SCHQ Short Volume
Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (SCHQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $764.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 2.24 to the broader market. The core aim of this fund is to precisely mirror the overall performance of a particular benchmark. public since 2019-10-10.
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
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 660.7K
- Total Volume
- 1.2M
- Short %
- 53.15%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.75%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF.
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Frequently asked SCHQ short volume questions
- What is the daily SCHQ short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF (SCHQ) short volume is 660.7K shares against 1.2M total reported volume, or 53.15% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SCHQ 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 SCHQ 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.