TSLY Short Volume
YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (TSLY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $487.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.43 to the broader market. The YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (TSLY) is an actively managed, exchange-traded fund dedicated to producing consistent weekly income. public since 2022-11-23.
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
- 448.5K
- Total Volume
- 631.8K
- Short %
- 70.99%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.43%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
TSLY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $25.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 10 | 193 | 954.5% | $2.80 | $3.50 |
| CALL | $22.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 1 | 111 | 561.9% | $0.15 | $0.30 |
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 TSLY short volume questions
- What is the daily TSLY short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy ETF (TSLY) short volume is 448.5K shares against 631.8K total reported volume, or 70.99% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TSLY 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 TSLY 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.