RND Short Volume
First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (RND) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.2M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.24 to the broader market. The First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (referred to as the "Fund") is designed to closely track the overall performance, including both capital appreciation and income, of the Bloomberg R&D Leaders Select Index (the "Index"), before deducting the Fund's operating fees and expenses. public since 2024-05-01.
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
- 12.6K
- Total Volume
- 13.4K
- Short %
- 93.73%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 65.25%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF.
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Frequently asked RND short volume questions
- What is the daily RND short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, First Trust Bloomberg R&D Leaders ETF (RND) short volume is 12.6K shares against 13.4K total reported volume, or 93.73% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is RND 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 RND 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.