SDOG Short Interest
ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.36B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.68 to the broader market. The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) seeks investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs Index (SDOGX). public since 2012-07-16.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-04-30
- Short Interest
- 10.8K
- Previous Short Interest
- 14.1K
- Change
- -23.63%
- Days to Cover
- 1.00
- Avg Daily Volume
- 46.5K
- Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
- 1.02
Showing 24 bi-monthly FINRA short interest reports for ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF.
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Frequently asked SDOG short interest questions
- What is the current SDOG short interest?
- As of the Apr 30, 2026 settlement, ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) short interest is 10.8K shares, a -23.63% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the SDOG days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 1.00, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does SDOG short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.