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 $33.90B, 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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
968.0K
Total Volume
1.8M
Short %
54.16%
30-Day Avg Short %
51.58%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF.

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Frequently asked VGSH short volume questions

What is the daily VGSH short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) short volume is 968.0K shares against 1.8M total reported volume, or 54.16% 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.