TQQQ Short Volume
ProShares - UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $31.34B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 3.75 to the broader market. ProShares UltraPro QQQ seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to three times (3x) 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
- 2026-05-27
- Short Volume
- 15.5M
- Total Volume
- 24.9M
- Short %
- 62.32%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.19%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraPro QQQ.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
TQQQ most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $82.00 | May 29, 2026 | 15.8K | 4.3K | 59.6% | $1.33 | $1.38 |
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 TQQQ short volume questions
- What is the daily TQQQ short volume?
- As of May 27, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) short volume is 15.5M shares against 24.9M total reported volume, or 62.32% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TQQQ 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 TQQQ 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.