RIOX Short Volume
Daily Target 2X Long RIOT ETF (RIOX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $16.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 9.28 to the broader market. The fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that attempts to achieve two times (200%) the daily percentage change in the share price of the underlying security by employing derivatives, namely swap agreements and/or listed options contracts. public since 2025-01-02.
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
- 126.1K
- Total Volume
- 246.4K
- Short %
- 51.18%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.24%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Daily Target 2X Long RIOT ETF.
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Frequently asked RIOX short volume questions
- What is the daily RIOX short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Daily Target 2X Long RIOT ETF (RIOX) short volume is 126.1K shares against 246.4K total reported volume, or 51.18% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is RIOX 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 RIOX 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.