TBT Short Volume
ProShares - UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $360.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -4.80 to the broader market. This ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury fund is designed to achieve daily investment returns. public since 2008-04-29.
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
- 41.9K
- Total Volume
- 96.2K
- Short %
- 43.54%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 47.38%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury.
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Frequently asked TBT short volume questions
- What is the daily TBT short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) short volume is 41.9K shares against 96.2K total reported volume, or 43.54% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TBT 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 TBT 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.