SMIZ Short Volume
Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF (SMIZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $195.5M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.21 to the broader market. The fund seeks to generate positive risk-adjusted returns (positive rate of return after adjustment for the amount of risk taken) by, under normal circumstances, investing at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of small and midsize companies listed on U. public since 2023-10-03.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 8.8K
- Total Volume
- 12.2K
- Short %
- 71.63%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.43%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF.
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Frequently asked SMIZ short volume questions
- What is the daily SMIZ short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Zacks Small/Mid Cap ETF (SMIZ) short volume is 8.8K shares against 12.2K total reported volume, or 71.63% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMIZ 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 SMIZ 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.