RKLZ Short Volume
Defiance Daily Target 2X Short RKLB ETF (RKLZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $84,319, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of -4.51 to the broader market. This actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is designed to generate a daily return equivalent to two times the inverse (-200%) of the daily percentage change in the price of its designated underlying security. public since 2025-11-18.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 3.0M
- Total Volume
- 8.9M
- Short %
- 33.21%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 39.47%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Defiance Daily Target 2X Short RKLB ETF.
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Frequently asked RKLZ short volume questions
- What is the daily RKLZ short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Defiance Daily Target 2X Short RKLB ETF (RKLZ) short volume is 3.0M shares against 8.9M total reported volume, or 33.21% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is RKLZ 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 RKLZ 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.