RDVI Short Volume

FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $3.07B, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.94 to the broader market. The FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF seeks to provide investors with current income with a secondary objective of providing capital appreciation. public since 2022-10-20.

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
181.8K
Total Volume
305.8K
Short %
59.47%
30-Day Avg Short %
49.88%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF.

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Frequently asked RDVI short volume questions

What is the daily RDVI short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI) short volume is 181.8K shares against 305.8K total reported volume, or 59.47% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is RDVI 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 RDVI 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.