SMZ Short Volume
Investment Managers Series Trust II - Tradr 2X Short SMR Daily ETF (SMZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $6.0M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of -5.52 to the broader market. SMZ is a short-term tactical tool that aims to deliver -2x the price return, less fees and expenses, for a single day of Nuscale Power Corp. public since 2026-02-11.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 5.2K
- Total Volume
- 9.8K
- Short %
- 52.85%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.86%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Investment Managers Series Trust II - Tradr 2X Short SMR Daily ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
Frequently asked SMZ short volume questions
- What is the daily SMZ short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Investment Managers Series Trust II - Tradr 2X Short SMR Daily ETF (SMZ) short volume is 5.2K shares against 9.8K total reported volume, or 52.85% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMZ 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 SMZ 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.