TQQQ Short Volume
ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $38.65B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 3.96 to the broader market. TQQQ is a levered fund that delivers 3x exposure only over a one-day holding period of NASDAQ-100 stocks. public since 2010-02-09.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 20.3M
- Total Volume
- 31.3M
- Short %
- 65.07%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.61%
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 | $75.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 16.7K | 7.4K | 65.2% | $1.07 | $1.13 |
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 Jul 16, 2026, ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) short volume is 20.3M shares against 31.3M total reported volume, or 65.07% 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.