SQQQ Short Volume

ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.14B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of -3.08 to the broader market. ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times the inverse (-3x) of the daily performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. public since 2010-02-11.

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
2026-05-15
Short Volume
10.1M
Total Volume
27.2M
Short %
36.99%
30-Day Avg Short %
50.80%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ.

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Frequently asked SQQQ short volume questions

What is the daily SQQQ short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) short volume is 10.1M shares against 27.2M total reported volume, or 36.99% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is SQQQ 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 SQQQ 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.