SMB Short Volume
VanEck Short Muni ETF (SMB) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $305.4M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.33 to the broader market. The VanEck Short Muni ETF (SMB) strives to mirror as accurately as possible the price movements and income generation of the ICE Short AMT-Free Broad National Municipal Index (MBNS). public since 2008-02-28.
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
- 19.6K
- Total Volume
- 40.4K
- Short %
- 48.60%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.88%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for VanEck Short Muni ETF.
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Frequently asked SMB short volume questions
- What is the daily SMB short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, VanEck Short Muni ETF (SMB) short volume is 19.6K shares against 40.4K total reported volume, or 48.60% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMB 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 SMB 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.