SMCX Short Volume
Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF (SMCX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $34.6M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 7.32 to the broader market. The Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF (referred to as “the Fund”) aims to deliver investment returns that are twice (200%) the daily percentage change in the share price of Super Micro Computer, Inc. public since 2024-08-21.
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
- 1.5M
- Total Volume
- 3.4M
- Short %
- 43.67%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.67%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF.
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Frequently asked SMCX short volume questions
- What is the daily SMCX short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF (SMCX) short volume is 1.5M shares against 3.4M total reported volume, or 43.67% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMCX 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 SMCX 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.