USO Short Volume
United States Oil Fund LP (USO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $16.92B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 2.14 to the broader market. USO invests primarily in futures contracts for light, sweet crude oil, other types of crude oil, diesel-heating oil, gasoline, natural gas, and other petroleum-based fuels. public since 2006-04-10.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 644.8K
- Total Volume
- 2.2M
- Short %
- 28.84%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 40.10%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for United States Oil Fund LP.
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Frequently asked USO short volume questions
- What is the daily USO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, United States Oil Fund LP (USO) short volume is 644.8K shares against 2.2M total reported volume, or 28.84% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is USO 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 USO 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.