USE Short Volume
USCF Energy Commodity Strategy Absolute Return Fund (USE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $2.6M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.04 to the broader market. The USCF Energy Commodity Strategy Absolute Return Fund seeks long-term total return by using a proprietary methodology to invest in and allocate among energy-related derivative instruments based upon oil, petroleum, and natural gas, as well as other energy-related derivative instruments. public since 2023-05-04.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 6
- Total Volume
- 169
- Short %
- 3.55%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.81%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for USCF Energy Commodity Strategy Absolute Return Fund.
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Frequently asked USE short volume questions
- What is the daily USE short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, USCF Energy Commodity Strategy Absolute Return Fund (USE) short volume is 6 shares against 169 total reported volume, or 3.55% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is USE 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 USE 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.