QYLD Short Volume
Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $8.59B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.48 to the broader market. The Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) is designed to approximate the investment outcomes, in terms of both price changes and income generation, of the Cboe Nasdaq-100 BuyWrite V2 Index, preceding the impact of its fees and expenses. public since 2013-12-12.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 903.1K
- Total Volume
- 1.5M
- Short %
- 62.03%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 47.68%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
QYLD most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $19.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 2 | 524 | 946.3% | $0.55 | $0.85 |
| CALL | $18.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 12 | 3.7K | 318.2% | $0.20 | $0.30 |
| PUT | $18.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 1 | 854 | 318.2% | $0.05 | $0.10 |
Top 3 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked QYLD short volume questions
- What is the daily QYLD short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Global X - Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) short volume is 903.1K shares against 1.5M total reported volume, or 62.03% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is QYLD 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 QYLD 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.