SPUT Short Volume
Innovator Equity Premium Income – Daily PutWrite ETF (SPUT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $8.4M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.56 to the broader market. This actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) primarily aims to generate current income and offer a degree of capital appreciation under typical market conditions. public since 2025-01-21.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 130
- Total Volume
- 160
- Short %
- 81.25%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.15%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Innovator Equity Premium Income – Daily PutWrite ETF.
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Frequently asked SPUT short volume questions
- What is the daily SPUT short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Innovator Equity Premium Income – Daily PutWrite ETF (SPUT) short volume is 130 shares against 160 total reported volume, or 81.25% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SPUT 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 SPUT 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.