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 $121.5M, 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 2.1M
- Total Volume
- 3.0M
- Short %
- 71.03%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 57.44%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $5.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 0 | 462 | 187.0% | $0.60 | $5.00 |
Top 1 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 Aug 14, 2026, ProShares - Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY) short volume is 2.1M shares against 3.0M total reported volume, or 71.03% 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.