SMAX Short Volume
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF (SMAX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $89.3M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.23 to the broader market. SMAX utilizes a defined outcome strategy on the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV). public since 2024-10-01.
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
- 14.1K
- Total Volume
- 18.0K
- Short %
- 78.23%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.55%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF.
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Frequently asked SMAX short volume questions
- What is the daily SMAX short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF (SMAX) short volume is 14.1K shares against 18.0K total reported volume, or 78.23% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMAX 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 SMAX 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.