TQQQ Short Volume
ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $44.12B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 3.71 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
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 14.1M
- Total Volume
- 28.5M
- Short %
- 49.54%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.89%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $73.00 | Aug 31, 2026 | 2.3K | 142 | 26.7% | $1.39 | $1.49 |
| PUT | $72.00 | Aug 31, 2026 | 3.3K | 230 | 27.8% | $0.80 | $0.84 |
Top 2 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 Aug 28, 2026, ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ) short volume is 14.1M shares against 28.5M total reported volume, or 49.54% 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.