VGHY Short Volume
Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds - Vanguard High-Yield Active ETF (VGHY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $308.1M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.14 to the broader market. The fund employs an active management approach, investing primarily in a diversified group of high-yielding, higher-risk corporate bonds with medium- and lower-range credit quality ratings (commonly known as “junk” bonds). public since 2025-09-17.
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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 5.9K
- Total Volume
- 12.6K
- Short %
- 46.75%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 40.32%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds - Vanguard High-Yield Active ETF.
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Frequently asked VGHY short volume questions
- What is the daily VGHY short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, Vanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds - Vanguard High-Yield Active ETF (VGHY) short volume is 5.9K shares against 12.6K total reported volume, or 46.75% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is VGHY 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 VGHY 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.