QQQ short volume?
- As of Oct 6, 2026, Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) short volume is 7.0M shares against 9.9M total reported volume, or 70.21% 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.