SCHO Short Volume

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (SCHO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $13.23B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.23 to the broader market. The fund will invest at least 90% of its net assets (including, for this purpose, any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities included in the index. public since 2010-08-05.

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

2026-06-30

Short Volume

1.8M

Total Volume

2.4M

Short %

75.50%

30-Day Avg Short %

54.13%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.

Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →

Frequently asked SCHO short volume questions

What is the daily SCHO short volume?

As of Jun 30, 2026, Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (SCHO) short volume is 1.8M shares against 2.4M total reported volume, or 75.50% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is SCHO 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 SCHO 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.