VGSH Short Volume
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $33.85B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.23 to the broader market. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg US Treasury 1-3 Year Index. public since 2009-11-19.
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
- 1.2M
- Total Volume
- 1.7M
- Short %
- 72.63%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 59.91%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
VGSH most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $58.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 124 | 591.7% | $0.15 | $0.25 |
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 VGSH short volume questions
- What is the daily VGSH short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) short volume is 1.2M shares against 1.7M total reported volume, or 72.63% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is VGSH 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 VGSH 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.