SPYT Short Volume

Defiance S&P 500 Target Income ETF (SPYT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $156.2M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.91 to the broader market. This ETF allocates its assets primarily to external, passively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to mirror the performance of an underlying index. public since 2024-03-07.

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

35.0K

Total Volume

55.3K

Short %

63.35%

30-Day Avg Short %

58.19%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Defiance S&P 500 Target Income ETF.

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Frequently asked SPYT short volume questions

What is the daily SPYT short volume?

As of Aug 14, 2026, Defiance S&P 500 Target Income ETF (SPYT) short volume is 35.0K shares against 55.3K total reported volume, or 63.35% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is SPYT 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 SPYT 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.