SOXL Short Volume
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $39.34B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 7.64 to the broader market. The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull and Bear 3X Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are engineered to deliver daily investment outcomes that are triple (300%) the movement of the NYSE Semiconductor Index, or triple the inverse (opposite) of its performance, prior to the deduction of fees and expenses. public since 2010-03-11.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 8.9M
- Total Volume
- 17.4M
- Short %
- 51.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.39%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
SOXL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $50.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 430 | 4.4K | 175.1% | $0.14 | $0.18 |
| PUT | $53.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 33 | 176 | 175.1% | $0.10 | $0.23 |
| PUT | $55.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 19 | 2.0K | 174.8% | $0.15 | $0.24 |
| PUT | $56.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 13 | 1.1K | 174.4% | $0.18 | $0.26 |
| PUT | $57.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 2 | 581 | 173.9% | $0.15 | $0.33 |
Top 5 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked SOXL short volume questions
- What is the daily SOXL short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF (SOXL) short volume is 8.9M shares against 17.4M total reported volume, or 51.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SOXL 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 SOXL 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.