SQQQ Short Volume
ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $1.69B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of -3.45 to the broader market. This ProShares fund is designed to provide daily returns that are three times the opposite (or inverse) of the Nasdaq-100 Index's daily movement, calculated before deducting any fees and expenses. 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 6.9M
- Total Volume
- 15.9M
- Short %
- 43.69%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.18%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
SQQQ most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $40.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 13.3K | 8.1K | 53.1% | $0.12 | $0.14 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked SQQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily SQQQ short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) short volume is 6.9M shares against 15.9M total reported volume, or 43.69% 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.