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 $485.47B, 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
- 2026-07-07
- Short Volume
- 9.9M
- Total Volume
- 13.6M
- Short %
- 72.37%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 59.88%
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 | $725.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 37.5K | 1.9K | 20.3% | $2.93 | $2.96 |
| CALL | $745.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 36.3K | 1.8K | 20.0% | $0.01 | $0.02 |
| PUT | $723.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 31.4K | 341 | 21.1% | $2.41 | $2.44 |
| CALL | $724.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 30.8K | 651 | 20.7% | $3.50 | $3.53 |
| PUT | $724.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 28.5K | 8.2K | 20.7% | $2.80 | $2.82 |
| CALL | $736.00 | Jul 31, 2026 | 28.2K | 218 | 22.7% | $13.10 | $13.18 |
| CALL | $723.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 26.4K | 660 | 21.1% | $4.12 | $4.16 |
| PUT | $722.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 26.3K | 173 | 21.6% | $2.09 | $2.12 |
| PUT | $720.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 24.7K | 1.4K | 22.4% | $1.56 | $1.58 |
| PUT | $725.00 | Jul 7, 2026 | 22.3K | 417 | 20.3% | $3.23 | $3.26 |
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Frequently asked QQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily QQQ short volume?
- As of Jul 7, 2026, Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (QQQ) short volume is 9.9M shares against 13.6M total reported volume, or 72.37% 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.