SEPM Short Volume
FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer (SEPM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $30.9M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.20 to the broader market. SEPM uses FLEX options to match the price returns of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), up to a predetermined upside cap of at least 7%, while seeking to provide the maximum available buffer of 100% over a one year period starting in September. public since 2024-09-23.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 4.4K
- Total Volume
- 5.9K
- Short %
- 74.44%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.55%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer.
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Frequently asked SEPM short volume questions
- What is the daily SEPM short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer (SEPM) short volume is 4.4K shares against 5.9K total reported volume, or 74.44% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SEPM 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 SEPM 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.