UVXY Short Volume
ProShares - Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $103.2M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of -3.30 to the broader market. The ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF aims to deliver daily investment outcomes, prior to the deduction of fees and expenses, that are one-and-a-half times (1. public since 2011-10-04.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 763.0K
- Total Volume
- 1.9M
- Short %
- 40.22%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 42.96%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for ProShares - Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
UVXY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $64.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 0 | 800 | 175.9% | $0.10 | $1.05 |
| CALL | $70.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 4 | 1.4K | 175.9% | $0.40 | $0.47 |
| CALL | $111.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 6 | 1.1K | 174.5% | $0.31 | $0.48 |
| CALL | $110.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 1 | 940 | 173.2% | $0.23 | $0.48 |
| CALL | $62.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 0 | 153 | 172.2% | $0.15 | $1.17 |
| CALL | $59.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 0 | 125 | 171.9% | $0.22 | $1.05 |
| CALL | $100.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 4 | 941 | 171.7% | $0.25 | $0.62 |
| PUT | $100.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 2 | 519 | 171.7% | $82.90 | $83.15 |
Top 8 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked UVXY short volume questions
- What is the daily UVXY short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, ProShares - Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY) short volume is 763.0K shares against 1.9M total reported volume, or 40.22% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is UVXY 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 UVXY 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.