SBB Short Volume
ProShares - Short SmallCap600 (SBB) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $3.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.99 to the broader market. This ProShares fund, known as Short SmallCap600, is designed to generate daily returns that move in the opposite direction (with a -1x multiplier) of the S&P SmallCap 600 index's daily performance, prior to accounting for any associated fees and operating expenses. public since 2007-01-25.
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
- 4
- Total Volume
- 1.6K
- Short %
- 0.25%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 31.85%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Short SmallCap600.
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Frequently asked SBB short volume questions
- What is the daily SBB short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - Short SmallCap600 (SBB) short volume is 4 shares against 1.6K total reported volume, or 0.25% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SBB 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 SBB 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.