URTY Short Volume

ProShares - UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $364.9M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 3.92 to the broader market. ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 is structured to provide daily investment outcomes that magnify the Russell 2000 Index's daily performance by a factor of three. 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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
97.0K
Total Volume
168.5K
Short %
57.58%
30-Day Avg Short %
47.75%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - UltraPro Russell2000.

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Frequently asked URTY short volume questions

What is the daily URTY short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) short volume is 97.0K shares against 168.5K total reported volume, or 57.58% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is URTY 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 URTY 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.